It'll translate into braille correctly, whether you leave the spaces in or not. However, the convention in braille is to have spaces around them, unless they are at the end of a sentence, in which case you would see four periods, one for the end of the sentence, and three for the ellipsis.
I've heard that the print convention is to leave no spaces, but I've seen examples in many books where they do have spaces around them when they are not at the end of a sentence.
Evan----- Original Message ----- From: "Judy s." <cherryjam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, January 15, 2011 2:10 PM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] question on ellipses
I'm really confused on what to do to make ellipses translate correctly into braille.I thought we were supposed to treat an ellipsis like a word, with a space before it, three periods, and a space afterwards.However, the current version of the volunteer manual says, "Make sure there are no spaces before the 3 periods."Which is correct? Judy s. To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxput the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.
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