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As long as each link does not require a runover, begin a new line only if the expression which follows the sign of comparison will not fit on the current line. Example (2) in NC Sec.189b illustrates.
There are two reasons you would need to begin a new line at *each comparison sign: (a) if you are following the format for special linked expressions as defined in NC Sec.189b, or (b) if any link requires a runover.
Lindy Walton (answering while Dorothy is away)
Print copy often spaces terms and symbols in an equation or expression. In braille we follow Nemeth Code spacing rules. Do not space between the numeral and the function name or abbreviated function name which follows.
A space is required following the function name/abbreviation and its modifications, if any, as explained and illustrated in the Nemeth Codebook, Sec.119.–Lindy Walton (answering for Dorothy)
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On page 226 of An Introduction to Braille Mathematics Section 145:
No space should be left before a function name or its abbreviation unless it iis preceded by a symbol requiring a space.
(21) shows an example of a space in print.
Well, then, THAT was easy. If I may, you are courageously doing foreign language. You have enough to worry about. I do not include this sort of thing in my own FL transcribing, but I wanted to be sure it’s really OK to leave it out. It is!
–Joanna
Sorry, I read through the print quickly and saw several references to illustrations and so forth. This falls into a gray area just the same and I have conferred with colleagues on it. First, this material is NOT usually included in a foreign language transcription. It is not mentioned in the Interim Manual. However, if it is included, consider that this is basically English and therefore considered in English context. Braille this as English, using dot 4 accent indicators for all the accented letters. Retain the emphasis as in print for the Spanish titles. No emphasis for the authors because there is none in print. Contractions should be used appropriately in accord with the rules for foreign language proper nouns in the English context. Use dot 4 for all the accents and don’t forget to list the dot 4 as a special symbol.
–Joanna
From Dorothy October 2008 (In the old forum)
Yes, you do use the Nemeth asterisk when it stands for a multiplication sign. (dots 4, 3456) Don’t forget to repeat the numeric indicator following the asterisk.
edited by myrtle12345 on 9/18/2010The large paragraph is the publisher’s acknowledgment of permission received for the use of materials from different sources. (There are no photo credits listed.) It is inside the front cover of the book, so will be placed at the end of the last volume.
All of the titles are in Spanish. The authors and publishers are foreign.
Do I use uncontracted braille and Spanish accented letters in the titles? In the authors’ names? In the foreign publishers’ names?
I’m sorry–I don’t understand what you are asking. This is not a page that would be transcribed directly, I don’t think. Photo credits are not included in a braille transcription. Are you asking about the braille title page? Or something else?
–Joanna
This is from another book in the same series. The italics show book titles, not a change of language. Should I use contracted English braille? Should the book titles that are in Spanish be brailled uncontracted with the Spanish accented letters or uncontracted with the accent symbol? How should the Spanish authors’ names be brailled? The Spanish publishers? Do I join the word by to the Spanisher authors and publishers?
This is really confusing.
HI again, Gil.
There isn’t a hard and fast rule about when to use vertical and when to use horizontal figured-bass formats. All I could tell you what I would have done in that case. If a particular agency wants a different answer, that is their privilege. I apologize if I have caused you any trouble. All you should have to do to attach a file is click on the “attach files” button below where you are writing your message.
Best to you,
Larry
