Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
« »
English translation:
Guillemets
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Jun 9, 2013 18:50
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Spanish term
« »
Spanish to English
Art/Literary
Printing & Publishing
punctuation marks
I am translation guidelines for submission to a scholarly journal, and the journal calls for both quotation marks/inverted commas ("") and these marks (« »). I have no idea what the latter are called and actually have never seen them used in English-language publications. But since this is a Spanish-language publication (with publication guidelines translated into English... go figure) I have to mention these marks to distinguish them from our usual quotation marks/inverted commas.
Any idea what they're called or even if they have a name?
Thanks!
Any idea what they're called or even if they have a name?
Thanks!
Proposed translations
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| 3 +9 | Guillemets |
lorenab23
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| 5 | comillas españolas o latinas |
Cecilia Rey
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Change log
Jun 10, 2013 03:17: philgoddard changed "Language pair" from "Spanish to English" to "Spanish"
Jun 10, 2013 10:25: Charles Davis changed "Language pair" from "Spanish" to "Spanish to English"
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Guillemets
Characters ‹ › and « », known as guillemets or angular quote brackets, are actually quotation mark glyphs used in several European languages.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brackets
Guillemets (/ˈɡɪləmɛt/, or /ɡiːəˈmeɪ/, French: [ɡijmɛ]), also called angle quotes or French quotation marks, are polylines, pointed as if arrows (« or »), sometimes forming a complementary set of punctuation marks used as a form of quotation mark.
The symbol at either end—double « and » or single ‹ and ›—is a guillemet. They are used in a number of languages to indicate speech. They resemble (but are not the same as) the symbols for lesser than (<), greater than (>), and for left and right bit shifts in some programming languages,[1][2] as well as rewind and fast forward on various media players, such as VCRs, DVD players, and MP3 players
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guillemets
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Note added at 22 mins (2013-06-09 19:12:36 GMT)
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Left Guillemet or Quote « Alt+0171
Right Guillemet or Quote » Alt+0187
Usage
In many languages, the guillemet is used as a quote symbol in written text.
Alternate use includes rewind and fast-forward symbols.
http://www.altkeycodes.info/html/Guillemets.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brackets
Guillemets (/ˈɡɪləmɛt/, or /ɡiːəˈmeɪ/, French: [ɡijmɛ]), also called angle quotes or French quotation marks, are polylines, pointed as if arrows (« or »), sometimes forming a complementary set of punctuation marks used as a form of quotation mark.
The symbol at either end—double « and » or single ‹ and ›—is a guillemet. They are used in a number of languages to indicate speech. They resemble (but are not the same as) the symbols for lesser than (<), greater than (>), and for left and right bit shifts in some programming languages,[1][2] as well as rewind and fast forward on various media players, such as VCRs, DVD players, and MP3 players
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guillemets
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Note added at 22 mins (2013-06-09 19:12:36 GMT)
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Left Guillemet or Quote « Alt+0171
Right Guillemet or Quote » Alt+0187
Usage
In many languages, the guillemet is used as a quote symbol in written text.
Alternate use includes rewind and fast-forward symbols.
http://www.altkeycodes.info/html/Guillemets.html
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Billh
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Thank you Bill, un abrazo!
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Ruth Rubina
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Gracias, saludos
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Rachel Fell
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Thank you Rachel
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Charles Davis
: aka angle quotes, but I call them guillemets
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Thank you Charles un fuerte abrazo desde Los Angeles
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Helena Chavarria
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Un abrazote Helena, gracias
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Cecilia Rey
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comillas españolas o latinas
These punctuation marks («,») are used in Spanish for quotations. When translating into English, their equivalent are the double commas (",") .
In Spanish there are three types of quotation marks:
«,» comillas españolas
"," comillas inglesas
',' comillas simples
For quotations and dialogues, the RAE recommends to use "comillas españolas" in first place.
Comillas españolas (« »):
Las comillas españolas, también llamadas «latinas» o «angulares», son las que recomienda la RAE, a pesar de la popularidad de las comillas inglesas. Por tanto, en un texto impreso se utilizarán las comillas españolas en primer lugar; en segunda instancia, las comillas inglesas; y en último lugar, las comillas simples (« “ ‘ ’ ” »):
http://www.wikilengua.org/index.php/Comillas
In Spanish there are three types of quotation marks:
«,» comillas españolas
"," comillas inglesas
',' comillas simples
For quotations and dialogues, the RAE recommends to use "comillas españolas" in first place.
Comillas españolas (« »):
Las comillas españolas, también llamadas «latinas» o «angulares», son las que recomienda la RAE, a pesar de la popularidad de las comillas inglesas. Por tanto, en un texto impreso se utilizarán las comillas españolas en primer lugar; en segunda instancia, las comillas inglesas; y en último lugar, las comillas simples (« “ ‘ ’ ” »):
http://www.wikilengua.org/index.php/Comillas
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