how to covert UTF16 into Big5

[user0]

by JH » Mon Sep 18, 2006 12:15 am

is there any mac or pc tools to convert UTF16 into Big5?

what is the easiest way to covert for Chinese fonts?


cheers,
JH =)

[qhelp]

Post by qhelp » Mon Sep 18, 2006 12:43 pm

I don't think there is an easy way to convert UTF16 into Big5.
If the text page is a small one, I would try the following first:

1. Win PC
- Paste it into NJ Star wordprocessor http://www.njstar.com
It should read UTF8 pretty ok. (UTF16 you need to try the newer ver.)
(Convert UTF16 -> UTF8 if req'd)
Once you can read it, save it as Big5 format.
- Try to viewit from Mozilla/Firefox brower, copy & paste into NJ Star.

2. Mac
- Try to view it from OmniWeb 4.2b1 browser or Mozilla 1.4+ or Galeon 1.3.5+ on Linux, save it into notepad like wordprocessor as UTF8 format.
- Use any UTF8 to Big5 converter.

The other way is to write a program (possible in C) and do your own conversion directly.

Hope this helps.