Chris Clemens
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Yes, single letter abbreviations require the letter indicator even though they are enclosed in grouping symbols.
Your format is good. However, you must use the numeric indicator in your table because you would need guide dots, and there are minus signs in the table entries. I have attached a suggestion for another way to do the tables. I'm not saying you must do it my way, or even that my way is the correct way -- I'm just showing another option. Also, this is a sequentially numbered table in a technical text, so the table label must be on line 25 of every page to which the table extends. I am open to suggestions about ways to improve my attempt. I was trying to avoid having to key the summations at the bottom of the 3rd and 4th columns.
Hi Gil. It's good to hear from you again.
You can set this excerpt as a slight variant of the format for an accompanied solo. You can include any dynamics and other details in the "solo outline" line. You don't need to use the orchestral format, so no marginal abbreviations are necessary. If the information that it is for trumpet in E-flat and orchestral reduction is not included in the introductory text, you can put that in a TN above the excerpt. I think the term "orchestral reduction" clearly implies that it is for piano.
Glad you're back on the job.
LarryHello,
I am not sure why you were marked wrong. Perhaps asking NFB for clarification will provide the answer you need. They are not always correct ... so if you feel something was marked off in error, question it! 🙂 You are correct that the author's name must be in full capitals. Without seeing the print, the braille, and the explanation they gave you, I cn't answer your question any better.
Question them and let me know what thewy have to say 🙂 Good luck!
Jana
Thanks for your response. I'm still kind of confused though. I had this situation marked wrong on a certification exam. It was on the title page on the line for the author name which should be in all caps of course. I put the double capital sign in front of the whole last name (in front of the McDougall) and it was marked wrong. The only other thing on the line is the first name 'Sally' which I brailled using the 'ally' contraction and put the double capital sign in front of 'Sally'. That's why I figured I must have something wrong with the way I brailled the 'McDougall' name.
Hello,
Thanks for your question. If the name is McDOUGALL, you would single cap Mc Double cap DOUGALL. If the entire word is capitalized such as MCDOUGALL, only then would you use a double cap indicator in front of the entire word.
Hope this helps.
Jana
This issue of accented letters not used by the foreign language is touched upon in the current Interim Manual. This is much more clearly and specifically stated in the new foreign language rules now under review by BANA. Here is the direct quotation:
1.3 Types of foreign language texts
a. Entirely foreign text. Transcribe such texts using uncontracted braille and the appropriate foreign alphabet symbols as provided in Rules 13 and 14.
NOTE: If an accented letter occurs which is not part of that language, use dot 4 before the letter. Insert a transcriber’s note immediately to explain the format.Unless the text identifies that second language as Hawaiian, it is not appropriate for the transcriber to assume that it is, although I happen to agree with you and I think that it is too. However, we do know that you are working in Spanish and the letter in that name has a non-Spanish accented letter. Use a dot 4 accent indicator and simply state in the TN that the accent indicator is used for accented letters that do not occur in Spanish. If this occurs more than once, consider a transcriber's note on the TN page, rather than an individual TN every time this occurs.
--Joanna
The question about the a tilde was from another braillists so I have no print for that.
I am attaching the entire print page from my book. It is a story entirely in Spanish with names that appear to be Hawaiian.
I have not received the print sample I asked for with regard to the first question. I really need a print sample for your question as well. I simply cannot give the best answer I can find with just a tiny snippet. I need to see the context. Please send the page that has each of these situations. For instance, the a tilde does not occur in Spanish. Is the word that you have in another language? Do you know what language it is? That is one of the reasons I need to have a context.
I agree that your second question is probably someone's name. I need to see other instances as well.
--Joanna
I have encountered another word: ‘Ōpua
How do I handle the symbol that looks like an opening single quotation mark? There are other instances where that symbol is in the middle of a name.
Thank you.
I apologize for dropping the ball on your question. It fell off my radar, I guess. There are no rules in Nemeth Code for doing boxes, which means that we get guidance for boxes from Braille Formats. Those rules require boxing lines that extend the width of the braille page.
Here is an answer I gave (after consulting with other "experts") to a similar question a year or so ago. This is, of course, a suggestion since there are no rules that deal specifically with this situation.
The matrix is more important than the headings. So, if the headings don't fit, the headings should be altered, not the matrices. That is, the matrices should be done with the normal spacing. Abbreviate or key the headings as necessary.
Blank lines should be left above and below the matrix. I would not include the separation line under the headings because since there is a blank line, the "separation" is already handled. Also having both a separation line and a blank line under the headings just puts the headings one more line away from the column they identify.
I'm assuming there is no problem with the row headings -- just leave one blank cell before the opening enlarged grouping symbolWith regard to your situation, I have attached an adjusted version of your braille. The column headings should go over only the actual column, not including the enlarged grouping symbols. If you put in the column separation line, a blank line is still required before the first line of the matrix. As you can see in the example, I have shown it both with and without separation lines.
Yes you can start an embedded expression on the same line as the text in which it is embedded. As you noted, if bringing it down to the next line will let it all fit on one line, that is what you should do. The priority list for dividing math expressions still applies, so you would still have to move it down if that will make room for that part of the expression that precedes the comparison sign.
