Any nice packages for word alignment?
Ok, here's a quick and dirty TiKZ solution. I haven't connected be in the diagram, although I assume it actually should be connected with seront. If you want to connect them, you could make a p3 node below now in the matrix and connect will and be to that and then connect that to seront.
Update I've tweaked a few parameters to make the spacing between the words better.
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[margin=1in]{geometry}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{intersections,positioning}
\newcommand*{\hnode}[1]{\node[outer sep=0pt,anchor=base] (#1) {#1};} % create a labelled node
\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}
% First make a matrix containing as many columns as the longest sentence.
% Each cell contains a node whose label is identical to the word itself
\matrix[column sep=0em,row sep=.4in] {
% First sentence
\hnode{The} & \hnode{proposal} & \hnode{will} & \hnode{not} & \hnode{now} & \hnode{be} & \hnode{implemented} &\\
% Now create some dummy nodes to make intermediate nodes
& & & \node[inner sep={0pt},minimum width=0pt] (p1) {}; & & & \node[inner sep={0pt},minimum width=0pt] (p2) {};\\
% Second sentence
\hnode{Les} & \hnode{propositions} & \hnode{ne} & \hnode{seront} & \hnode{pas} & \hnode{mises} & \hnode{en} & \hnode{application} & \hnode{maintenant}\\
};
% Now connect the nodes. For paths that we want to break, name the path
\draw (The) -- (Les);
\draw (proposal) -- (propositions);
\draw[name path=willP] (will) -- (seront.north);
\draw (not) -- (p1);
\path[name path=neP] (p1) -- (ne);
\draw (p1) -- (pas);
\draw[name path=nowP] (now.south) -- (maintenant.north);
\path[name path=impP] (implemented) -- (p2);
\draw (p2) -- (mises.north);
\draw (p2) -- (en);
\draw (p2) -- (application.north);
% Now break the paths at the intersection by drawing a white circle over it
\fill[white, name intersections={of=willP and neP}] (intersection-1) circle (4pt);
\fill[white, name intersections={of=nowP and impP}] (intersection-1) circle (4pt);
% Finally redraw the path you don't want broken
% Is there a more elegant way to do this?
\draw (p1) -- (ne);
\draw (implemented) -- (p2);
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{pst-node}
\def\W#1#2{\rnode{#1}{#2}\hfill}
\begin{document}
\W{a}{The} \W{b}{proposal} \W{c}{will} \W{d}{not} \W{e}{now} \W{f}{be} \W{g}{implemented}
\vspace{4cm}
\W{A}{Les} \W{B}{propositions} \W{C}{nes} \W{D}{seront} \W{E}{pas} \W{F}{mises} \W{G}{en}
\W{H}{application} \W{I}{maintenant}
\psset{nodesep=5pt}
\ncline{a}{A}\ncline{b}{B}
\ncline{c}{D}
\ncdiag[border=4pt,angleA=-90,angleB=90,arm=5mm]{d}{C}
\ncput[npos=1.5]{\rnode{dC}{}}
\ncdiag[nodesepA=0pt,armB=5mm,angleA=-55,angleB=90]{dC}{E}
\ncdiag[angleA=-90,angleB=90,arm=5mm]{e}{I}
\ncdiag[border=4pt,angleA=-90,angleB=90,arm=5mm]{g}{F}
\ncput[npos=1.8]{\rnode{gF}{}}
\ncdiag[nodesepA=0pt,armB=5mm,angleA=-75,angleB=90]{gF}{G}
\ncdiag[nodesepA=0pt,armB=5mm,angleA=-20,angleB=90]{gF}{H}
\ncdiagg[angleA=-90,angleB=90,nodesepB=7mm]{f}{f}
\end{document}
This is building on Alan's answer, getting it to work with my answer to Is there a TikZ equivalent to the PSTricks \ncdiag command?
Here's the code:
\documentclass{article}
%\url{https://tex.stackexchange.com/q/25474/86}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{calc,matrix}
\newcommand{\hnode}[1]{|(#1)| #1}
\tikzset{
arm angleA/.initial={0},
arm angleB/.initial={0},
arm lengthA/.initial={0mm},
arm lengthB/.initial={0mm},
arm length/.style={%
arm lengthA=#1,
arm lengthB=#1,
},
arm/.style={
to path={%
(\tikztostart) -- ++(\pgfkeysvalueof{/tikz/arm angleA}:\pgfkeysvalueof{/tikz/arm lengthA}) -- ($(\tikztotarget)+(\pgfkeysvalueof{/tikz/arm angleB}:\pgfkeysvalueof{/tikz/arm lengthB})$) -- (\tikztotarget)
}
},
}
\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}
\matrix[column sep=0em,row sep=.4in,matrix of nodes,row 2/.style={coordinate}] (m) {
% First sentence
\hnode{The} & \hnode{proposal} & \hnode{will} & \hnode{not} & \hnode{now} & \hnode{be} & \hnode{implemented} &\\
% Now create some dummy nodes to make intermediate nodes
& & &|(p1)| {} & & &|(p2)| {}\\
% Second sentence
\hnode{Les} & \hnode{propositions} & \hnode{ne} & \hnode{seront} & \hnode{pas} & \hnode{mises} & \hnode{en} & \hnode{application} & \hnode{maintenant}\\
};
% Now connect the nodes.
