https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=154422
--- Comment #2 from Tex2002ans ---
I'd recommend closing this as NOTABUG.
(It's asking a question / info.)
(In reply to Elmar from comment #0)
> Description:
> It is not clear to me what happens when one selects a language for which the
> module has not been loaded. (But it has been in the OS.) English is my main
> language, but I do need Afrikaans often, and sometimes German.
In LibreOffice:
- Spellchecking
- Hyphenation
happen depending on your "Optional Components" installed.
If a language—like German or Afrikaans—is not installed, your "foreign words":
- WILL NOT get red squigglies or proper hyphenation.
> One can change the language of a paragraph (or selection using the bottom
> border option), but no warning is given.
Like Mike Kaganski said, marking a paragraph's language is used for many
things.
For example, you can have a French poem in the middle of your English book.
Marking the French properly, as "French" paragraphs, allows correct:
- Spellchecking
--- Red squigglies + Right-Click suggestions!
- Hyphenation
--- Requires Hyphenation Dictionaries.
- Translation
- Text-to-Speech
And it is very important for Accessibility.
It would also allow other tools/formats to work correctly too. Like if you
exported it to PDF or EPUB:
- An EPUB Reader or PDF Reader can read those sections of text as French.
- If you press/held on a word, a French->English dictionary could pop up.
- - -
Side Note: In LO 7.5 and above:
- Machine Translation
- https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/ReleaseNotes/7.5#Machine_translation
is now a possibility. You're able to highlight the French poem, then:
- Tools > Translate
LibreOffice can now replace that French->English text for you.
For more info, see my post here:
-
https://reddit.com/r/libreoffice/comments/10rz652/machine_translation_with_libre_office/j6zfadz/
(Right now, 7.5, it's an experimental feature.)
- - -
Side Note #2: For more possibilities/use-cases, see my post here:
- 2022: ", or for italics?"
- https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?p=4241302#post4241302
It is mostly talking proper HTML markup, but the same concepts apply. :)
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