Principles of transcription

 

1. Maintain the original entry - carry out the transcription as faithfully as possible to the original, without correcting the writer's mistakes.
    
2. Lines of text - the transcription should be written in lines (fragments in grey should be omitted), omitting columns in the text.
    
3. Writing capital letters - the mechanism recognises both small and capital letters as correct.
    
4. Letters with diacritic marks - we should omit diacritic marks when deciphering, for example, we write ü as u.

 

 

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Helpful tips

1. There are no contractions in this document.
    
2. Some letters which are characteristic of neo-Gothic writing, e.g. a, B, H and v, may cause the greatest difficulty.
    
3. It is easy to confuse the letters e and n as well as h with the letters s and f. In the event of difficulty, click Model letters.

 

 

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Exercise 22

Model letters