User:Random832/Style Guide
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This is a working draft for a new section for addition to the Manual_of_Style.
Foreign Language usage
- Foreign language usage in an English article should in most cases use the common spelling and punctuation currently in use in the country of origin for the word.
- When foreign language words have become part of the English language, the English spelling should be used.
- Titles of books, movies, and other media mentioned in articles should be first listed in their native spelling as published. An English translation in parenthesis should follow. For example:
- Броненосец Потёмкин (Battleship Potemkin) : for many years generally considered the greatest film ever...
- Articles about foreign language books, movies, and other media should be created using the translation of the name. The beginning of the article should have the name in the foreign language using the native spelling as published.
- Books, movies and other media that were renamed for their English publication or distribution should be created using the name they are best known by. There can also be a redirect from the literal translation. For example: Ladri di biciclette, the 1948 Italian film should be listed as The Bicycle Thief and not by the more accurate translation Bicycle Thieves.
- Once a word is introduced in a foreign spelling, its translation or transliteration can be used instead of the native spelling whenever it makes the article easier to read (such as the Battleship Potemkin example above).
List of specific foreign language usage issues
INDONESIAN
- Current Indonesian spelling should be used instead of the older colonial Dutch spelling. For example: Canting instead of tjanting.
- The old spelling should be included at the beginning of the article. For example:
- Kecak (also Ketjak) a form of Balinese music drama, originated ...
Outstanding Issues
- Furthermore, in some parts of the world multiple foreign-language names may be relevant, and it is important to identify what language is being used. This arises, for example in place names in Transylvania (where both Hungarian and Romanian are almost always relevant, and sometimes German as well) or for monarchs who may have been called differently by their subjects who spoke different languages (and differently again in English). -- Jmabel 00:36, Jun 15, 2004 (UTC)
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