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Drake
Lv 5
Drake asked in Society & CultureLanguages · 3 years ago

When translating in writing, is the translation in italics or < and >, or other?

I m writing a short story about early Greek life for a class. The Greeks obviously didn t speak English, so when I provide dialogue between them - in English - how do I write it?

A:

"Do I write it like this?" (But in Italics!)

B:

"<Do I write it like this?>" (Keeping brackets)

C:

other

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  • Chi girl
    Lv 7
    3 years ago

    Greek quotation marks and question mark: << Τι κάνεις; >> = "How are you?"

    Source(s): I'm Greek
  • Laurence
    Lv 7
    3 years ago

    Punctuation is language specific. If you write in English, you obey the conventions of English punctuation, including your choice of quotation marks..

  • L. E. Gant
    Lv 7
    3 years ago

    There's no fixed rule, except that the dialogue (and translation) do not interfere with the reading flow of the story.

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