# Need a more specific language setting for the translation of openehr_terminology.xml?

**Category:** [Terminology](https://discourse.openehr.org/c/terminology/59)
**Created:** 2024-08-23 06:47 UTC
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**URL:** https://discourse.openehr.org/t/need-a-more-specific-language-setting-for-the-translation-of-openehr-terminology-xml/5604

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## Post #1 by @linforest

Do we need a more specific language setting for the translation of openehr_terminology.xml? 

There are significant differences between the Chinese Simplified and Chinese Traditional translations of these contents.

There are more than one language encoding scheme :

IETF RFC 1766 (based on ISO 639  Alpha-2  and  ISO 3166 ). For example:
* zh-CN means Chinese in Chinese mainland; 
* zh-HK means Chinese in Hong Kong;
* en-US for English in United States;
* en-GB for English for United Kingdom.

IETF RFC 4646 (upgraded version of RFC 1766). For example:
* Chinese Simplified (zh-Hans)
* Chinese Traditional (zh-Hant)
** zh-Hant-HK for Chinese Traditional in Hong Kong;
** zh-Hant-TW for Chinese Traditional in Taiwan.

IMO, it's best to use this IETF RFC 1766 (ISO 639  Alpha-2  + ISO 3166 ) to create a new language directory. For example, "zh-CN" rather than "zh".
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