[R] translating output ( latex()....)

[Prof Brian Ripley]

R has since 2.1.0 had all the facilities one needs to mark up output for 
automated translation.  However, we did _choose_ not to do it.  One issue 
is layout: your French label is over twice as long as the English one. 
Another is that it is hard to translate single words like this out of 
context.

You could produce your own versions of the appropriate print() methods, 
probably most appropriately via a package.

On Mon, 22 Aug 2005, Anne wrote:

> Dear R-helpers
>
> I need to produce statistical output where the annotations are in
> French (and from time to time in German). I produce plots/tables using
> extensively the latex() , summary.formula() ...functions of Hmisc
> which allows me for nice print-out. Up to now I "corrected" manually
> my latex code , replacing such headings as "missing" by "valeur
> manquante" etc. Is there a (simple) way of updating the R functions
> with the translated output? (I would of course gladly make it
> available to the list)
>
> I know my question will sound like an heresy to the vast majority of
> statisticians and I agree it is a waste of statistician time to do
> translations, but it is due to work related constraints (and I fear
> the "anti-americanisme primaire" encountered in some european
> countries)


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