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# Example Cross-Lingual Search Configuration File

The following example shows a language configuration where several languages are configured with consistent settings to allow Cross-Lingual Search:

    [LanguageTypes]
    GenericTransliteration=True
    DefaultLanguageType=englishUTF8
    DefaultEncoding=UTF8
    LanguageDirectory=<LANGFILES_PATH>
    GenericStemming=True

    0=arabic
    1=chinese
    2=dutch
    3=english
    4=french
    5=greek
    6=italian
    7=japanese

    [arabic]
    Encodings=ARABIC_ISO:arabicARABIC_ISO,ARABIC:arabicARABIC,UTF8:arabicUTF8
    Stoplist=international.dat
    IndexNumbers=1
    HyphenChars=NONE
    AugmentSeparators=-
    Stemming=True

    [chinese]
    Encodings=CHINESESIMPLIFIED:chineseCHINESESIMPLIFIED,CHINESETRADITIONAL:chineseCHINESETRADITIONAL,UTF8:chineseUTF8
    Stoplist=international.dat
    NGram=2
    NGramSentenceBrokenScriptOnly=True
    IndexNumbers=1
    HyphenChars=NONE
    AugmentSeparators=-
    Normalise=True

    [dutch]
    Encodings=ASCII:dutchASCII,UTF8:dutchUTF8
    Stoplist=international.dat
    NGram=2
    NGramSentenceBrokenScriptOnly=True
    IndexNumbers=1
    HyphenChars=NONE
    AugmentSeparators=-
    Stemming=True

    [english]
    Encodings=ASCII:englishASCII,UTF8:englishUTF8
    Stoplist=international.dat
    IndexNumbers=1
    HyphenChars=NONE
    AugmentSeparators=-
    Stemming=True

    [french]
    Encodings=ASCII:frenchASCII,UTF8:frenchUTF8
    Stoplist=international.dat
    NGram=2
    NGramSentenceBrokenScriptOnly=True
    IndexNumbers=1
    HyphenChars=NONE
    AugmentSeparators=-
    Stemming=True

    [greek]
    Encodings=GREEK:greekGREEK,GREEK_ISO:greekGREEK_ISO,UTF8:greekUTF8
    Stoplist=international.dat
    NGram=2
    NGramSentenceBrokenScriptOnly=True
    IndexNumbers=1
    HyphenChars=NONE
    AugmentSeparators=-
    Stemming=True

    [italian]
    Encodings=ASCII:italianASCII,UTF8:italianUTF8
    Stoplist=international.dat
    NGram=2
    NGramSentenceBrokenScriptOnly=True
    IndexNumbers=1
    HyphenChars=NONE
    AugmentSeparators=-
    Stemming=True

    [japanese]
    Encodings=EUC:japaneseEUC,SHIFTJIS:japaneseSJIS,JIS:japaneseJIS,UTF8:japaneseUTF8
    Stoplist=international.dat
    NGram=2
    NGramSentenceBrokenScriptOnly=True
    IndexNumbers=1
    HyphenChars=NONE
    AugmentSeparators=-
    Stemming=True

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Product: Knowledge Discovery 25.3

Topic Title: Example Cross-Lingual Search Configuration File