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Part II: EVIA Style Guide
Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................ 4
THINKING ABOUT ANNOTATION STYLE AND CONTENT .............................................. 5
INFORMATION FIELDS: WHAT GOES WHERE?......................................................... 6
COLLECTION TITLES ........................................................................................... 8
HOW TO APPROACH THE NATURE OF EVIA TITLES ................................................................... 8
TALKING ABOUT YOURSELF: USE OF "I"............................................................... 10
NON-ENGLISH TERMS ..................................................................................... 11
FORMATTING ................................................................................................................ 11
DIACRITICS.................................................................................................................... 11
LANGUAGE NAMES ......................................................................................................... 12
GLOSSARY DEFINITIONS FOR NON-ENGLISH TERMS ................................................................ 12
PUNCTUATION AND CAPITALIZATION .................................................................. 13
GENRES ....................................................................................................................... 13
SEGMENT HEADERS ........................................................................................................ 13
TITLES OF SONGS AND OTHER WORKS ................................................................................. 13
COMMAS (SERIAL).......................................................................................................... 14
DASHES........................................................................................................................ 14
TRANSLATED MATERIAL ................................................................................... 15
LYRICS OR INTERVIEW TRANSCRIPTIONS ............................................................................... 15
GLOSSARY ENTRY VS. IN-TEXT TRANSLATION? ....................................................................... 15
IN RUNNING TEXT .......................................................................................................... 15
TITLE TRANSLATIONS ...................................................................................................... 16
LYRICS AND TRANSCRIPTIONS ............................................................................ 17
TRANSCRIPTION FIELD ..................................................................................................... 17
SEPARATING LINES AND STANZAS ....................................................................................... 17
REPEATED LINES OR STANZAS ............................................................................................ 17
TRANSLATING TRANSCRIPTIONS ......................................................................................... 18
REFERENCES TO EXTERNAL INFORMATION ............................................................ 19
GLOSSARY TERMS ........................................................................................................... 19
CITATIONS .................................................................................................................... 20
OTHER VIDEO SEGMENTS/ANNOTATIONS ............................................................................ 20
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