Can Chinese XP do English?

[Terence Parker]

I'm currently using an English WindowsXP Professional, which in Hong Kong
came bundled with a supplmentary language pack - that basically allows me to
view and type both Simplified and Traditional Chinese characters into the
system. However, while it allows for a Chinese menu & dialogues interface
and full typing / viewing support for Chinese characters... everything
(files in particular) is output as UTF-8 format rather than the native BIG5
or GB character encoding. I guess this is Microsoft's answer to giving
Chinese support but still insisting on retailing a separate version for full
Chinese support.

My question is - is there anyone out there using the proper Chinese version
of Windows XP? I want to know whether I can have menus and dialogue boxes to
be displayed in English. I know this isn't possible with older Chinese
Windows versions - but i'm hoping it's a new feature to the Chinese
WindowsXP.

Thanks!

Terence Parker.

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[CCL]

It's not possible to have menus and dialogue boxes to be displayed in
English in Chinese version of Windows XP.

I use English XP pro, without the multilanguage pack (which only translates
menus, dialogue boxes, help files, etc), but I can type, view, process
simplified and traditional Chinese.

The BIG5 or GB encoding, I'm not sure what you meant. In Outlook express you
can choose to encode emails in Big5 or GB anyway.

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CCL
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[Terence Parker]

Thanks - that's all I wanted to know. The reason I was asking is
because the Chinese support on English WindowsXP is not fully
compatible with the Chinese encoding of Chinese Windows. However, I do
not want my interface in Chinese which is why I was wondering if it
can have an English interface.

There differences between BIG5 and GB are mainly technical - the
former is for traditional chinese whilst the latter is for simplified
Chinese. They are only an encoding format - since there are actually
many ways to represent Chinese characters on a computer. The UTF-8
format (Unicode) aims to standardise all languages in a single
encoding format - this is what English Windows XP uses.
Unfortunately, UTF-8 is stil not supported by most Chinese and English
applications so filenames saved in this format are generally not
readable with a native Chinese Windows.

Thanks for your help.

Terence Parker.