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Comment LC-913: Comment Shortname:; Commenter: Giorgio Brajnik <giorgio@dimi.uniud.it> on behalf of University of Udine, Italy; Message-id:; Section of the document concerned:

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for example the word â€œweekendâ€? is commonly used by Italians, and usually pronounced similarly to English. However the success criteria do not prescribe that it is correctly marked up (apparently).; Related issues: 1260
(space separated ids); WG Notes: [TEAMB] Discussed in the 21 September 2006 telecon: Resolution: send LC-913, LC-1260 back to Team B, to clarify that the SC only applies to phrases and passages and not to individual words http://www.w3.org/WAI/GL/2006/09/21-wai-wcag-minutes.html Discussed in the 28 September 2006 telecon: Resolution: Send 913, 1260 back to Team B for further work http://www.w3.org/WAI/GL/2006/09/28-wai-wcag-minutes.html Discussed in the 19 October 2006 telecon: back to Team B http://www.w3.org/WAI/GL/2006/10/19-wai-wcag-minutes.html Survey results: http://www.w3.org/2002/09/wbs/35422/teamb20061012/results#xlc913 (some comments already addressed below) Editors to clean up and add the following to HTM 3.1.2: It is not possible to develop testable success criteria for determining when single words must be marked. Single words from one language are so often used in text written in another language that it is not possible to determine in a testable way when they have become part of the language or are still considered foreign words. Also, technical words and brand names are not translated and do not need to be marked. Discussed in the 30 November 2006 telecon: Resolution: Sent back to Team B for further work on SC (note) and sufficient techniques. http://www.w3.org/WAI/GL/2006/11/30-wai-wcag-minutes.html Survey Results: http://www.w3.org/2002/09/wbs/35422/teamb16112006/results#xlc913 Note: Best wording from discussion 30 Nove. was: This requirement does not apply to words and phrases that have become of the language of the passage in which they are used, to proper names, or to technical terms. If it is common for a language to borrow words from other languages, those would be considered part of that language. Discussed in the 01 February 2007 telecon: resolution: Accept 913 and 1260 as amended http://www.w3.org/WAI/GL/2007/02/01-wai-wcag-minutes.html {question} DONE Revise Note under 3.1.2 to read: This requirement does not apply to individual words. It also does not apply to proper names, to technical terms or to phrases that have become part of the language of the context in which they are used. DONE Modify the last sentence of the Intent section to say: Frequently, when the natural language of text appears to be changing for a single word, that word has become part of the language of the surrounding text. Because this is so common in some languages, single words are not included in this success criterion. Internal WD updated 05 March 2007.; Resolution: When words have become part of the surrounding language in this way, it is not necessary to indicate a language change. We have added the following to the Intent section of SC 3.1.2 to clarify that such uses often do not need to be marked up: Frequently, when the natural language of text appears to be changing for a single word, that word has become part of the language of the surrounding text. Because this is so common in some languages, single words are not included in this success criterion.; (Please make sure the resolution is adapted for public consumption)