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Deep L quotation marks probllem
Thread poster: Brendan McNally
Brendan McNally
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May 23, 2024

Has anyone else noticed that DeepL (French/German to English at least) has recently started translating double quotation as single quotation marks, and vice versa? I've written to support to point it out, but it hasn't been fixed so far.
 
CafeTran Trainer
CafeTran Trainer
Netherlands
Correct them May 24, 2024

I wouldn’t worry about that. Just correct them during QA in one run.
 
Cilian O'Tuama
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You should at least have received a reply... May 24, 2024

but AmE and BE (and other languages) differ when it comes to single or double quotation marks. Maybe here it is by design.

Andrus Lauringson
 
Brendan McNally
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Thanks May 30, 2024

Thanks for the comments,

Cilian O'Tuama
Thanks, but as far as I'm aware, there is no stylistic reason to use single quotation marks instead of double in British Engish, and I can't find any sources for that. They should be the same as the source text, whether single or double, and whether US or British English.

Hans Lenting
Thanks, but that solution wouldn't work for various reasons, for example the closing single quotation marks are the same as apostrophe... See more
Thanks for the comments,

Cilian O'Tuama
Thanks, but as far as I'm aware, there is no stylistic reason to use single quotation marks instead of double in British Engish, and I can't find any sources for that. They should be the same as the source text, whether single or double, and whether US or British English.

Hans Lenting
Thanks, but that solution wouldn't work for various reasons, for example the closing single quotation marks are the same as apostrophes, so they would be changed as well. ▲ Collapse
 
CafeTran Trainer
CafeTran Trainer
Netherlands
That depends May 30, 2024

Depending on the regex (or wildcard) features of your cat tool, word processor or editor, you can work around that.
 
Brendan McNally
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Single is standard! Jun 7, 2024

Apologies Cilian, it seems that you're right, single quotation marks are standard in British English, though apparently double are also acceptable these day.
 


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