lx EDITORIAL METHOD
where it
is
useful to call the reader’s
attention
to the
original
placement
of
the
emendation,
this is
noted;
where the emendation
serves as a
comment
on
the text
but
does not fit
seamlessly,
it is
presented
and characterized in
an
endnote.
Doubly or triply
underscored words
are presented
in the
same way as single
underscored
words,
i.e.,
they are
italicized.
They are
annotated
only
if
the
multiple
underscoring
is
particularly
significant.
Where
place
names or
official
phrases appear
in italics
of
all
capital
letters in the
salutation, dateline,
of
closure
of
an
original,
they are
rendered
in
roman
font and
first-letter
capitalization.
Where
it
has not
proved possible
to redraw
adequately an original drawing
accompanying a
text,
it has been scanned in. In this
case we
have used endnote
markers at the text
fragments
which
appear
with the
drawing
and have transcribed
the relevant words
or phrases
in the annotation.
German
or
French
passages
from
a
draft
quoted
in the endnotes
as
text variants
are
not
translated in the endnotes. Translations
are
only
provided
if
a passage
is
quoted
for the
purpose
of
commentary.
TRANSCRIPTION
We aim in
our transcription
procedure
to maintain substantial faithfulness to the
original
texts. No
corrections, additions, deletions,
or changes
of
characters,
punc-
tuation,
or
arrangement
are
made
except as
set forth below.
Einstein wrote in Gothic
script (“Deutsche Schrift”)
until 1905. We shall note
his
change
to Latin
script
at the
appropriate point
in the
chronological sequence,
but all
of
his texts
are
printed
in Latin
type.
A dateline is
placed
flush
right
above the
text, regardless
of
its
position
in the
original,
and
irregular
placement
is conventionalized. Editorial additions
or correc-
tions to the dateline
are
in
square brackets,
with
question
marks
following
uncer-
tain
parts
of
the dateline. The
designation
“circa,”
abbreviated
“ca.,”
indicates
uncertainty
within
a
few units
of
the
designated
day,
month, or
year.
The dates
of
completion,
submission,
and
publication
of
printed
articles
are
added,
if
known,
together
with the
source
of the
printed
version.
A salutation is
always placed
flush left
beneath the
dateline,
and
a
first
paragraph
is indented.
If
no
indentation
appears
in the
first
paragraph
of
a
page
in the
original,
the
paragraph
is
indented. A closure is
printed
as one
continuous
text,
and
commas
are
silently
provided
in
a
closure where
appropriate. Signatures are placed on
the
right,
and
postscripts are
placed
flush left beneath the
signature.
Handwritten
or
typed
letterheads
are
included,
whereas
printed
letterheads
are
omitted,
unless relevant.