\begin{scope}[every path/.style={line width=4pt,white,double=black},every to/.style={arm}, arm angleA=-90, arm angleB=90, arm length=5mm]
\draw (The) to (Les);
\draw (proposal) to (propositions);
\draw (will) to (seront);
\draw (not) to[arm lengthB=0pt] (p1)
(p1) to[arm lengthA=0pt] (ne)
(p1) to[arm lengthA=0pt] (pas);
\draw (now) to (maintenant);
\draw (be) -- ++(0,-.2in);
\draw (implemented) to[arm lengthB=0pt] (p2)
(p2) to[arm lengthA=0pt] (mises)
(p2) to[arm lengthA=0pt] (en)
(p2) to[arm lengthA=0pt] (application);
\end{scope}
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}
Here's the result:
As well as the arm stuff, we handle the intersections by using the double feature which draws a line twice at two thicknesses. By making the outer one white and the inner one black, we can "slice" out the underlying lines.
(The picture's been a bit zealously cropped ... the "maintenant" is there in the real picture.)
Update: I wasn't happy with the fact that the lines were of different lengths, so I hacked the matrix node style (a lot) so that the rows would expand to some length. We measure the length of the French sentence and then tell the English one to expand to the same amount. This is a bit nicer to look at, I reckon; though the price to pay might be a little high!
This time, I'll start with the picture:
And now the code:
\documentclass{standalone}
%\url{https://tex.stackexchange.com/q/25474/86}
\usepackage[scale=.95]{geometry}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{calc,matrix}
\newcommand{\hnode}[1]{|(#1)| #1}
\makeatletter
\tikzset{
arm angleA/.initial={0},
arm angleB/.initial={0},
arm lengthA/.initial={0mm},
arm lengthB/.initial={0mm},
arm length/.style={%
arm lengthA=#1,
arm lengthB=#1,
},
arm/.style={
to path={%
(\tikztostart) -- ++(\pgfkeysvalueof{/tikz/arm angleA}:\pgfkeysvalueof{/tikz/arm lengthA}) -- ($(\tikztotarget)+(\pgfkeysvalueof{/tikz/arm angleB}:\pgfkeysvalueof{/tikz/arm lengthB})$) -- (\tikztotarget)
}
},
expand/.code={%
\let\pgf@matrix@compute@origin=\pgf@matrix@compute@origin@expand
\let\pgf@matrix@cont=\pgf@matrix@cont@expand%
\let\pgf@matrix@cell@cont=\pgf@matrix@cell@cont@expand
},
expand width/.initial={100pt},
}
\def\ex@minwidth{100pt}%
\let\pgf@matrix@compute@origin@orig=\pgf@matrix@compute@origin
\def\pgf@matrix@compute@origin@expand{%
\pgf@matrix@compute@origin@orig
\pgfmathsetmacro{\ex@width}{%
\csname pgf@matrix@minx\the\pgf@matrix@numberofcolumns\endcsname -
\csname pgf@matrix@minx1\endcsname +
\csname pgf@matrix@maxx\the\pgf@matrix@numberofcolumns\endcsname +
\csname pgf@matrix@maxx1\endcsname +
2*\pgfkeysvalueof{/pgf/inner xsep}
}
\pgfmathsetmacro{\ex@extra}{max(0,(\pgfkeysvalueof{/tikz/expand width} - \ex@width)/(\pgf@matrix@numberofcolumns - 1))}%
{%
\c@pgf@counta=1\relax%
\advance\pgf@matrix@numberofcolumns by 1\relax
\loop%
\ifnum\c@pgf@counta<\pgf@matrix@numberofcolumns\relax%
\pgfmathparse{\csname pgf@matrix@minx\the\c@pgf@counta\endcsname + (\c@pgf@counta - 1) * \ex@extra}%
\expandafter\xdef\csname pgf@matrix@minx\the\c@pgf@counta\endcsname{\pgfmathresult pt}%
\advance\c@pgf@counta by1\relax%
\repeat%
}%
}
\def\pgf@matrix@cont@expand{%
\setbox\pgf@matrix@box=\hbox\bgroup\vbox\bgroup%
\pgfmathparse{\pgfkeysvalueof{/tikz/expand width} - 2*\pgfkeysvalueof{/pgf/inner xsep}}%
\halign to \pgfmathresult pt\bgroup%
\pgf@matrix@init@row%
