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Forum: Translations from the Elvish - Public Forum 02-28-2013, 10:56 AM
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Posted By Aiwendil
Good idea. And I agree about underlining and...

Good idea. And I agree about underlining and brackets - at this point, it would cause far too much confusion.
Forum: Translations from the Elvish - Public Forum 03-10-2004, 03:13 PM
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Posted By Aiwendil
I had suggested that, as a compromise between...

I had suggested that, as a compromise between Maedhros's desire for simplicity and my desire for distinction, we keep normalization separate but merge outline expansion with grammatical insertions. ...
Forum: Translations from the Elvish - Public Forum 03-09-2004, 03:56 PM
Replies: 19
Views: 34,452
Posted By Aiwendil
Maedhros wrote: Primarily because...

Maedhros wrote:


Primarily because underlining was impossible, I think.

Certainly we don't need to retain to the grammatical insertions - normalization distinction - that is, failure to make...
Forum: Translations from the Elvish - Public Forum 03-08-2004, 02:40 PM
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Posted By Aiwendil
I'm still hesitant to merge the notations for...

I'm still hesitant to merge the notations for normalization and for grammatical insertions. The main reason is that they differ not just superficially, but also in their fundamental inspiration. ...
Forum: Translations from the Elvish - Public Forum 03-05-2004, 09:34 AM
Replies: 19
Views: 34,452
Posted By Aiwendil
Findegil wrote: As I understand it, the...

Findegil wrote:


As I understand it, the reason for the B! and D! Balrog and Dragon changes was that the validity of these changes rested on a point that was not yet quite settled. What I mean...
Forum: Translations from the Elvish - Public Forum 03-03-2004, 04:27 PM
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Posted By Aiwendil
Well I've just discovered that apparently we once...

Well I've just discovered that apparently we once again have the ability to underline things. It's simply a U within square brackets.

I don't see any reason now not to go back to the convention...
Forum: Translations from the Elvish - Public Forum 03-03-2004, 04:23 PM
Replies: 19
Views: 34,452
Posted By Aiwendil
I took "grammatical insertions " to mean, for...

I took "grammatical insertions " to mean, for example, the addition of words like "and" and "but", as well as the addition of commas and such, when we combine text from different sources. It is not...
Forum: Translations from the Elvish - Public Forum 03-01-2004, 04:44 PM
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Posted By Aiwendil
Format/Notation Issues

I think it would be best if we came up with a standard system of notation and a standard format for our emendations, which we will keep constant from section to section.

We currently have a sort...
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