幾天前，我被一個寫著：“小狗”的標志感到震驚。這引發了對正確使用引號的思考。很多時候，他們習慣于提請注意一個詞，就像這種情況一樣; 然而，這個選擇并不屬于西班牙皇家學院 （RAE）提到的使用。根據RAE的規定，引號有以下用途：

  A few days ago I was struck by a sign that was written as: BEWARE OF “DOG”. This sparked a thought on the correct uses of quotation marks. Many times, they are used to draw attention to a word, as in this case; however, this option is not among the uses mentioned by the Real Academia Espa?ola (RAE). According to the rules of the RAE, quotation marks have the following uses:

  對于文字引語：約翰說：“我不會去那個地方。”

  For textual quotations: John said, “I will not go to that place.”

  在敘事性的文學作品中，直接重現人物思想的文本：“我們永遠不會找到”思想導演。

  In literary works of a narrative nature, texts that directly reproduce the thoughts of the characters: “We will never find it” thought the director.

  表示一個字或表達是不正當的，粗俗的，來自另一種語言或諷刺地使用或具有特殊意義：他告訴我他看到一個“蝙蝠”; 他解釋說，他的哥哥是“特別的”。

  To indicate that a word or expression is improper, vulgar, comes from another language or is used ironically or has a special meaning: He told me he saw a “bat”; He explained that his brother was quite “special.”

  強調一個術語，在手稿中，從語言角度來說：“自然”這個詞有兩個音節。

  To emphasize a term that, in a manuscript, is spoken from a linguistic point of view: The word “nature” has two syllables.

  在一個語言性的作品，簡單的引號用于幀的含義：字養蜂由拉丁術語了 API的“蜜蜂”和文化宮的培育，教養“。

  In works of a linguistic nature, simple quotes are used to frame the meanings: The word beekeeping is made up of the Latin terms apis ‘bee’ and cultura ‘cultivation, upbringing’.

  引用一篇文章的標題，一首詩，一本書的一章，一份報告，或者一般來說，出版物中的任何依賴部分：我們從加布里埃爾·加西亞·馬爾克斯（GabrielGarcíaMárquez）的書“奇怪的朝圣者”中讀到了“光是像水”的故事。

  To quote the title of an article, a poem, a chapter of a book, a report or, in general, any dependent part within a publication: We read the story “Light is Like Water” from Gabriel García Márquez’s book Strange Pilgrims.

  如果我們回到寫在標志上的內容，并記住這些規則，我們可能會認為，在現實中，沒有狗或狗不危險。雖然我們都明白標志是什么意思，作為專業人士，重要的是要有明確的規則，以避免錯誤和誤解。在這種情況下，強調“狗”這個詞的最方便的方法是強調它或用粗體寫下來。

  To quote the title of an article, a poem, a chapter of a book, a report or, in general, any dependent part within a publication: We read the story “Light is Like Water” from Gabriel García Márquez’s book Strange Pilgrims.

——選自：樂文翻譯

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