From ee7e13c1b9b66f10f3c90f8251eeacff0058ab8c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Susan Quigley <susan_quigley@wycliffeassociates.org>
Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2018 19:57:55 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Update 'translate/tA Decisions.md'
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translate/tA Decisions.md | 36 ++++++++++++++++++++----------------
1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)
diff --git a/translate/tA Decisions.md b/translate/tA Decisions.md
index 5b1989b..e5ff37a 100644
--- a/translate/tA Decisions.md
+++ b/translate/tA Decisions.md
@@ -4,7 +4,22 @@ Oct 1, 2018, we started going through tA to sure that all the verses that are s
Oct 4, 2018, we realized that if translators compare the ULB text in tA with the ULB text in en_ULB, they might find it confusing if the capitalization and punctuation are different. So moving on with our work, we'll make sure that the punctuation and capitalizaton are the same.
-### Details for use of ellipses in at beginning or end of ULB text in tA:
+### Questions about the need for this:
+1. If the examples in en_ta need to be from the ULB, which style would be more helpful for the translators?
+1. Do the examples in en_ta need to be from the ULB? Could we have a note at the beginning saying that the examples are from previous or current versions of the ULB? Perhaps we could remove "ULB" after the verse reference.
+>I'd go with the latter. -hmw
+
+##### Comments
+1. If all of these materials are intended to be dynamic, it seems it will be impossible to guarantee that all the examples in en_ta perfectly match the current ULB -- unless we do this task every time we make a new version available.
+1. Even if we do not need to make the examples the same as the ULB, it would still be good to check the verse references, since there are errors there.
+
+##### Answers from Chris
+1. Keep the ellipses to show that a snippet starts or ends in the middle of a sentence.
+1. If the new ULB is still a good example, match the verse in the tA to the ULB.
+2. If the new ULB is not a good example, keep the example and remove "ULB" from the reference.
+3. We are fixing these up in tA this last time. After we are done, we will not continue to fix up the verses in tA to match the ULB.
+
+### Details for use of ellipses at beginning or end of ULB text in tA:
Ellipsis at beginning: ... text (dot dot dot space text)
Ellipsis at end: text.... (text dot dot dot final-punctuation)
@@ -30,21 +45,6 @@ Also, how do we write the verse number? (Romans 2:19 ULB) or (Romans 2:19-20 ULB
That probably violates everything I told you this morning, but I'm making this up as I go along.
-### Questions:
-1. If the examples in en_ta need to be from the ULB, which style would be more helpful for the translators?
-1. Do the examples in en_ta need to be from the ULB? Could we have a note at the beginning saying that the examples are from previous or current versions of the ULB? Perhaps we could remove "ULB" after the verse reference.
->I'd go with the latter. -hmw
-
-##### Comments
-1. If all of these materials are intended to be dynamic, it seems it will be impossible to guarantee that all the examples in en_ta perfectly match the current ULB -- unless we do this task every time we make a new version available.
-1. Even if we do not need to make the examples the same as the ULB, it would still be good to check the verse references, since there are errors there.
-
-##### Answers from Chris
-1. Keep the ellipses to show that a snippet starts or ends in the middle of a sentence.
-1. If the new ULB is still a good example, match the verse in the tA to the ULB.
-2. If the new ULB is not a good example, keep the example and remove "ULB" from the reference.
-3. We are fixing these up in tA this last time. After we are done, we will not continue to fix up the verses in tA to match the ULB.
-
### Fixing Line spacing in lists with multiple bullets as in Translation Strategies applied.
1. Remove empty line between examples.
1. Force a line between an application and the next numbered strategy by adding two spaces at the end the application line and two spaces at the beginning of the next blank line.
@@ -67,6 +67,10 @@ This is taken from the page for Metaphor:
* Now you gather fish. I will make you <u>gather people</u>.
+### Poetry in Examples of Translation Strategies Applied.
+We can keep the standard bulleted formatting if we do not try to translate it as poetry but as a paragraph.
+See https://git.door43.org/WycliffeAssociates/en_ta/src/branch/master/translate/figs-exmetaphor/01.md
+
### Dividing up the work by the words the files start with
Susan - biblicalimagery, bita, figs
John - translate