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Translingual
Punctuation mark
― (English name quotation dash or horizontal bar)
- The quotation dash; introduces quoted text.
- 2003, J. K. Rowling, translated by Lia Wyler, Harry Potter e a Ordem da Fênix (Harry Potter; 5), Rio de Janeiro: Rocco, →ISBN, page 231:
- ― Harry, você não pode mencionar uma coisa dessas numa carta! [...] ― Tudo bem, tudo bem, então não vou contar a ele, tampouco!
- ― Harry, you can't mention such a thing in a letter! ― All right, all right, so I won't tell him either.
See also
- apostrophe ( ' ) ( ’ )
- curly brackets or braces (US) ( { } )
- square brackets or brackets (US) ( [ ] )
- colon ( : )
- comma ( , )
- dashes ( ‒ ) ( – ) ( — ) ( ― )
- ellipsis ( … )
- exclamation mark ( ! )
- fraction slash ( ⁄ )
- guillemets ( « » ) ( ‹ › )
- hyphen ( - ) ( ‐ )
- interpunct ( · )
- interrobang (rare) ( ‽ )
- brackets or parentheses (US, Canada) ( ( ) )
- full stop or period (US, Canada) ( . )
- question mark ( ? )
- quotation marks (formal) ( ‘ ’ ‚ ) ( “ ” „ )
- quotation marks (informal, computing) ( " ) ( ' )
- semicolon ( ; )
- slash or stroke (UK) ( / )
- space ( ] [ )
- Afrikaans: “ ” · ‘ ’ · „ ” · ‚ ’
- Albanian: „ “ · ‘ ’
- Arabic: « » · ( ) · “ ”
- Armenian: « »
- Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: « » · “ ”
- Azerbaijani: « » · ‹ › · “ ” · " " · ‘ ’ · ' '
- Basque: « » · ‹ › · “ ” · ‘ ’
- Belarusian: « » · “ ”
- Bulgarian: „ “ · ’ ’ · ‘ ’ · « » · ’ ’ · ‘ ’ · —
- Catalan: « » · “ ” · ‘ ’, —
- Chinese: “ ” · ‘ ’ · 「 」 · 『 』
- Czech: „ “ · ‚ ‘ · » « · › ‹
- Danish: » « · „ “ · › ‹ · ‚ ’ · ” ” · ’ ’
- Dutch: ‘ ’ · “ ” · ‚ ’ · „ ”
- English U.K.: ' ' · " " · ‘ ’ · “ ”
- English U.S.: " " · ' ' · “ ” · ‘ ’
- Esperanto: (depends on country of publication)
- Estonian: „ “ · « »
- Filipino: “ ” · ‘ ’
- Finnish: ” ” · ’ ’ · » »
- French: « » · ‹ › · “ ” · —
- Georgian: „ “ · ‚ ‘ · » « · › ‹
- German: „ “ · ‚ ‘ ; » « · › ‹ ; regional: « » · ‹ ›
- Greek: « » · “ ” · ‟ ” · —
- Hungarian: „ ” · » « · —
- Icelandic: „ “ · ‚ ‘
- Indonesian: “ ” · ‘ ’
- Interlingua: “ ” · ‘ ’
- Irish: “ ” · ‘ ’
- Italian: « » · ‹ › · “ ” · ‘ ’
- Japanese: 「 」 · 『 』 · 〝 〟 · 〝 〞
- Korean: “ ” · ‘ ’ · 『 』 · 「 」
- Latvian: « » · „ “
- Lithuanian: « » · „ “
- Lower Sorbian: „ “ · ‚ ‘
- Macedonian: „ “ · ’ ‘ · ‘ ’
- Northern Kurdish: « »
- Norwegian: « » · „ “ · ‘ ’ · ‚ ‘
- Persian: « »
- Polish: „ ” · « » · » « · —
- Portuguese: “ ” · ‘ ’ · « » · —
- Romanian: „ ” · « » · —
- Russian: « » · „ “ · „ ” · —
- Serbo-Croatian: „ ” · ” ” · ‘ ’ · ’ ’ · „ “ · » «
- Slovak: „ “ · ‚ ‘ · » « · › ‹
- Slovene: „ “ · ‚ ‘ · » « · › ‹
- Spanish: « » · “ ” · ‘ ’ · —
- Swedish: ” ” · ’ ’ · » » · » « · —
- Thai: “ ” · ‘ ’
- Turkish: “ ” · ‘ ’ · « » · › ‹ · —
- Ukrainian: « » · „ ” · ‚ ‘
- Vietnamese: “ ” · —
- Welsh: ‘ ’ · “ ”
quotation marks - all matched-pairs
- Curved double quotation marks: “ ” · ” ” · „ ” · „ “ · ‟ ”
- Curved single quotation marks: ‘ ’ · ’ ’ · ‚ ’ · ‚ ‘ · ’ ‘ · ‛ ’
- Straight double quotation marks: " "
- Straight single quotation marks: ' '
- Guillemets: « » · » « · » »
- Single guillemets: ‹ › · › ‹
- Corner brackets: 「 」 · 『 』
- Angle brackets: 《 》 · 〈 〉
- Prime quotation marks: 〝 〟 · 〝 〞
quotation marks and quotation dashes - all single characters
- Curved double quotation marks: “ · ” · „ · ‟
- Curved single quotation marks and apostrophes: ‘ · ’ · ‚ · ‛
- Straight double quotation mark: "
- Straight single quotation mark and apostrophe: '
- Prime quotation marks: 〝 · 〞 · 〟
- Guillemets: « · »
- Single guillemets: ‹ · ›
- Corner brackets: 「 · 」 · 『 · 』
- Quotation dashes: — (em dash) · ― (horizontal bar) · – (en dash)