FOR REVIEW: How can I use language metadata in native APIs? w3c.github.io/i18n-drafts/... (temporary URL) This article contains pointers to native APIs for applying language metadata to strings and text ranges. We are looking for comments by Friday 18 December, 2026.

REFRESHED! Ruby Styling Offers practical guidance for content authors on how to style ruby annotations in line with the CSS Ruby specification. This article was updated to include recent developments, and add information on ruby-overhang and the ruby-position:alternate value.

New translation into Chinese: 管理中文和日文中的行内空白 (Managing inline spaces in Chinese & Japanese) www.w3.org/Internationa...

PUBLISHED! Managing inline spaces in Chinese & Japanese www.w3.org/Internationa... This article looks at ways of using CSS to add gaps between certain types of text, to reduce gaps between punctuation marks, and to manage paragraph-initial spacing.

Thrilled to announce that issue #550 in Chinese Layout Requirements (clreq) has been fixed! Emphasis dots now stay properly centre-aligned with the text even after letter-spacing is increased. github.com/w3c/clreq/is... #i18n #WebStandards

FOR REVIEW: Managing inline spaces in Chinese & Japanese w3c.github.io/i18n-drafts/... (temporary URL)

A character encoding defines how text is stored as bytes. If you’ve seen “café” instead of “café,” that’s an encoding mismatch. This intro covers how encoding works, how #Unicode and UTF-8 relate, and why mistakes break apps and websites. youtu.be/y2ay7otbFWk

What is character encoding?

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New translations into Chinese: 世界各地的地址格式 (Address formats around the world) www.w3.org/Internationa... ECMAScript国际化API指南 (Guide to the ECMAScript Internationalization API) www.w3.org/Internationa... 数字、货币和单位格式化 (Number, currency, and unit formatting) www.w3.org/Internationa...

A NEW VERSION of Requirements for Hangul Text Layout and Typography 한국어 텍스트 레이아웃 및 타이포그래피를 위한 요구사항 has been published. www.w3.org/TR/klreq/

In our newest article, we break down how you can leverage JavaScript's native `Intl` API to effortlessly localize numbers, currencies, and units. www.w3.org/Internationa...

New translation into Chinese: HTTP标头、meta元素与语言信息 (HTTP headers, meta elements and language information) www.w3.org/Internationa... Thanks to Fuqiao Xue for providing this translation.

We just published a new W3C draft note from the Internationalization Activity: Text-to-Speech Rendering of Electronic Documents Containing Ruby: User Requirements This explores diverse reading strategies across writing systems and defines essential user needs. www.w3.org/TR/ruby-tts-...

Want your web app to feel local everywhere? New W3C guide walks through the most useful parts of JavaScript's Intl with simple, copy-paste examples you can use today. www.w3.org/Internationa...

Addresses look completely different around the world. New W3C article explains the differences & gives practical tips so your forms and databases don’t frustrate international users. www.w3.org/Internationa...

Translation can drastically alter text length: English strings may expand by 200-300% in languages like German or French, or shrink in Asian languages. This video shows where long, unbreakable words can break layouts and cause design issues. 🎬 youtu.be/sgpZri88-qo

Text size in translation | Why translated text breaks your layout

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Have you ever resized your browser and seen text reflow? Behind that simple effect lies a world of linguistic and technical complexity: youtu.be/Pk2S2VXVFuI

The hidden rules of wrapping text on the Web

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FOR REVIEW: Number, currency, and unit formatting w3c.github.io/i18n-drafts/... See the blog post at www.w3.org/blog/Interna...

New translation into Chinese: 字符编码：核心概念 (Character encodings: Essential concepts) www.w3.org/Internationa...

New translations into Chinese: 在HTML中声明语言 (Declaring language in HTML) www.w3.org/Internationa... 使用b和i元素 (Using b and i elements) www.w3.org/Internationa... Thanks to Fuqiao Xue for providing these translations.

New translations into Chinese: 如何用Unicode控制字符处理双向文本 (How to use Unicode controls for bidi text) www.w3.org/Internationa... HTML中的字节顺序标记（BOM） (The byte-order mark (BOM) in HTML) www.w3.org/Internationa... Thanks to Fuqiao Xue for providing these translations.

New translations into Chinese: 处理RTL文字的源代码和代码示例 (Working with source code markup and code examples for RTL scripts) www.w3.org/Internationa... 双向文本空格丢失 (Bidi space loss) www.w3.org/Internationa... Thanks to Fuqiao Xue for providing these translations.

FOR REVIEW: Guide to the ECMAScript Internationalization API The article Guide to the ECMAScript Internationalization API is out for wide review. We are looking for comments by Friday 26 December. w3c.github.io/i18n-drafts/... See the blog post at www.w3.org/blog/Interna...

FOR REVIEW: Address formats around the world The article Address formats around the world is out for wide review. We are looking for comments by Friday 5 December. w3c.github.io/i18n-drafts/... See the blog post at www.w3.org/blog/Interna...

New translation into Chinese: HTML中的行内标记和双向文本 (Inline markup and bidirectional text in HTML) www.w3.org/Internationa... Thanks to Fuqiao Xue for providing this translation.

New translation into Chinese: HTML中的结构标记和从右向左的文本 (Structural markup and right-to-left text in HTML) www.w3.org/Internationa... Thanks to Fuqiao Xue for providing this translation.

New translation into Chinese: CSS与标记语言对双向文本的支持 (CSS vs. markup for bidi support) www.w3.org/Internationa... Thanks to Fuqiao Xue for providing this translation.

New translation into Chinese: 对选项菜单进行排序 (Sorting select options) www.w3.org/Internationa... Thanks to Fuqiao Xue for providing this translation.

New translation into Chinese: 文本的视觉顺序与逻辑顺序 (Visual vs. logical ordering of text) www.w3.org/Internationa... Thanks to Fuqiao Xue for providing this translation.

New translation into Chinese: Unicode双向文本算法基础 (Unicode Bidirectional Algorithm basics) www.w3.org/Internationa... Thanks to Fuqiao Xue for providing this translation.

New translation into Chinese: 在.htaccess中设置charset信息 (Setting charset information in .htaccess) www.w3.org/Internationa... Thanks to Fuqiao Xue for providing this translation.