vinc...@alice.it wrote:
Hi everybody,
I'm writing my thesis and I was wondering whether it is possible to use Lyx for
a double language document. What I'd like to do is having a double column
layout with the text written in one language on the left and another one on the
right side. The text should be aligned: chapters, sections, etc. should start
at the same point in the page, and the only things to be shared between the two
languages would be tables, figures and equations.
Does anyone of you know how to do this?
Thank you very much,
Vince
Make sure you have the parallel.sty package installed. It is part of a
complete texlive install.
In the preamble:
\usepackage{parallel}
In your document:
----------------------------------------------------
ERT \begin{Parallel}{5cm}{5cm}\ParallelLText{
Section heading in first language
paragraphs of text in first language
ERT }\ParallelRText{
Section heading in second language
paragraphs of text in second language
ERT }\end{Parallel}
Shared figures/tables outside the Parallel stuff
ERT \begin{Parallel} ... (your next section)
----------------------------------------------------
Obviously, use something that fits your page size
instead of "5cm". If one language generally needs more
room to say the same, then it can have a wider
column.
I only gave this a quick test, but at least it worked
with page breaking. (multicol.sty with manual column breaks
doesn't do this well at all.)
Helge Hafting
