Abridged style guide for Czech
When translating, please do not copy the style of the source text. Please adhere to the style below and implement it consistently throughout the text even if the source is inconsistent or includes errors in style. The translation should read as naturally as possible—as if it were written in the target language.
Capitalization
Upper/lowercase letter after a colon: | Uppercase, if followed by a full sentence |
Figure in captions begins with upper/lowercase: | Uppercase, Obrázek 1 |
Figure in running text begins with upper/lowercase: | Lowercase, obrázek 1 |
Labels in diagrams/images begin with upper/lowercase: | Lowercase |
Footnotes begin with upper/lowercase: | Lowercase, unless a full sentence |
Punctuation
Dash type (with spaces): | 30 zemích – jeden standard kvality |
Low and high quotation marks: | „Vše o kampani ‚MOBILITY FOR HEROES‘ najdeš …“ |
Slashes with spaces if more than one word: | chladicí kapaliny / kondenzátoru BUT: a/nebo |
Parentheses within parentheses: | (vodík (H2) a vody) |
Numbers
Thousand separator (nonbreaking space): | 9999 BUT: 10 000 |
Decimal separator: | 2,4 ml |
Exponents are superscript: | 100 m2 |
Atomic numbers in compounds are subscript: | CO2 |
En dash for number ranges: | 30–75 kg |
Unit of measure with number ranges: | 115–130 °C; 5–10 % (not repeated) |
En dash for minus signs: | −52,2 |
No space between numbers and +: | +14,2 % BUT: 10 + 4 |
Nonbreaking space between numbers and >/<: | > 50 km |
Nonbreaking space between numbers and °C: | 32 °C BUT: 32°C (adj.) |
Nonbreaking space between numbers and %: | CO2 ze 75 % BUT: 100% koncovou kontrolou (adj.) |
The abbreviation for approximately: | cca |
The abbreviation for circa: | cca |
Currency code before or after the number: | 9,8 miliard eur |
Short date [D]. [M]. [YYYY] (with spaces): | 25. 1. 2021 |
Long date [D]. [month] [YYYY]: | 25. ledna 2021 |
Time of day [HH]:[mm]: | 21:30 |
Lists
In general, bulleted list items begin with a lowercase letter and do not end in a period, unless each item forms a complete sentence.
Note: Each list should be capitalized and punctuated consistently even if there is a mix of complete and incomplete sentences. If the list contains mostly incomplete sentences, then each item begins with a lowercase letter and does not end in a period.
Výhody:
- dvě zařízení na výběr
- připojení přes Wi-Fi
- ovládání pomocí aplikace
- Remote Service
- velký barevný displej
- intuitivní navádění uživatele