translit
Node type: Element (may contain text and/or other elements)
Whitespace: Not protected
Definition
Marks a transliterated word.
Child Nodes or Content
Attribute: langCode
Attribute: emphasize
Any combination:
= Optional element or attribute
Parent Elements
Code Sample
<para paraID="4"><translit langCode="134" emphasize="yes">Aleph</translit> (<language langCode="134" emphasize="no">א</language>) is the first letter of the Hebrew alphabet.</para>
Display Sample
Aleph (א) is the first letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
Notes
Transliterated words are words in a language other than the principal language of the document but that are rendered in the alphabet of the principal language.
In English, words like “cuisine” that are not normally italicized do not need this tag.
May or may not be emphasized.
Marking in Microsoft Word
| translit.yes.002 | Spanish, emphasized | |
| translit.no.002 | unemphasized | |
| translit.yes.059 | Portuguese, emphasized | |
| translit.no.059 | unemphasized | |
| translit.yes.140 | French, emphasized | |
| translit.no.140 | unemphasized | |
| translit.yes.150 | German, emphasized | |
| translit.no.150 | unemphasized | |
| translit.yes.134 | Hebrew, emphasized | |
| translit.no.134 | unemphasized | |
| translit.yes.103 | Aramaic, emphasized | |
| translit.no.103 | unemphasized | |
| translit.yes.450 | Ancient Greek, emphasized | |
| translit.no.450 | unemphasized | |
| translit.yes.000 | English, emphasized | |
| translit.no.000 | unemphasized | |
| translit.yes | All others, emphasized (set langCode in the XML) | |
| translit.no | unemphasized (set langCode and emphasize in the XML) |