[OS X TeX] two-column layout with different, separate content

[Johan Almqvist]

On Mar 10, 2006, at 16:53, markus bongard wrote:

> gentle persons,
>
> my workgroup is thinking to produce a small brochure - the layout  
> will be 2 columns, landscape, two-sided. The left column should  
> always hold a text in one language, while the right column holds a  
> text in a different language *in principle it's like the right  
> column on any page represents the translation of *most of* the  
> content in the left column of that page*. Maybe anyone here is  
> aware of a nice solution to achieve this in LaTeX/TeX and can  
> kindly provide some references, comments, or suggestions? Thanks a  
> lot.

If that's all you need, you should look at the parcolumns package.
	http://www.ctan.org/info?id=parcolumns

If you want to do more, i.e. text critical editions, the ledmac  
package might be of interest. I've never used it.
	http://www.ctan.org/info?id=ledmac

-Johan

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