GB/T 19708-2005 in English

《GB/T 19708-2005用拉丁字母系统表示的多语种术语和辞书资料字母排序规则》由TC62（全国语言与术语标准化技术委员会）归口，主管部门为国家标准化管理委员会
了用拉丁字母表示的多语种术语和辞书资料(术语、术语成分或单词)按字母排序的规则。本标准已经考虑到了已有的术语和辞书资料记录中用拉丁字母表示的各种语言的字符集，同时还考虑到将其他语种的资料按国际规范的约定转写成拉丁字母时所使用的字符集。本标准给出的字母字符规则只适用于同时使用多语种的场合，并不影响各语种本身的字母排序。

Scope

This standard specifies the rules for alphabetical ordering of multilingual terms and dictionary materials (terms, term components or words) expressed in the Latin alphabet. This standard has taken into account the character sets of various languages represented by the Latin alphabet in the existing terminology and dictionary data records, and also considers the character sets used when transcribing materials in other languages into the Latin alphabet according to international norms . The alphabetic character rules given in this standard are only applicable to occasions where multiple languages are used at the same time, and do not affect the alphabetical ordering of each language itself. The text of this standard specifies the method for alphabetically sorting character strings. Appendix A of this standard gives the rules for word-by-word sorting, and word-by-word sorting is currently widely used. Appendix B of this standard introduces two additional rules to assist in the ordering of dictionaries and terms. Appendix C of this standard introduces the ordering rules for chemical names. Appendix D of this standard lists the various characters of the Latin alphabet. Appendix E of this standard lists languages using the Latin alphabet. Appendix F of this standard gives some alphabetical order that deviates from this standard for languages using the Latin alphabet system. Appendix G of this standard provides a normative description of the text of this standard, and the rules comply with ISO/IEC 14651.