Editing glosses
From Glossing Ancient Languages
Alignment
According to the Glossing Rules, glossed passages (of more than just a few words) are supposed to be left-aligned word by word.
We recommend the following robust way to edit this alignment:
Hidden tables
Create a ‘hidden table’:
- Create a table with 3 rows (1. original transliteration/transcription [optional]; 2. glossing transcription; 3. glosses) and approximately 10 columns.
| Original transliteration | |||||||||
| Glossing transcription | |||||||||
| Glosses |
- Set table width to automatic.
| Original transliteration | |||||||||
| Glossing transcription | |||||||||
| Glosses |
- Set table border (color) to no border (color). Enable display of hidden borders.
| Original transliteration | |||||||||
| Glossing transcription | |||||||||
| Glosses |
- Create a separate translation line below outside the table (‘xxx.’).
| Original transliteration | |||||||||
| Glossing transcription | |||||||||
| Glosses |
‘xxx.’
Use this as a template, i.e. make a safe model copy to be used as a start for any glossing line.
- Then start entering data.
| m=[ṯn] | ⌈wj⌉ | <r>ḫ{r}.k(w) | s.t={t}<ṯ>n | ḫnt(ï).t | dwꜢ.t | ||||
| m-ṯn | =wj | rḫ-kw | |||||||
| ATTN-2PL |
‘xxx.’
- The print out will look like this:
| m=[ṯn] | ⌈wj⌉ | <r>ḫ{r}.k(w) | s.t={t}<ṯ>n | ḫnt(ï).t | dwꜢ.t | ||||
| m-ṯn | =wj | rḫ-kw | st-ṯn | ḫnt-ï-t | dwꜢt | ||||
| ATTN-2PL | =1SG | get_to_know^RES-1SG.RES | seat:F[SG]-2PL | in_front-ADJZ-F | netherworld:F[SG] |
‘I know your place in the underworld.’