It's all Chinese to me

[Lord Panda]

My wife is Chinese and every now and then we get an email in Chinese writing, which we cannot read because our pc does not recognise the script. Does anyone know how we can get around this. The problem seems to be that you cannot have Chinese charecters in Word without actually switching the settings manually every time.

[Blender]

Can I suggest that you try http://www.chinapage.com/wwwfaq.html which appears to be quite comprehensive

[StuDapples]

Could I suggest you try using Google to search for an interpreting service? Preferably a free one.

[bluedolphin]

If you are are using microsoft email programs there is provision for changing the encoding and if I am not mistaken you can load one or two different languages eg; chinese and japanese. It only takes two or three clicks. I think you click on the view button and then choose encoding and then scroll down to whatever language you need to decipher. I'm sure you can download an encoder program from microsoft (if its not already on your cdrom ) which installs itself on the harddisk automatically and when the file is openned the it will automatically produce the kanji in a readable form. I used to use this method when I wanted to read Japanese on an English ver of windows a while ago.