I would like to work on the locale for Japanese, which is not yet complete. But there is an additional problem in Japanese, since
- several terms are in some journals expressed in English (e.g. "p." instead of "項")
- sometimes a word is written in syllables, sometimes in Chinese characters (e.g. ほか or 他)
- sometimes a shortened version is used, sometimes not (e.g. "訳" instead of "翻訳")
There are many other cases, such that it might be helpful to set up several Japanese locales. But these would not fit to the official language code.
Another solution is not to use a locale for Japanese papers at all and instead write styles for Japanese journals with fixed prefixes and suffixes.
Since I am now setting up several styles for Japanese journals in the Humanities, I would like to get this problem solved before starting with CSL.
I would like to work on the locale for Japanese, which is not yet complete. But there is an additional problem in Japanese, since
There are many other cases, such that it might be helpful to set up several Japanese locales. But these would not fit to the official language code.
Another solution is not to use a locale for Japanese papers at all and instead write styles for Japanese journals with fixed prefixes and suffixes.
Since I am now setting up several styles for Japanese journals in the Humanities, I would like to get this problem solved before starting with CSL.