82riceballs Posted September 16, 2007 at 10:14 PM Report Share Posted September 16, 2007 at 10:14 PM i'm wondering how book titles are "written" in Chinese. in English, u would underline （底線）or italicize （斜體）them. eg: That book is called Treasure Island. or That book is called Treasure Island. is there any specific way in chinese that one would do that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yonglin Posted September 16, 2007 at 10:46 PM Report Share Posted September 16, 2007 at 10:46 PM with 《 》 e.g., 《红楼梦》是一部中国古典长篇小说。 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xiao Kui Posted September 16, 2007 at 10:52 PM Report Share Posted September 16, 2007 at 10:52 PM Sometimes book titles are put in special parentheses like this: 《金银岛》 or regular parentheses By the way, does anyone know how to input those Chinese book title parentheses? The above example is cut and paste - I only know how to input this cheap substitute: <<宝岛>> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
889 Posted September 16, 2007 at 11:30 PM Report Share Posted September 16, 2007 at 11:30 PM Are you using Windows? If so, then start the Chinese (PRC) IME and head for the button on the language bar with a period and a comma, then click it till it shows a Chinese-style period and comma. That sets input to Chinese-style punction. Type "<" and ">" and you'll get 《 》. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pazu Posted September 17, 2007 at 02:07 AM Report Share Posted September 17, 2007 at 02:07 AM There was another punctuation marks for displaying names of books, I remember I was taught this way when I was a kid but this style seems to be obsolete now. ﹏﹏ It's used like underline, but I guess it's not as easy as the 《 》 for printing purpose. Check this page out also: http://tinyurl.com/2necgr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lu Posted September 17, 2007 at 08:47 AM Report Share Posted September 17, 2007 at 08:47 AM ﹏﹏I've seen that a lot, but only in reprints of old books, as in, ancient classical Chinese books that get re-set and reprinted. The books that also underline (or rather sideline, as they are usually printed up-down right-left) all proper names in the text: ___. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadowdh Posted September 17, 2007 at 01:03 PM Report Share Posted September 17, 2007 at 01:03 PM Also in English you can use quotation marks... "Treasure Island" for example... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yonglin Posted September 17, 2007 at 04:04 PM Report Share Posted September 17, 2007 at 04:04 PM Also in English you can use quotation marks... "Treasure Island" for example... Actually, I was taught that quotation marks should be used for parts of works, such as journal articles, book chapters or parts of anthologies, whilst italics/underline is used for names of works. This might depend on the particular referencing system you're adhering to though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muyongshi Posted September 17, 2007 at 04:08 PM Report Share Posted September 17, 2007 at 04:08 PM Yeah, it is not an appropriate usage. It needs to be underlined but due to a decline in the quality of our general education system more and more people just freely write whatever they feel like writing. Just like in Chinese the only appropriate way (I mean modern usage) is to use 《》 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
82riceballs Posted September 17, 2007 at 08:02 PM Author Report Share Posted September 17, 2007 at 08:02 PM Actually, I was taught that quotation marks should be used for parts of works, such as journal articles, book chapters or parts of anthologies, whilst italics/underline is used for names of works. This might depend on the particular referencing system you're adhering to though. WOW! You sure know your grammar! Anyways, thanks for all the input, guys! 謝謝大家！《 》 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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