>> Is this the correct syntax for the language declaration <span
>> lang="fr">je ne sais quoi</span>
>
>
> Yes.
>
>> Does the language declaration has to be in a span? Is it possible to
>> do it like this <span class="french">je ne sais quoi</span> and have a
>> style on an external style sheet link
>
>
> Any element will do.
>
> In the stylesheet, target the element with span:lang(fr){/*styles*/} or
> whatever element you choose. A universal selector will also do, like
> *:lang(fr){/*styles*/}, as long as you make sure you target the document
> area you want, like for example #content *:lang(fr){/*styles*/}.
>
> Note that IE7 and older don't support :lang(). IE8 and others are fine.
One more question about this - if I have an image on the page and the
text contained in the image is English, so it looks something like this
<img src="images/english.jpg" alt="some English text" />
should it read
<img src="images/english.jpg" lang="en" alt="some English text" />
so that the alt tag gets read with the right accent? or should the image
get nested in a span?
<span lang="en"><img src="images/english.jpg" alt="some English text"
/></span>
thanks!
Sandy
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