LESSON 30 Accented Letters and Foreign Words - UEBOnline

1 LESSON 30. Accented Letters and Foreign Words For further explanation on accents and Foreign Words , refer to Section (Modifiers) and Section 13 ( Foreign Language) of The Rules of Unified English Braille: Second Edition 2013. Accented Letters acute ~/ dots 4 5, dots 3 and 4 ^/e grave ~* dots 4 5, dots 1 and 6 ^*e cedilla ~& dots 4 5, dots 1 2 3 and 4 6 ^&c circumflex ~% dots 4 5, dots 1 and 4 6 ^%e dieresis/umlaut ~3 dots 4 5, dots 2 and 5 ^3o tilde ~} dots 4 5, dots 1 2 and 4 5 6 ^]n The accent sign is positioned immediately before the affected letter and forms part of the letter . Examples: r le r^%ole na ve na~3ive Typeform and capitals letter indicators, where required, precede the accent. Refer to the Order of Braille Indicators on page 136.

2 Example: pinal .1,~/ep9al Revised April 2014 - 169 - UEB Training Manual The presence of Accented Letters does not affect the use of the capitalised word indicator. Examples: DOUARD ,,^/ED\>D. FRAN OIS ,,FRAN~&COIS. An Accented letter may not form part of a contraction. The groupsigns for ea, bb, cc, ff, gg may be used immediately before an Accented letter . Examples: bless d ~/ed se or se^]nor G rard ,g~/er>d abb a2^/e Foreign Words The accent symbols introduced above are only used within UEB. Other braille codes have different conventions, that are not discussed in this manual, for showing accents. For more information refer to Section 13. ( Foreign Language) of The Rules of Unified English Braille: Second Edition 2013 and World Braille Usage 2013.

3 Words , phrases and passages that are distinctly Foreign are brailled uncontracted in UEB. Grade 1 indicators are not required, unless there is ambiguity with wordsigns or shortforms. Examples: t l vision t^/el^/evision le chien le chien Revised April 2014 - 170 - UEB Training Manual "L'Angleterre est une nation de boutiquiers." This remark is attributed to Napoleon. 8,l',angleterre est une nation de boutiquiers40 ,? rem>k is attribut$ to ,napoleon4. Contractions may be used in Words and phrases of Foreign origin that have been anglicised and are now commonly used in English. Some texts use italics to indicate Foreign Words . In such texts, non- italicised Words are considered anglicised and may be contracted.

4 Latin scientific names written in italics are not considered Foreign and may be contracted. Care should be taken when using contractions in Words of a Foreign origin to ensure that the pronunciation and structure of the word are not distorted. Refer to item (7) in General Rules for the Use of Contractions on page 199. Examples: carte blanche c>te blan*e ex parte ex "pe Avicennia marina .1,avic5nia .1m>9a panettone panettone NOTE: Panettone (an Italian sweet bread) is a word in common use and is pronounced pan-e-ton-ay. "one" is uncontracted as it is not a syllable. Revised April 2014 - 171 - UEB Training Manual Contractions may be used for proper names, personal titles ( Senor). and place names. Examples: Senor Juarez ,s5or ,ju>ez But: Bundestag ,bundestag NOTE: "st" should not be contracted in this proper noun since it bridges the two elements "Bundes" and "tag" of this compound word.

5 Mixed Example: M nard, Marc. lements pour une conomie des industries culturelles. ,m^/en>d1 ,m>c4..7,^/elements pour une ^/economie des industries culturelles4.'. Revised April 2014 - 172 - UEB Training Manual