Simon R. Hughes    768340 Mon, 08 Dec 03 12:48 AM A quick style question: Say I want to quote Jacob Grimm's praise of Peter Christen Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Moe's Norwegian Folk Tales , followed by a translation of his words, how would I go about it, parenthesis-, quotation mark-, and italics-wise? 1. " die besten Märchen, die es gibt " ("the best fairy talesthere are") 2. die besten Märchen, die es gibt ("the best fairy tales thereare") 3. " die besten Märchen, die es gibt " (the best fairy talesthere are) Or is there any other way you would recommend? Simon R. Hughes Simon R. Hughes Translation, Quotation Marks, Punctuation, Styles

	Hanna Burdon    768346 Mon, 08 Dec 03 12:51 AM "2. die besten Märchen, die es gibt ("the best fairy tales there are")I would use no 2. It seems best to stress both, but stress them differently." Hanna Hanna Burdon

	Simon R. Hughes    770997 Wed, 10 Dec 03 12:39 AM Thus spake Hanna Burdon: "2. die besten Märchen, die es gibt ("the best fairy tales there are")" "I would use no 2. It seems best to stress both, but stress them differently." Thanks for answering, Hanna. As it happens, you chose the one I put in there for completeness. The quote is the German, which requires quotation marks. It is in a foreign language, thus it requires italics. The problem for me was the English. It is a translation of something the reader already knows is a quotation, so are quotation marks still required? I think I am going to choose my third option: " die besten Märchen, die es gibt " (the best fairy tales there are) Simon R. Hughes Simon R. Hughes Translation, Quotation Marks, Countries, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Punctuation, Languages