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Comment by Michelle Carrillo on August 6, 2009 at 18:56

That is a really good question, Janet. I'm curious to see what others will say because I am having a problem with something similar. The witness says, "It was all the way through 2003, four and five." Any suggestions? TIA.

Comment by Janet on August 6, 2009 at 18:40

How would you write five to $600,000 in a video deposition? If It wasn't video, I'd write $500,000 to $600,000.

Nothing I've tried looks right.l

Comment by Jennie Ann on July 24, 2009 at 7:42

I just want to say that this forum is really enhancing my knowledge base, thanks to all who have responded. The quality of discourse on this forum is far superior than any I have ever participated in.

Brenda, this just came up in that podcast: "It is interesting that if you take identical twins and where one of them has lupus, there is a 50-50 chance that the other one will as well."

I didn't even hesitate when I transcribed "50-50 chance."

CSRnation gets high scores across the board!

Comment by Jennie Ann on July 24, 2009 at 6:18

Brenda, that is a perfect solution. It doesn't look strange to end with a slash at the end of the line. Plus, I think it makes it clear to the reader of the transcript. Brilliant! :-)

Comment by Brenda Rogers on July 24, 2009 at 5:58

You could do it just the way it appears here and split at at slash, only with the / at the end of the line. I do that with other slashed phrases that get too long. Reading it here, it's very clear. In a transcript, it would be just as clear. I would definitely put the / at the end, rather than beginning, of the line however. I do the same with long hyphenated phrases.

Comment by Jennie Ann on July 24, 2009 at 3:13

I am not sure where to post this, but here goes. I am doing a podcast from NIH, and the speaker references an extremely long website address that goes something similar to this.

SPEAKER: For more information, go to NLM.NIH.gov/medicalreport/menopausehotlflashsymptoms.html.

Then the speaker says this: Let me repeat that, NLM.NIH.gov/medicalreport/menopausehotflashsymptoms.html, or just go to NIH.gov, blah, blah, blah.

The problem is that EXTREMELY long website address moves down a line, leaving the line above it looking skimpy, like only three words on the line, and then the rest of the line is BLANK.

I hope I have explained this right. I can see no other way to punctuate this, and it looks like there is a hole, literally, in the transcript.

Any suggestions?

Comment by Jennie Ann on July 21, 2009 at 12:57

Thanks, Brenda, for the 50-50 explanation from Webster's. Also, I appreciate you and Marla providing the "o'clock" reference. :)

Comment by Brenda Rogers on July 21, 2009 at 11:31

The examples from Websters didn't come through. Here they are:
a fifty–fifty proposition
a fifty–fifty chance

Don't know why it changed the color to red and left those out. Odd.

Comment by Marla Sharp on July 21, 2009 at 11:26

I agree with Brenda. I use :00 for o'clock. Makes it easier to read in the transcript.

Comment by Brenda Rogers on July 21, 2009 at 11:17

Rules or not (rules are guidelines, after all), I use numerals in all reflections of time. When the word "o'clock" is used, I use :00, which means o'clock anyway. If I were to use "o'clock," I'd still use 10 o'clock. I've never understood the point in making a difference between the two! Rules should at least make sense, and this one doesn't. It makes it more index friendly as well.

Re: 50-50, per Websters:

fif·ty–fif·ty
Function:
adjective
Date:
1913

1 : shared, assumed, or borne equally 2 : half favorable and half unfavorable

Since I don't use words for numbers over ten, I'd use 50-50. But ...

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