[bksvol-discuss] Re: English quotes
- From: "Ixchel, Jackie" <starsandhearts2@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 9 May 2012 15:45:07 -0400
Hi,
Are we supposed to move sidebars and tables to the end of sentenses if
they are interupted?
thanks,
Jackie
On 5/9/12, Roger Loran Bailey <rogerbailey81@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> Leave the British quotation marks as they are. Just designate the
> language as British English when you submit the book.
>
> On 5/9/2012 7:50 AM, Tracy Carcione wrote:
>> For books published in the UK, the quotation mark system is different
>> from
>> that used in the US.
>> Someone said to me yesterday that they thought that we are supposed to
>> change all those English quotes to the American system. I sure hope the
>> person I was talking to is just confused.
>> I so totally disagree with that idea. I see my job as a proofreader or
>> submitter as keeping the book as close as possible to the original. I
>> will move a few words around, if a footnote or sidebar interrupts a
>> sentence, but otherwise, it should stay as is. I even leave in
>> misspelled
>> words, if I can determine they're misspelled in the original, though it
>> bugs me to do it.
>> Changing all the quotes from one system to another is a change from the
>> way the book was published, which adds nothing to its comprehensibility,
>> and is a massive waste of a volunteer's valuable time. If someone has
>> decided that's how it should be done, then that decision should be
>> revisited.
>> As you can tell, I feel pretty passionate about this.
>> Tracy
>>
>>
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