[MPEG-OTSPEC] Many to many substitution and localization

[Hin-Tak Leung]

On Thursday 26 September 2024 at 19:51:54 BST, William_J_G Overington via mpeg-otspec <mpeg-otspec at lists.aau.at> wrote:

> I can say that I opine that being able to communicate through the language barrier in some particular circumstances such as for for seeking information through the language barrier about relatives and friends after a disaster, and such as for buying items from the online shops of museums and art galleries throughout the world are genuine many to many substitution scenarios.

 Argh, I see. It seems that what you are looking for is, I would describe, "stock translation of commonly used phrases", such as, the many different ways of saying the equivalent of the following according to different locale and culture:

"My condolences"

"Sorry for your loss"

"Happy New Year!"

"Hello Handsome!"

"How much (cost) is this?"

You are almost asking for a a stripped down version of google translate to be built into the localisation features of opentype spec and implementations?

That's extending it a bit far...  
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