Handbook for translators of Spanish historical ... - University Library

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the assumption that transcriptions will be made on standard
8 1/2 "by 11 inches. A "balanced page of transcription should
have a left margin one and one-half inches wide, and a top
and bottom margin of the same width; the right margin should
be only one inch wide. Only twenty-five double-spaced
lines should be transcribed on a page. The page number
should be typed three-fourths of an inch from the top and
right edges of the paper, and no punctuation should follow
it. Paragraphs are indented five spaces. When it is necessary
to transcribe a single-spaced q_uotation, the entire
quotation should be indented four spaces, and paragraphs
should be indented five additional spaces; therefore, unlike
double-spaced transcriptions, single-spaced paragraphs
are indented nine spaces.
15. Dictionary Catalog . In cataloguing proper names
taken from transcripts and translations, the entry should
be made according to the best Spanish usage, which may be
ascertained by consulting any Spanish encyclopedia, dictionary,
or aother similar work. Spanish usage seldom employs
the initial letter of prefixes in a dictionary catalog.
All names should be entered with their correct
spelling; names mispelled in the original, however, should
be entered as given with cross-reference to the correct
spelling. For the convenience of readers not familiar with
Spanish usage, entries should also be made of English versions
of Spanish names with cross-references to the correct
spelling:
Examples:
Niliiez Cabeza de Vaca, Alvaro.
Cabeza de Vaca. See, Niinez Cabeza de Vaca.
De Vaca. See, Nunez Cabeza de Vaca.
Vaca. See, Nunez Cabeza de Vaca.
Nunez de Balboa, Vasco
De Balboa. See, Nunez de Balboa.
Balboa. See, Nunez de Balboa.
Le6n, Luis Ponce de
Ponce de Le6n, Juan.
Onate , Juan de
Le6n de la Barra, Francisco.
Salcedo, Nemesio.
Salzedo. See, Salcedo.
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