Thanks rfruth. Translation is not the problem. Typing the language is. In the past (about 30yrs ago) I created my own fonts, but that's not the way things are done today. Now the talk is about...

As a beginner, I'm stumbling from one headache to another.

I'm wanting to work with a foreign language (tag = ksw-Mymr) on my early model Windows Surface Pro that is running Windows 10

Windows...

If you're inclined to work through the issue, tools exist to build your own keyboard to match the unique characters you are looking for.

see keyman by Tavultesoft

Hope this has been of help to...

I found that UnicodeInput didn't play nicely with Win 10. It doesn't seem to be self aware and opened multiple copies of itself.

A better option could be BabelMap which looks to have plenty of...

Several work arounds can be found at http://www.johndcook.com/blog/2008/08/17/three-ways-to-enter-unicode-characters-in-windows/

as I suggested above, U+(hexcode) Alt-X
edit a registry key and...

I'm sure a lot of people share my dilemma. The Unicodes I am wanting to use, range from U+1000 to U+109F (plus two extended ranges, AA60–AA7F and A9E0–A9FF). The Burmese (Myanmar) language pack...

Thanks for all the effort you have put into this topic, Kari. Very much appreciated.
My interest is the Myanmar (Burmese) keyboard and language, but in particular, some of the characters in that set...