BSA® Language Best Practices - Review of English & Spanish Tools

Bill_W · November 27, 2021, 12:36pm

Non-BSA Tools and References

Contents:

Language Tools (non-BSA
- Dictionary
- Style
- Translators
- More non-technical information
Technical Information (non-BSA)
- Language Characters
- Fonts
- Language Tags and Codes
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Disclaimer
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Merriam Webster® - an Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., company
- About the Unabridged | Merriam-Webster Unabridged subscription
- The Unabridged Dictionary by Merriam-Webster
- Dictionary and Word Game Apps | Merriam-Webster
- The Webster’s New World College Dictionary may be added to an “AP Stylebook Online” subscription available from “The Associated Press”
Real Academia Española (Royal Spanish Academy)
- Diccionario de la lengua española (Dictionary of the Spanish language - in Spanish).

The Associated Press (AP)
- AP Stylebook, 55th Edition, Published May 31, 2020. 619 p. - new book edition published annually, more frequent changes published in AP Stylebook Online, a subscription service with a pronunciation information and other services.
  - The Associated Press Stylebook (apstylebook.com)
    - AP Stylebook Online subscription.
  - El Manual de Estilo Online de la AP (2016) (manualdeestiloap.com)
The University of Chicago and the Universidad de Deusto
- The Chicago Manual of Style Online
- Manual de estilo Chicago-Deusto, Primera edición adaptada al español de la 16ª edición del Manual de estilo de Chicago, Edited by Javier Torres Ripa, ISBN: 9788415759140, Published February 2014, 956 p. Find this book (worldcat.org) in a library
  - Manual de estilo Chicago-Deusto - Guía breve para citas y referencias bibliográficas, © Universidad de Deusto, Revista Deusto, núm. 126. ISSN: 1886-2071, 12 p. - This is a short guide with citation examples

MY OPINION: Online translators generate different translations and vary in output quality. A human translator is needed to correct errors.

Discourse Translator - Discourse forums software plug-in to “Integrate with Google Translate or Microsoft Translator and give your users the ability to translate a post in Discourse automatically with the click of a button.”
- MY OPINION: May be additional cost for BSA. Appears to require API and additional storage. Further research required.

US Government - federal information that may be useful to Scouting
- Bilingual Glossaries, Dictionaries, and Style Guides | digital.gov
Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: - parts missing citations
- Spanish dialects and varieties - Wikipedia

For BSA font standards see BSA style guides.
- “Printed Material: Times New Roman/Bold/Italic
  Online Messages: Arial/Bold/Italic” per 2012 Brand Identity Guide. There is a later expanded list.
MY COMMENT: There are recommended fonts and spacing for improving access by visually impaired individuals. See the “World Wide Web Consortium - Accessibility” for more information.