Style Guide

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Overall

  • Follow American-style spelling and punctuation
  • Follow Revised Romanization
  • Follow Cultural Heritage Administration official naming guidelines

Resources

Punctuation Rules

  • Never use the "~" mark
  • Include a space before opening parenthesis
  • Include the punctuation (comma, period) inside quotation marks
  • Do not use single quotation marks
  • Use italic for romanization or terminology in other languages
  • Include Hanja in parenthesis after a translation of the meaning to identify hanging plaques

Phrases

  • presumed, believed
  • according to (a) legend, according to historical sources, according to local folklore

Measurements

  • It measures ?? m in height and ?? m in circumference
    • Trees: at the base, at chest height, at the crown
  • Perimeter vs circumference
    • Circumference is only for circular objects
  • Length vs width
    • Difference in English: length is always longer than width, regarless of whether it is vertical or horizontal
    • Depth...

When to use cm or m

Cultural Heritage Designations and Formatting

Names

  • Surname Given-name
  • Follow official romanization rules:
    • Exceptions: Kim, Kang, Yi
    • Consider both syllables of the given name as separate when Romanizing them.

Dates of Birth/Death

  • Include in parenthesis after name
    • Ex) Song Si-yeol (1607-1689)
  • Use a hyphen, not a "~" mark
  • Include only years, not months or days
  • If one year is unknown, use a "?" in place of the unknown year.
    • Ex) Choe Chi-won (857-?)
  • If both the birth and death year are unknown, do not include anything after the name.
  • Only include the years of birth/death for key figures, or if it is helpful for the reader to give context

Pen Names

  • Only include if the pen name is referenced somewhere else in the text, such as in the name of a building.
  • Should not have a hyphen between syllables
    • (Yi Hwang) Toe-gye X, Toegye O
  • Should be included in parenthesis after the birth/death years.
    • Ex) Song Si-yeol (1607-1689, pen name: Uam)
  • If it ends in "공," exclude from the pen name.
    • Ex)
  • "Pen name" should be written as two words (not penname X)

Dates and Lengths of Time

  • Calculate age using international age if possible, even if different from the Korean age
  • When counting years, such as funeral lengths, use international counting standards
  • If an event (battle, person's birth/death) occurs at the end of the lunar year, check to see if the day falls into the following solar calendar year and use the solar calendar date/year if possible.

Historic Periods

  • The words dynasty, kingdom, period, etc. should be lower case
  • Should include the dates of the period the first time a period is mentioned, but exclude from later in the text

When to include periods for context

  • in the mid-9th century during the Unified Silla period (668-935)

Sections of Periods

  • the late period of the Joseon dynasty (1392-1910)
  • the early period of the Goryeo dynasty (918-1392)
  • the middle period of Unified Silla (668-935)
  • at the turn of the Goryeo (918-1392) and Joseon (1392-1910) periods.

Centuries

  • in the early/late 6th century
  • in the mid-17th century

Other Countries

  • China
    • so-and-so from Qing China, pottery from Ming China, Song China

Definitions (Updated Versions)