[LaTeX] Placing translation in parenthesis

General · 05-06-2011, 05:16 PM

Is there any method for placing translations in parenthesis at first occurrence? I need something similar to the acronym package, but instead, storing translations and printing brackets only after the first occurrence.

E.g. (pseudo-code):

\translation{bananas}{xiangjiao}
\translation{apples}{pingguo}

Results in:

Do you like to eat bananas (xiangjiao)? No I don't like to eat bananas.

markush · 05-07-2011, 05:00 PM

I don't understand your problem. If you want to have the translation within parenthesis, you may use newcommand

Code:

\newcommand{\translation}[2]{#1 (#2)}

which results in

Code:

\documentclass{minimal}
\newcommand{\translation}[2]{#1 (#2)}
\begin{document}
Do you like to eat \translation{bananas}{xiangjiao}? No, I don't like to eat bananas.
\end{document}

I'll append the outputfile as an attachment. But this is quiet trivial. So do you mean that you want latex to recognize the first occurance of the word which has to be translated? If so, from where should the translations come?

Markus

General · 05-07-2011, 05:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by markush

I don't understand your problem. If you want to have the translation within parenthesis, you may use newcommand

Code:

\newcommand{\translation}[2]{#1 (#2)}

which results in

Code:

\documentclass{minimal}
\newcommand{\translation}[2]{#1 (#2)}
\begin{document}
Do you like to eat \translation{bananas}{xiangjiao}? No, I don't like to eat bananas.
\end{document}

I'll append the outputfile as an attachment. But this is quiet trivial. So do you mean that you want latex to recognize the first occurance of the word which has to be translated? If so, from where should the translations come?

Markus

Yes, I'd like to print the translation of the word in parenthesis after the first time it appears in the document, but not after later appearances of the same word. The translation could come from a list, similar to how one can make a list of acronyms using the acronym package.

markush · 05-07-2011, 05:33 PM

Why don't you simply use the acronym package? I tried that out

Code:

\documentclass{minimal}
\usepackage[printonlyused]{acronym}
\newacro{banana}{xiangjiao}
\begin{document}
Do you like to eat \acf{banana}? No, I don't like to eat bananas.
\end{document}

this produces the same output as the example of my last post.

Markus

General · 05-13-2011, 04:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by markush

Why don't you simply use the acronym package? I tried that out

Code:

\documentclass{minimal}
\usepackage[printonlyused]{acronym}
\newacro{banana}{xiangjiao}
\begin{document}
Do you like to eat \acf{banana}? No, I don't like to eat bananas.
\end{document}

this produces the same output as the example of my last post.

Markus

Because that package seems the opposite of what I want.

Code:

\newacro{banana}[banana]{xiangjiao}

It first use shows 'banana (xiangjiao)', then the second time just shows 'xiangjiao'. I'd like it to first show 'banana (xiangjiao), then the second time just show 'banana'.