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UEB does not address Formats and Formats does NOT require this. Because the Transcriber's Notes page is a T page, it is, by its very nature, transcriber-added material. No TN indicators are required.
Cindi
It would help to know exactly what you are transcribing? Is this an alphabetic reference (since you are using the rules for alphabetic references)? If so, you need guide words.
You did handle the margins correctly for page 31. And adding a colon to separate the two languages is also correct.
Does the heading Adjetivos begin a new section? It might be wise to start it on a new braille page (each alphabetic reference begins on a new braille page). But to answer your question, I do not believe you need to adjust the heading over based on the articles. You do have words that start at the margin...I might suggest that you post that question on the Foreign Language forum.
Cindi
Welcome to NBA membership! We are glad to have you.
Thank you for being honest that this question is for your manuscript. The manuscripts really need to be your own work - so I can't give you a clear and direct answer here. However, I will point you to 8.3.4 of Braille Formats 2016 which is relating to lists...but should give you a basis for deciding how to handle this material.
Remember that I am not the one grading your manuscript! Base your decisions on things you have learned as you've gone through the NLS course and the information found in BF.
Best of luck!
Cindi
Yes, what you have done is great. You really have no choice. I've had this same issue with foreign language glossaries that have articles. You have to do what makes the most sense...and you have.
Cindi
I believe I would make the column headings (which are really just embedded transcriber's notes) cell 7 headings...you can follow a cell 7 with another cell 7, but not a cell 5.
BF does say that the headings over matching columns should be in cell 5, but in this case, I believe the heading hierarchy should be the prevailing rule.
Cindi
BF 8.5.1d does NOT say this should be changed to a list. What it says is that IF you are transcribing something in nested list format, you don't use multiple columns.
What you have is a skeleton table and should be transcribed according to BF 11.9.
Cindi
You should put it before the blank with a space in between. Keep the number and the blank together on one braille line. Put a TN on the TN page (or at the site if it only happens once) explaining the change to print format.
Cindi
There are no rules about how to do mazes. I have always drawn the mazes in the books I have transcribed (and our agency has always drawn them).
Your suggestion about using a full cell for the dark parts of the maze is interesting, but I think this one is too big to fit across one braille page (I think - but maybe not?) that way and then you would have to deal with facing pages...which defeats the purpose. You would have to come up with a really good transcriber's note to explain what you have done.
So my first answer is: draw it. But if you can get it on one page using braille dots and can write a TN that adequately explains what you have done, you can try it. If you have the ability to emboss it that would be best...you can then get a really good feel for whether or not the paths are easily followed by touch and that should be the deciding factor on whether or not braille dots would work for this maze.
Cindi
The flow chart document is not updated for UEB. You should use the format detailed in that document, but not the symbols. Use UEB symbols.
Cindi
I polled the committee and we all agree that everything should be on page 26, combine 27 with 28. Do a transcriber's note to let the reader know that the timeline is across the bottom of the two pages.
Combined page numbers are only used when ALL of the information is across both pages.
Thanks for a great question!
CindiNo - that exception to the passage rule ONLY applies to two words within one shape. For two highlighted words, you should use the transcriber-defined word indicator.
CindiI've done a .brf file with a suggestion...keep in mind that I did not do everything involved and I won't be offended at all if you don't like my suggestions (I did poll the committee and got some response there as well - I have a great committee, they answered very quickly!)
We recommend you do the bar graph as a bar graph (if you change the orientation [do it horizontally] I think it will fit across a page.
Some of this was hard to see without the color (which I hope YOU have!)
Cindi
This should be posted in the Formats section of Expert 🙂
It applies only if text is interrupted...not if it occurs at the end of a section of text.
Cindi
