July 2025 Bonus Questions – Braille Refreshers 2025072802

Languages other than English! Let's consider them and explore aspects of BANA's Guidelines for Braille Transcription of Languages Other Than English!

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* 1. For languages using a non-roman alphabet (for example: Chinese, Arabic, Cyrillic) in an English context, what is required in most instances? (see also RUEB §14, especially the examples in §14.3.1)

a key

modifiers

code switch indicators

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* 2. Which of the following resources is described as "a compilation of braille codes for languages from around the globe"?

Braille Formats: Principles of Print-to-Braille Transcription, 2016, including "Changes to Foreign Language Sections of Braille Formats 2016 (approved March 2024, posted June 2024)"

World Braille Usage, available from Perkins School for the Blind

NBA's "World Languages Braille" Forum in their Ask An Expert service

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* 3. What does NOT provide instruction on how to utilize non-UEB indicators (such as capitals or typeforms)?

Braille Formats: Principles of Print-to-Braille Transcription, 2016

World Braille Usage

NBA's "World Languages Braille" Forum

all of the above

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* 4. Which of the following is a summary of the guidelines for "Category 2" according to BANA's Guidelines for Braille Transcription of Languages Other Than English?

Use uncontracted braille, non-English braille code signs for modified letters, and UEB punctuation marks and indicators.

Use UEB contractions, modifiers and ligature indicators, punctuation, ancillary signs and other indicators.

Use the full non-English language braille code as written by the braille authority in the countries where the language is used.

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* 5. As defined in BANA's Guidelines for Braille Transcription of Languages Other Than English, which categories use symbols from UEB for punctuation?

categories 1 and 2

categories 1 and 3

categories 2 and 3