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==Japanese transcription== | ==Japanese transcription== | ||
* For Japanese transcription titles, all words should be capitalised except for particles unless the particle is the first word in the title. Some common particles are: | * For Japanese transcription titles, all words should be capitalised except for particles unless the particle is the first word in the title. Some common particles are: ''de, e, ga, na, ni, no, o, to, wa, yo, (etc...)'' | ||
** Regarding にて, which has multiple uses, transcribe as follows: | |||
*** にて used as 1 word particle: "nite" | |||
*** にて used as 1 word verb: "Nite" | |||
*** にて used as particle に and 手 meaning "hand": "ni Te" (に手) | |||
*** More generally, in cases where it's particle に + some word pronounced "Te", as in where it "can be construed as etymologically being constructed from parts", transcribe as "ni Te" | |||
* As a general rule, if the Japanese title contains words (in Latin alphabet) that are ALL CAPS or MiXeD CasE, the transcribed title should always be properly title cased. (Exceptions include abbreviations and initialisms that are usually upper-cased. Ex: TV, NHK, UMA, ...) See [http://anidb.net/perl-bin/animedb.pl?show=cmt&id=51254 this forum thread] for details. | * As a general rule, if the Japanese title contains words (in Latin alphabet) that are ALL CAPS or MiXeD CasE, the transcribed title should always be properly title cased. (Exceptions include abbreviations and initialisms that are usually upper-cased. Ex: TV, NHK, UMA, ...) See [http://anidb.net/perl-bin/animedb.pl?show=cmt&id=51254 this forum thread] for details. | ||
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:'''Conjunctions''': and, but, or, nor | :'''Conjunctions''': and, but, or, nor | ||
:'''Prepositions that are less than five letters long''': at, by, for, from, in, into, of, off, on, onto, out, over, per, to, up, with | :'''Prepositions that are less than five letters long''': at, by, for, from, in, into, of, off, on, onto, out, over, per, to, up, with | ||
:'''And''': as ( | :'''And''': as (if followed by noun, adjective, number, or group of words functioning as one) | ||
* Prepositions are sometimes capitalised: | * Prepositions are sometimes capitalised: | ||
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* These short words ''are'' capitalised in titles. Some people occasionally forget to capitalise these: | * These short words ''are'' capitalised in titles. Some people occasionally forget to capitalise these: | ||
:also, am, are, be, do, had, has, have, if, is, it, so, than, that, thus, was, when, what | :also, am, are, be, do, had, has, have, if, is, it, so, than, that, thus, was, when, what | ||
:as (if | :as (if followed by verb or group of words functioning as one) | ||
===Phrasal verbs=== | ===Phrasal verbs=== | ||
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*Turn Down | *Turn Down | ||
*Turn In | *Turn In | ||
*Turn Into | |||
*Turn Off | *Turn Off | ||
*Turn On | *Turn On | ||