Editing Ancient Egyptian:Glossing recommendations (section)

== Extra Glossing transcription line ==
Traditional Egyptological transcription of '''Hieroglyphic Ancient Egyptian''' uses punctuation, too. This punctuation is in conflict with the punctuation as defined by the [[Glossing Rules]].

Note that what English speaking Egyptologists usually called ‘transliteration’ should rather be labeled a ‘[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transliteration#Difference_from_transcription transcription]’ in accordance with linguistic standards.

Compare the following table:
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Puctuation !! Meaning in <br/>Egyptological transcriptions !! Meaning in <br/>Glossing transcription line !! Meaning in <br/>Glossing line 
|-
| align="center" | '''.''' || {{Orange| Affix}} || — || [[Glossing_Rules#Punctuation_period_expert|''Portmanteau'']] morpheme
|-
| align="center" | '''=''' || {{Red|‘Suffix’ pronoun}} (actually ⸗) || colspan="2" | [[Glossing_Rules#Punctuation_equal_sign|Clitic]]
|-
| align="center" | '''-''' || {{Red|Compound, ''or'' combined name phrase}} ||  colspan="2" |[[Glossing_Rules#Punctuation_hyphen|Affix]]
|-
| align="center" | ''':''' || {{Orange|Causal prefix (“''s:''”)}} || — || (Unspecified) [[Glossing_Rules#Punctuation_colon|seperable]] morpheme
|-
| align="center" | '''(&nbsp;)''' || {{Orange|Non-overt phonemes, scholarly reconstruction}} || — || [[Glossing_Rules#Punctuation_parentheses|Inherent]] category
|-
| align="center" | '''[&nbsp;]''' || {{Orange| Completely destroyed text (''lacuna''), <br/>potentially with reconstructed content}} || — || [[Glossing_Rules#Punctuation_square_brackets|‘Zero’ morpheme]]
|-
| align="center" | '''&lceil;&nbsp;&rceil;''' || Partially destroyed text, <br/>potentially with reconstructed content || colspan="2" |  — 
|-
| align="center" | '''{&nbsp;}''' || Emendation of a scribal error (deletion), <br/>''or'' Certain orthographical convention || colspan="2" |  — 
|-
| align="center" | '''&lt;&nbsp;&gt;''' || {{Red|Emendation of a scribal error (addition)}} || colspan="2" | [[Glossing_Rules#Punctuation_angle_brackets|Infix]]
|-
| align="center" | '''~''' || — || colspan="2" | [[Glossing_Rules#Punctuation_tilde|Reduplication]] morpheme
|-
| align="center" | '''_''' || — || [[Glossing_Rules#Punctuation_underscore_object_language|Fixed phrase]] || [[Glossing_Rules#Punctuation_underscore_gloss|Fixed phrase]] 
|-
| align="center" | '''\''' || — || — || [[Glossing_Rules#Punctuation_backslash|''Ablaut'']] phenomenon
|-
| align="center" | '''{{tf}}''' || —  || — || [[Glossing_Rules#Punctuation_transfix|Transfix]] 
|-
| align="center" | '''/''' || (Options) || — || [[Glossing_Rules#Punctuation_slash|Ambigous]] morpheme
|}

In order to prevent any confusion, it is strongly advisable or, as far as “-”, “=”, and “&lt;&nbsp;&gt;” are concerned, even mandatory not to use these symbols in their traditional meaning in the Glossing transcription line (directly above the Glossing line). Keep in mind that the '''number and sequence of “-”, “=”, “~”, and “&lt;&nbsp;&gt;” in the Glossing transcription and the gloss needs to [[Glossing_Rules#Correct_sequential_alignment|match exactly]]'''.

; Problematic example:
{| {{Wrong glossing table}} |
|-
| '''Egyptological transcription''' || ''m{{Red|<nowiki>=</nowiki>}}[ṯn]'' || ''&lceil;wj&rceil;'' || ''{{Red|&lt;}}r{{Red|&gt;}}ḫ{r}.k(w)'' || ''s.t{{Red|<nowiki>=</nowiki>}}{t}<ṯ>n'' || ''ḫnt(ï).t'' || ''dwꜢ.t''
|- 
| '''Glosses'''  || ATTN{{Red|<nowiki>-</nowiki>}}2PL || {{Red|<nowiki>=</nowiki>}}1SG || get_to_know{{tf}}RES{{Red|<nowiki>-</nowiki>}}1SG.RES || seat:F[SG]{{Red|<nowiki>-</nowiki>}}2PL || in_front{{Red|<nowiki>-</nowiki>}}ADJZ{{Red|<nowiki>-</nowiki>}}F || netherworld:F[SG] 
|}
{{Translation|‘I know your place in the underworld’.}} 

Consequently, the encoder needs to add '''an extra ‘Glossing transcription line’''' between the Egyptological Transcription line and the Glossing line. 

; Example:
{| {{Glossing table}} |
|-
| '''Egyptological transcription''' || ''m=[ṯn]'' || ''&lceil;wj&rceil;'' || ''<r>ḫ{r}.k(w)'' || ''s.t={t}<ṯ>n'' || ''ḫnt(ï).t'' || ''dwꜢ.t''
|-
| '''Glossing transcription'''  || m-ṯn || =wj || rḫ-kw || st-ṯn || ḫnt-ï-t || dwꜢt
|- 
| '''Glosses'''  || ATTN-2PL || =1SG || get_to_know{{tf}}RES-1SG.RES || seat:F[SG]-2PL || in_front-ADJZ-F || netherworld:F[SG] 
|}
{{Translation|‘I know your place in the underworld.’}} 

In the Glossing transcription line, all symbols need to be used according to the [[Glossing Rules]]. In the Traditional transcription line, however, the encoder may use all the symbols according to his/her Egyptological tradition.