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Latest post Sat, Sep 20 2008 4:40 AM by Jean Sohet. 3 replies.
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Jean-David  +  20702 Wed, 28 Jan 04 10:17 PM
God bless whoever started these forums!!!

When writing in english, do you put the name of a company, association, comity, centre, organisation, building, group or institution in italics, in quotation marks or in nothing at all, if these names are in another language...?

For example:
The **Association des aides familiales du Québec** is an important association that...



Thanks,

Jean-David
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robboe, 5 yr 284 days ago
I don't think it matters, as long as you remain consistent. Personally, I'd ""'d itSmile [:)] ...
hitchhiker  +  20767 Thu, 29 Jan 04 01:32 PM
Hi Jean-David, welcome to the forums!

It's common to see foreign language words in English text, you can include it without any extra punctuation - However robboe's suggestion is also fine.
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Jean Sohet, 1 yr 49 days ago
Salut, je viens du Quebec aussi!!!
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