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METHOD
single hyphen.
In
cases
where the author has used
an
almost
shorthand form
to
des-
ignate
the
endings “ung”
and
“ungen,”
the material is transcribed in its full
form.
The
use
of
“J”
for
“I” in
typed originals or transcriptions
is
rendered
in modern
usage.
As Einstein does
not
differentiate
between
a
Latin “I” and
a
Gothic
“I”,
they
are
rendered in Latin.
The older convention in German
of
writing
an adjectival
indicator of
a
proper
name
separately
from
the
name
itself
is
modernized: for
example,
“Tetrode sche"
is
rendered “Tetrodesche.”
Where
an
author does not
provide
a hyphen
for
a
word
that
is
naturally
broken
in the
original by
the end
of
one
line and
the
beginning
on
the next line and there
is
no capitalization
of
the first letter
on
the next
line,
the
word
is
transcribed
as
if
the
hyphen were present.
Where lack
of
punctuation might prove confusing, an
extra
space
is left
in
the
text.
When
part
of
an equation
is canceled
for
calculational
purposes,
it will be noted
by
a
diagonal
line
running
from the
upper right
to the lower left to differentiate it
from
a
deletion.
Superscript
and
subscript
interlineations
are
brought
down to the
line;
interlin-
eation
is noted
when
significant.
Where
quotation
marks
are
introduced
in
idiosyncratic
fashion,
their
use
is
con-
ventionalized.
Where Einstein
uses
a
superscript
X
and
an
* for the
same
purpose,
it is uni-
formly
rendered
as
*.
Spaced type (“Sperrdruck”)
in
the
original
is rendered
in
italics,
unless
it
occurs
in
proper names,
in which
case
it is
rendered
in
roman
characters.
ANNOTATION
Editorial notes discuss the content and context
of
a
text
or a
theme
common
to
a
number of
texts.
Endnotes
elaborate
on
specific
references to
persons, places,
literature,
scientific
developments,
organizations,
and events
that
were
familiar to the author and
intended audience
of
a
text but not
necessarily
to
contemporary
readers;
wherever
possible, primary sources
are
cited
for
all such information.
An
endnote to the
bracketed dateline
of
an
undated text without
a postmark
is used to
explain
the dat-
ing.
Endnotes
are
also used to correct
factual
errors
in the
text,
to
identify
dialect
words and to comment
on
textual
problems
such
as confusing spelling,
dubious
readings,
and
illegible
passages.
Corrections
or
emendations
in
a
hand other than
the
author’s
are
omitted
from the
text,
but
included
as
endnotes,
if
significant.