ENGLISH/AMERICAN TEXTBOOK
TABLE DESIGNATOR
eng-xnat
(The initial translation table for a translation is determined by the selected template, and may be changed using the Document / Translation Tables menu. Using those menus does not involve explicit use of the table designator. However, in cases where it is necessary to switch to a different translation table partway through a file, the designator for the table being switched to is required; see the general description of the [lnb~...] command for further details.)
FUNCTIONAL SUMMARY
The English/American Textbook tables are essentially identical to the regular English/American tables, except that conventions defined for textbook usage in "Braille Formats," a publication of the Braille Authority of North America (BANA), are followed in preference to the general literary conventions followed in the regular table.
REFERENCES, HISTORY AND CREDITS
Thanks to Tom Keith of the Canadian National Institute for the Blind for preparing a list of the differences between literary and textbook conventions.
(Documentation reviewed: July 2010.)
Duxbury DBT: Braille Translation in Many Languages.
