[bksvol-discuss] Re: English quotes
- From: "Mayrie ReNae" <mayrierenae@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 9 May 2012 05:48:03 -0700
Hi Tracy,
Oh, you are so right. Absolutely, no! We do not want proofreaders to change
British quotation markings to American quotation markings. Please just
leave them as they are printed! I have no idea where anyone would get the
idea that Bookshare thinks we should change them.
No worries. Just leave them as they are printed.
Mayrie
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[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Tracy Carcione
Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2012 4:50 AM
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Subject: [bksvol-discuss] English quotes
For books published in the UK, the quotation mark system is different from
that used in the US.
Someone said to me yesterday that they thought that we are supposed to
change all those English quotes to the American system. I sure hope the
person I was talking to is just confused.
I so totally disagree with that idea. I see my job as a proofreader or
submitter as keeping the book as close as possible to the original. I will
move a few words around, if a footnote or sidebar interrupts a sentence, but
otherwise, it should stay as is. I even leave in misspelled words, if I can
determine they're misspelled in the original, though it bugs me to do it.
Changing all the quotes from one system to another is a change from the way
the book was published, which adds nothing to its comprehensibility, and is
a massive waste of a volunteer's valuable time. If someone has decided
that's how it should be done, then that decision should be revisited.
As you can tell, I feel pretty passionate about this.
Tracy
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