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Look at the top of page 114 of the UEB codebook (10.5.1). There are examples of "Was and 'His that both are uncontracted because of the punctuation. The capital sign does not make a difference in whether or not a contraction is used. In this case, the rule says that lower signs can't be used next to punctuation.
Cindi
Ah - I thought you were asking this question because of the opening typeform indicator...but your issue is really with the fact that there is a typeform terminator following the dis. And, you are right. You cannot use the dis contraction in that case. I'm sorry I didn't fully understand the question. If you look at 10.6.2, the very last thing, there is an example of disturb and the dis contraction is not used.
Thank you for clarifying this and continuing to ask questions.
Cindi
You can use the contraction. See the Note to 10.6.2 at the top of page 118 of the UEB rules. The indicators (typeforms, etc) do not change the fact that the contraction is at the beginning of the word.
Cindi
If all of the footnotes are italicized throughout this book, do a transcriber's note on the TN page stating that and leave the italics off the footnotes. Keep the bold for the entry words.
If all of the footnotes are NOT italicized, what you proposed above sounds right, except you would use bold word indicators on the first entry so no termination is required for that bold.
I hope they are all italicized; It would be easier for the reader to not have all those indicators 🙂
Cindi
The entire paragraph does not have to be emphasized for this to be true. Repeat the passage indicator at the beginning of the next paragraph and then terminate only once.
Cindi
I would not repeat the italic passage indicator at the beginning of each line of this poem. If the poem had more than one stanza that was emphasized, I would repeat the passage indicator at the beginning of each stanza...to me, the stanzas are a bit like paragraphs. There really isn't any rule that says this is the way to apply this.
Cindi
I would suggest putting the text into paragraph form...especially if the print makes it easy to distinguish 'paragraphs' by using blank lines between them. If it rhymed, I would say do it in poetry style...but this doesn't seem to rhyme. In order to avoid the use of an excess of blank lines, I would do the paragraphs 3-1 rather than blocked. If the entire book is done this way, a transcriber's note is not required noting this change.
Cindi
Please try to load the file again...maybe just a page or two. The file was too big and did not get uploaded.
Cindi
The updated formats will be changed to accommodate for UEB rules. However...what the new section says is that the word at the margin in a glossary must be the word in its regular, contracted form. So in the examples where the entry word is broken into syllables, the word would first have to appear in its regular, contracted form (and then the word broken into syllables would follow). In the examples where the entry word is not in syllables and does not have any diacritics, the word does not have to be re-written.
If I did not answer all of your questions, please write again 🙂
Cindi
The decision to use UEB math or Nemeth is an agency/state decision. The first article you mentioned would only apply if your state/agency is using straight UEB to do math books. The second lets transcribers know how to use Nemeth within a UEB context (using UEB only for the literary text and using Nemeth for the math). If your state/agency is sticking with Nemeth, these guidelines should be used for the whole book. If you are using UEB math, no Nemeth symbols should be used in your book.
Cindi
Yes, what you have done in the first question above is correct.
In your second question, the preferred method is whatever would maintain it's "most usual form". In this case, I would use the grade 1, cap, k, period (4 times) which is 16 cells (not counting spaces). The first example you have above is 17 cells and the second is 17 cells...so the way initials are usually done takes less space and is more like what a reader would be used to seeing.
Cindi
Technically you do not need a grade 1 indicator before the dot because of the continuation indicator in the email address. Personally, I would try to split the email address in a different place.
Cindi
According to the BANA Math committee, a number with a + or - in front of it - like +3 or -3 - should be done in Nemeth (within the code switches).
Cindi
Question 1: The modified letters WILL need to be on the Special Symbols page as well as in the pronunciation key. Just the symbols are listed - the letters the symbols modify should not be on the Special Symbols list. And yes, the dot locator should precede those symbols.
Question 2:
Part 1 - use a numeric or letter key as before.
Part 2 - when you define the letter or number in the key listing, state what it applies to. You can no longer use the terminator indicator as a terminator...it would conflict with other UEB symbols.
Cindi
