Abridged style guide for Croatian
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 possibleâas if it were written in the target language.
Capitalization
Upper/lowercase letter after a colon: | Lowercase, unless followed by a full sentence |
Figure in captions begins with uppercase: | Slika 1 |
Figure in running text begins with uppercase: | Slika 1 |
Labels in diagrams begin with upper/lowercase: | Uppercase |
Footnotes begin with upper/lowercase: | Lowercase, unless a full sentence |
Punctuation
Dash type (with spaces): | 30 zemalja â jedan standard kvalitete |
Double (outer) and single (inner) quotation marks: | âsve o akciji âMOBILITY FOR HEROESâ âŠâ |
Slashes with spaces if more than one word: | ventilacijaâ/ârashladni sustav BUT: i/ili |
Parentheses within parentheses: | (vodik (H2) i vode) |
Numbers
Thousand separator: | 9.000; 260.000 m2 |
Decimal separator: | 2,4 ml |
Exponents are superscript: | 100 m2 |
Atomic numbers in compounds are subscript: | CO2 |
En dash for number ranges: | 30â75 kgâ |
Unit of measure with number ranges: | 115â130 °C; 5â10 % |
En dash for minus signs: | â52,2 |
No space between numbers and +: | +14,2 % BUT: 10 + 4 |
Nonbreaking space between numbers and >/<: | > 50 km |
Nonbreakingspace between numbers and °C: | 32 °C |
Nonbreakingspace between numbers and %: | 14,2 % |
The abbreviation for approximately: | otprilike |
The abbreviation for circa: | pribl./oko |
Currency code before or after the number: | +53,8 milijuna EUR |
Short date [D]. [M]. [YYYY]. : | 25. 1. 2021. |
Long date [D]. [month] [YYYY].: | 25. sijeÄnja 2021. |
Time of day [HH]:[mm]: | 21:30 OR 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.
Prednosti:
- odabir izmeÄu dvaju ureÄaja
- povezivost Wi-Fi-jem
- upravljanje preko aplikacije
- daljinsko servisiranje
- velik zaslon u boji
- intuitivno voÄenje korisnika