Tagalog
TABLE DESIGNATOR
tgl
(The initial translation table for a translation is determined by the selected template, and may be changed using the Document / Translation Tables menu. Using those menus does not involve explicit use of the table designator. However, in cases where it is necessary to switch to a different translation table partway through a file, the designator for the table being switched to is required; see the general description of the [lnb~...]command for further details.)
FUNCTIONAL SUMMARY
The Tagalog tables support print-to-braille translation of Tagalog-language literary text into uncontracted Tagalog braille.
REFERENCES, HISTORY AND CREDITS
Tagalog has a complex braille contraction system roughly parallel to the contracted English. Our main source of information is "Instruction Manual for Filipino Braille Transcribing", 1st Edition, 2007 which we have as a Microsoft Word file. This book is Prepared By the Department of Education, Philippines, Philippine Printing House for the Blind, and Resources for the Blind, Inc.
To start our work on the Filipino Braille Translator in Duxbury DBT, we are grateful for the help we have obtained from Compass Braille of the United Kingdom, and from Resources for the Blind, Inc.
(Documentation reviewed June 2010)
Duxbury DBT: Braille Translation in Many Languages.
