[bksvol-discuss] Re: proofreading question
- From: Pamela Hoffard <crosssttch@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2012 07:23:06 -0800 (PST)
Chanelle,
This has been a very common question, so here is the response from Mayrie at
Bookshare:
The braille transcription manual essentially says to treat the elipsis as if it
were a word. This means that if there is an opening quote before the elipsis,
no space should come before the elipsis. And if there is a period and closing
quote following the elipsis, that no space should come between. But between
words, the elipsis should be surrounded by spaces. Also, if the elipsis is
followed by a closing quote, there should be no space between the elipsis and
the closing quotation mark. Finally, and this is different from what I learned
years ago, if a period and an elipsis are together, rules of grammar need to be
used to determine the placement of the elipsis. If the sentence is a fragment,
not containing both a subject and a verb, (isn't a complete sentence), but
there is a period, the elipsis should come before the period with no space
between. If the elipsis follows a complete sentence, the period should follow
the sentence as usual,
and the elipsis following should be preceded and followed by a space.
All that said, and I do realize that it is a bit complex, as long as there are
NO spaces within the elipsis, it will be rendered accurately by Bookshare's
braille translation tools. And, as far as I know, it needs to be typed on the
keyboard as three periods, not as the elipsis symbol, because said symbol is
not translated correctly.
Okay, I hope that was clear. If not, please ask. And, may I suggest that if
anyone thinks they might need this information in future for refreshing the
memory as many of us (myself included), please keep this note to refer to so I
don't have to express myself sensibly and clearly again. I might not do so well
a second time.
Mayrie
As she states, please ask more if needed! You have a very pretty name, by the
way!
Fellow volunteer,
Pam Hoffard
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From: Chanelle Allen <chanellem.allen@xxxxxxxxx>
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Monday, March 5, 2012 9:04 AM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] proofreading question
Dear Volunteer list,
If there is a period after a word
followed by a space and then three periods, would I delete the period and space
after the word so that it would be followed by the ellipses? Or do I leave the
original period after the word, delete the space, and then just have four
periods? Maybe it doesn't matter, but since we are not supposed to alter the
text, I thought that I would ask.
Chanelle
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