Dual-language labels on Eastern Seaboard packs

14 February 2026 ยท Nattapong Wirat

Practical layout choices when Thai and English must share the same learning outcomes dashboard without crowding the page.

Stack of study books and printed pages with a yellow highlighter

Many programmes along the Eastern Seaboard present to mixed-language boards. Crowding both Thai and English into every axis label usually makes the chart unreadable in either language.

Prefer bilingual titles, monolingual axes

Use both languages in the view title and in the reading guide. Keep axis ticks in the language of the meeting chair, with a glossary page for the other language.

Shorten outcome text

Full outcome statements rarely fit on a chart. Number them (O1, O2) and place the full bilingual text on a facing page. Boards adapt quickly when numbering stays stable across terms.

Test at print size

What looks fine on a laptop often fails on an A4 pack. We always proof bilingual layouts at the actual print size before handover.