Hi Judith,
By "compound words", I take it you mean hyphenated words? An example would be
helpful.
So, I'm assuming you mean something like
Do-it-yourself,
Part-time
Never-to-be-forgotten
Bar-over-bar
Left-handed
Well-to-do
Never-ending
So-called
Etc.
In UEB, yes, you only put an italic, bold or underline (typeform) sign at the
start and there is no need to repeat it after the hyphen.
As George has said, the relevant section in the Rules of Unified English
Braille is section 9, which deals with "typeform indicators" (that is, italics,
bold, underlining, and various transcriber-defined signs).
The relevant paragraph is:
9.3.2 The effect of the typeform word indicator is terminated by space (but not
by a numeric space or by space at the end of a braille line in a divided
symbols-sequence).
Note that this is different from the capital word sign (dot 6, dot 6):
8.4.2 The effect of a capitalised word indicator is terminated by a space, a
single capital letter, a nonalphabetic symbol, or a capitals terminator, but
not by a modifier or a ligature indicator.
In other words: the capital word sign goes as far as anything which isn't a
letter; but the italics word goes all the way up to a space.
I hope this helps, but if you need any further help, please do not hesitate to
get in touch.
With best regards,
James.
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Subject: [ueb-ed] Compound Words
Hello,
Please can someone tell me what is the rule for italicising compound words in
UEB?
I have been proofreading a book in UEB where a compound word is in italics but
the transcriber has only put the italic sign in front of the first part of the
word.
I cannot find the answer in Unified English Braille. AS well as telling me the
answer, please could someone tell me where to find it in the book?
Many thanks.
Kind regards,
Judith
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