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Typing in Chinese Characters
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Joliver Hakaari
State War Academy
Caldari State
#1 - 2012-04-07 17:45:16 UTC
Greetings, Pilots. My primary language is English, however, i've been learning Mandarin Chinese for some time now. i joined the Chinese channel in game but i dont know how to type in characters and was forced to copy and paste from google translate to chat with the others there. there must be an easier way to type in Mandarin; could someone please tell me how? thanks. :D
Joliver Hakaari
State War Academy
Caldari State
#2 - 2012-04-07 22:15:07 UTC
can someone help me?
Tau Cabalander
Retirement Retreat
Working Stiffs
#3 - 2012-04-07 22:48:52 UTC
I seem to recall Windows has language settings.

Control Panel -> Clock, Language, and Region -> Change keyboards or other input methods

The default is Left Alt + Shift to switch between keyboards.

Never tried it. Just got annoyed with U.S. English spelling correction.
Kevin Zanjoahir
Viziam
Amarr Empire
#4 - 2012-04-08 12:23:05 UTC
Well depends which OS you're on.

On Mac, it's pretty simple: just go to System Prefs and the International section.
On PC, there is the built in one, but you can also download some off the internet. One includes: http://www.njstar.com/cms/
On Linux, there should also be an option in your preferences, but I haven't tried every Linux flavor, so yeah.
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J'Poll
School of Applied Knowledge
Caldari State
#5 - 2012-04-08 12:47:26 UTC
Aren't all the Chinese guys on their own server (Serenity) due to government laws in the People Republic of China.

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Tau Cabalander
Retirement Retreat
Working Stiffs
#6 - 2012-04-08 22:05:05 UTC
J'Poll wrote:
Aren't all the Chinese guys on their own server (Serenity) due to government laws in the People Republic of China.

People that don't live in China may still want to converse in Chinese.
Joliver Hakaari
State War Academy
Caldari State
#7 - 2012-04-09 00:15:38 UTC
i met someone who said he was from China on Tranquility. on topic: i got it to work by going start>control panel>region and language>keyboards and languages>change keyboards>add>Chinese (Simplified) ABC Pinyin keyboard>press left alt+shift to switch between English and 中文。 So thank you all for your help!
Dark Angel Kion
Election day
#8 - 2012-04-09 11:38:36 UTC
Here‘s how chinese typing : "谷歌拼音输入法" Big smile search in google
Dark Angel Kion
Election day
#9 - 2012-04-09 11:40:12 UTC
And your system needs the Chinese language pack by the way
Jasper Grimpkin
Center for Advanced Studies
Gallente Federation
#10 - 2012-04-12 14:46:43 UTC
Do you have a Chinese keyboard? Same as a qwerty but each letter also does part of a character (which is drawn on the button) when windows is set in that mode. Going to be a nightmare doing it on a western keyboard. Also you can use a tablet where you can draw the symbols and a software converter.

Random website showing Chinese keyboard: http://blog.travelpod.com/travel-photo/matt-bels/1/1229712180/chinese-keyboard.jpg/tpod.html

好运

Jasper
Invictra Atreides
Toward the Terra
#11 - 2012-04-17 08:47:39 UTC
use on screen keyboard in Chinese

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