在深入研究了使用 \wj … \wj* 标记耶稣话语(Words of Jesus)的繁琐且杂乱的要求之后,我制作了一个 Paratext 自定义工具,用于将这些标记应用到 Paratext 项目中(根据相关 Glyssen 项目中的角色分配)。我渴望一种对译者来说更直观的标记系统。
我对 \wj … \wj* 标记系统的不满在于:它是为渲染软件的便利而设计的,而不是为译者的便利。要成功应用这些标记,您必须在每个节号处关闭并重新打开标记。在每个段落换行处也是如此。此外,您还需要在其中的每个单词/字符标记前添加加号(+)符号,例如 +w …+w* 和 +nd …+nd*。
让我最惊讶的是,如果您想通过标记检查(markers check),您甚至需要在每个脚注处关闭并重新打开标记!!这真的有必要吗,还是标记检查(markers check)在毫无理由地生成所有这些警告?
这让我想到,译者真正需要的是一种只需标记说话者开始和停止位置的方法,而无需担心副文本内容或格式问题。这对于跟踪多声部音频录音中的说话者也很重要,因为文本的修订可能会打乱顺序,导致 Glyssen 必须重新同步。
因此,我很高兴被介绍到 USFM3 中的 里程碑(milestones) 功能,它正是为此目的而设计的。但现在我有更多的问题……
首先,这会取代 \wj 标记吗?如果一个使用 \qt-s …\qt-e 标记的项目想要红字出版物,它是否需要额外添加 \wj 标记?这看起来太冗余且杂乱无章了。
其次,我们是否可以假设副文本字段,如 \s、\r 和 \f,就像 \x 一样,构成了对活动 \qt-s 的固有例外?也就是说,您可以在登山宝训的开始处放置 \qt-s |who=Jesus*,在结束处放置 \qt-e*,然后就完成了。一对标记,而不是根据段落和脚注数量所需的 120 对或更多,更不用说无需处理所有带有术语标记的嵌套术语了。似乎计算机可以自动推断出(红字效果)的内容,不需要标记冗余地杂乱文本。
第三,“who” 属性的最佳实践是什么?工具是否期望这些是英文名称/描述符,例如 “Jesus” 和 “spies from Pharisees and Herodians”?这些是否应该与 Glyssen 使用的角色名称相同?
第四,在不需要消歧的上下文中,这些标记应该标记到什么程度?在某些节中,耶稣是唯一可能说话的角色,而在其他节中,有多个人说话,实际上需要消歧。在这种情况下,是否最好不要用说话者标记过度杂乱文本?
好了,这就是我目前的所有问题。
我也很感兴趣在更多已完成 Glyssen 项目中角色分配的项目上测试我的 WordsOfJesus 标记工具。如果您有这样一个项目,请告诉我您是否愿意与我分享一份副本。 -谢谢!
After delving into the laborious, cluttersome demands of tagging the Words of Jesus with \wj … \wj* to make a Paratext custom tool to apply them to a Paratext project (according to character assignment in a related Glyssen project), I longed for a tagging system that was more intuitive for the translator.
Here’s my gripe with the system of \wj … \wj* tagging: It’s is designed for the convenience of the rendering software, not for the convenience of the translator. To successfully apply these tags, you must close and reopen the tags at every verse number. And at every paragraph break. And then, you need to add a plus (+) symbol to every word/character marker within it, like +w …+w* and +nd …+nd*.
The most surprising to me is that if you want to pass the markers check, you even need to close and reopen the tags at every footnote!! Is that really necessary, or is the markers check generating all these warnings for nothing?
This made me think that what the translator really needs is a way to just tag where a speaker starts and stops, never mind the paratextual content or formatting issues. This is also important for keeping track of speakers for multi-voice audio recordings, as revisions to the text can twist things around for Glyssen to have to resynchronize.
So I was delighted to be introduced to the milestones feature in USFM3 which is designed for exactly this purpose. But now I have so many more questions…
First, will this replace \wj marking? If a project using \qt-s …\qt-e markers wants a red-letter publication, will it need to add \wj marking in addition? That seems so redundant and messy.
Second, can we assume that paratextual fields, such as \s, \r, and \f, like \x, constitute inherent exceptions to the active \qt-s? That is, you could put \qt-s |who=Jesus* at the start of the Sermon on the Mount, and put \qt-e* at the end of it, and you’d be done. One pair of tags rather than 120 or more, depending on paragraphs and footnotes, let alone no need to mess with nesting all the glossary-tagged terms. It seems that stuff that the computer can automatically figure out (to infer red lettering) doesn’t need to have markers redundantly cluttering the text.
Third, what are the best practices for the “who” attribute? Will tools expect these to be English names/descriptors, such as “Jesus” and “spies from Pharisees and Herodians”? Should these be the same character names as used by Glyssen?
Fourth, to what extent should these be marked in contexts where no disambiguation is required? In certain verses, Jesus is the only character who could be speaking, while in others, more than one person speaks, and disambiguation is actually necessary. Is it better not to unduly clutter the text in such cases with speaker tagging?
OK, that’s all my questions for now.
I’d also be interested in testing my WordsOfJesus tagging-tool on a wider variety of projects that have done character assignments in a Glyssen project. If you have such a project, please let me know if you would be willing to share a copy with me. -Thanks!