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Re: Hypenated words at the ends of lines
I just posted a question about format, and I think this ties in. My experience prior to coming over to LoC to transcribe has been with Smithsonian requirements/requests. They ask you to just type all the way because their system doesn't imitate the formatting of the transcriber's input box.
For example: If you were to transcribe
census of 1860 and the elections shall be con-
ducted according to the former and in the
It would show up in the system (and to the reviewer) as:
census of 1860 and the elections shall be con-ducted according to the former and in the
So does our formatting in the input box matter?
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Re: Hypenated words at the ends of lines
Thanks, Natalie. Over in Smithsonian Land the style seems to be to type the entire word at the end of the line. What I'm seelng in LOC transcriptions, though, is that sometimes a transcriber will type the entire word at the end of the line and sometimes and the beginning of the following line.
My question is whether LOC has a preference. (I know it's a minor point, but minor points matter to me.)
Thanks to you and Henry Rosenberg for your responses. Really appreciated!
Beth
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Re: Hypenated words at the ends of lines
V. Van Hyning (formerly of By the People LOC)
Jan 30, 2019 12:48 PM
2 people found this helpfulHi Beth,
The hyphenated word should appear on the first line.
-Victoria
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Re: Hypenated words at the ends of lines
1 person found this helpfulHi Beth- This is in the "How to Transcribe" page from LOC. I hope this helps. The short is to not break up the words.
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Re: Hypenated words at the ends of lines
My question, though, is whether the transcribed word should appear in full at the end of the line or at the beginning of the next line (that is, does LOC have a preferred style?). It may not matter, but I'd like to know so that I do it consistently. (Thank you for referring me to the "How to Transcribe" page; I had reviewed that prior to posting my question.)
So, in
"census of 1860 and the elections shall be con-
ducted according to the former ..."
should it be transcribed as
"census of 1860 and the elections shall be conducted
according to the former ..."
or as
"census of 1860 and the elections shall be
conducted according to the former ..."
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