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Dase, Kyle
University of Saskatchewan
A Macron Signifying Nothing: Revisiting The Canterbury Tales Project Transcription Guidelines
Bitner, Kendall
University of Saskatchewan
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Transcription; The Canterbury Tales Project; Chaucer; Semiotics; Scribal Abbreviations; Digital Humanities
<p>The original transcription guidelines of <em>The Canterbury Tales Project </em>were first developed by Peter Robinson and Elizabeth Solopova in 1993. Since then, the project has evolved and expanded in scope, bringing about numerous changes of varying degrees to the process of transcription. In this article, we revisit those original guidelines and the principles and aims that informed them and offer a rationale for changes in our transcription practice. We build upon Robinson and Solopova’s assertion that transcription is a fundamentally interpretive act of translation from one semiotic system to another and explore the implications and biases of our own position (e.g. how our interest in literature prioritizes the minutiae of text over certain features of the document).</p>
<p>We reevaluate the original transcription guidelines in relation to the changes in our practice as a means of clarifying our own position. Changes in our practice illustrate how the project has adapted to accommodate both necessary compromises and more efficient practices that better reflect the original principles and aims first laid down by Robinson and Solopova. We provide practical examples that demonstrate those same principles in action as part of the transcription guidelines followed by transcribers working on <em>The Canterbury Tales Project</em>.</p>
<p>Rather than perceiving this project as producing a definitive transcription of <em>The Canterbury Tales, </em>we conceptualize our work as an open access resource that will aid others in producing their own editions as we have done the heavy lifting of providing a base text.</p>
This upload is the submission draft of a collection of articles from the Canterbury Tales Project Team to appear in Digital Medievalist.
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