\pgf@matrix@step@column%
{%
\pgf@matrix@startcell%
##%
\pgf@matrix@endcell%
}%
\tabskip=0pt\relax
&%
##\pgf@matrix@padding&&%
##%
\tabskip=0pt plus 1fil\relax
&%
\pgf@matrix@step@column%
{%
\pgf@matrix@startcell%
##%
\pgf@matrix@endcell%
}%
\tabskip=0pt\relax
&%
##\pgf@matrix@padding%
\cr%
}
\def\pgf@matrix@cell@cont@expand[#1]{%
\ifnum\pgfmatrixcurrentcolumn<\pgf@matrix@numberofcolumns%
\else%
{%
\global\pgf@matrix@fixedfalse%
\pgf@x=0pt%
\pgf@matrix@addtolength{\pgf@x}{\pgfmatrixcolumnsep}%
\pgf@matrix@addtolength{\pgf@x}{#1}%
\ifpgf@matrix@fixed%
\expandafter\pgfutil@g@addto@macro\csname pgf@matrix@column@finish@\the\pg
fmatrixcurrentcolumn\endcsname%
{\global\pgf@picmaxx=0pt}%
\fi%
\advance\pgfmatrixcurrentcolumn by1\relax % only temporary for the following:
\expandafter\xdef\csname pgf@matrix@column@sep@\the\pgfmatrixcurrentcolumn\endcsname{\the\pgf@x}%
\ifpgf@matrix@fixed%
\expandafter\gdef\csname pgf@matrix@column@finish@\the\pgfmatrixcurrentcolumn\endcsname{\global\pgf@picminx=0pt}%
\else%
\expandafter\global\expandafter\let\csname pgf@matrix@column@finish@\the\pgfmatrixcurrentcolumn\endcsname=\pgfutil@empty%
\fi%
}%
\fi%
&\pgf@matrix@correct@calltrue&\pgf@matrix@correct@calltrue&%
}%
\makeatother
\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}
% Second sentence
\matrix[column sep=0em,matrix of nodes] (French) {
\hnode{Les} & \hnode{propositions} & \hnode{ne} & \hnode{seront} & \hnode{pas} & \hnode{mises} & \hnode{en} & \hnode{application} & \hnode{maintenant}\\
};
\path (French.east);
\pgfgetlastxy{\Frrx}{\Frry}%
\path (French.west);
\pgfgetlastxy{\Frlx}{\Frly}%
\pgfmathsetmacro{\Frwidth}{\Frrx - \Frlx}%
\path (French) ++(0,.8in) node[matrix,column sep=0em,matrix of nodes,expand,expand width={\Frwidth pt}] (English) {
% First sentence
\hnode{The} & \hnode{proposal} & \hnode{will} & \hnode{not} & \hnode{now} & \hnode{be} & \hnode{implemented}\\
};
% Now connect the nodes.
\begin{scope}[every path/.style={line width=4pt,white,double=black},every to/.style={arm}, arm angleA=-90, arm angleB=90, arm length=5mm]
\draw (The) to (Les);
\draw (proposal) to (propositions);
\draw (will) to (seront);
\draw (not) -- ++(0,-.4in) coordinate (p1) {}
(p1) to[arm lengthA=0pt] (ne)
(p1) to[arm lengthA=0pt] (pas);
\draw (now) to (maintenant);
\draw (be) -- ++(0,-.4in);
\draw (implemented) -- ++(0,-.4in) coordinate (p2)
(p2) to[arm lengthA=0pt] (mises)
(p2) to[arm lengthA=0pt] (en)
(p2) to[arm lengthA=0pt] (application);
\end{scope}
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}
It really is horrendous hackery the third. Not only do we have to mess around with the node placement in the matrix command, we also have to modify one of the main routines: the \halign that actually places the nodes in the right places. This is because we want to add some stretchable glue between the columns, using \tabskip. Only we don't want it at the edges. I'm not an \halign aficionado but the only way I could get this to work was by introducing another column between each actual column in the matrix (in addition to the extra one already there!) which could handle the alignment. Otherwise, trying to set \tabskip in the \halign preamble meant that either it was in place at the end of the row (not wanted) or wasn't in place between the columns (wanted).
So this is most definitely not recommended, but it was bugging me!