Encoding Multilingual and Multiscript Sources in TEI. A historical Spanish-Chinese dictionary

The importance of documenting yet under-resourced language varieties and strengthening the collaboration between digital philology and language documentation has gained increasing recognition. In this context, we present our approach to encoding a multilingual, multiscript historical dictionary using the TEI standard. We focus on addressing key challenges, including orthographic variation, the representation of tonal features, and the need to balance historical fidelity with the requirements of contemporary research.