2024-01-11 11:58:27
On the occasion of the presidential elections that will be held in Taiwan on January 13, below are a series of keys for proper writing of related news.
1. Taiwan y Taipeiwith accent
The proper spelling of the country’s name is Taiwanwritten with an accent, no Taiwan. Its capital is Taipeialso with an accent.
2. Appropriate acronyms for party names
Two of the parties running for the presidency of Taiwan are the Democratic Progressive Party, to which the acronym corresponds in Spanish. PDPbetter than DPPand the Taiwan People’s Party (PPTbetter than TPP).
3. The denomination Taiwan Straitwith lower case in narrow
The body of water that separates the island of Taiwan from the mainland is called Taiwan Straitwith lower case in the word narrowsince the generic nouns that are part of the names of geographical features (sea, river, mountain...) are not capitalized.
4. Formula o ballot (presidential)better than ticket presidencial
The noun ticket It is used in English to mean ‘list of candidates of a political party for an election’, but it has not taken on that meaning in Spanish. Thus, to refer to this concept, different alternatives are preferred depending on the context, such as formula, slip, ticket, list, binomial, tandem…
5. Pro-China y anti-Chinabut prochino y ancient
Prefixes are written, as a general rule, attached to the word they accompany, without space or hyphen in between: former mayor, prochino, vice president, ancient… An exception to this rule occurs when the prefix is attached to a word that begins with a capital letter, such as a proper noun, in which case a hyphen is written: pro-China, anti-China.
6. The charges, with lower case
Nouns that designate positions or professions, such as president, vice president, mayor…, are written with a lowercase initial.
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