Chinese Mandarin (with Tones) - Basic Flag of China

This DBT template is designed to produce material written in the Chinese language. The Chinese language has multiple DBT templates. This is the template for the preferred braille system in China, Chinese Mandarin with Tones - Basic.

This is a basic DBT template. Click here for more information about Basic Templates.

The default math braille code for this template is Russian math.

To use this template (and its translator) for technical material, the math notation needs to be enclosed in the DBT math style. This markup is added automatically when importing LaTeX files and some other formats.

You can make this template your default selection.

Click here for more help on the DBT translator used by Chinese Mandarin with Tones - Basic.

Uncontracted Braille

This language is usually produced in uncontracted braille, which means that words in the text are rendered in braille on a one-for-one basis: one braille character for each inkprint letter. Some inkprint punctuation may require more than one braille character. Indicating upper case, emphasis, or numbers also adds braille characters to the character count. However, the braille contains no abbreviations or contractions.

If you have questions about producing correct braille, please contact a member of the appropriate braille authority.

Non-Roman Script

When Han text is imported into DBT for mainland Mandarin, it is converted into Pinyin.

This language is written in a script other than the Roman alphabet, which can occasionally cause problems when importing files to DBT. The best result is usually achieved by importing files from Microsoft Word or Open Office that are written in Unicode fonts. You can contact Duxbury Systems if you have file that does not import properly into DBT. Please send the original inkprint file with your request, not a screen shot of the DBT screen.

Duxbury Systems strives to work with users to make sure that our software works with as many file formats as possible. Please contact us if you have any concerns.

Han Script Interpretation

Normally, the type of Han character conversion is determined automatically by the template that you select, and you can rely on the character conversion selected by your template. This template converts to Pinyin (see above).

However, if you want to override this choice manually, see the explanation in the Chinese Language landing page.

Sample Microsoft Word File

Click here for a sample Word file in this language.

Click here for instructions and the complete list of language sample files in Word format.

E-mail languages@duxsys.com with your suggestions on improving DBT braille translators, or to request a translator for a new language.

E-mail support@duxsys.com for software support issues related to Duxbury DBT.

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