[TLS] On the difficulty of technical Mandarin (SM3 related)

Watson Ladd <watsonbladd@gmail.com> Mon, 19 August 2019 15:05 UTC

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Subject: [TLS] On the difficulty of technical Mandarin (SM3 related)
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Dear all,

I see no reason why English alone should be accepted for standards
documents we reference. French and German pose few difficulties, and one
can always learn Russian.

What I don't know is how difficult Mandarin is at a level to read a
standards document. I expect the mechanics of using the dictionary to
dominate.

I'm concerned about the traceability of unofficial Englidh PDFs on some
website: could the Chinese body responsible host them instead?

I fully expect this to be a more general IETF problem.

Sincerely,
Watson