foreignphrase
foreignphrase — A word or phrase in a language other than the primary language of the document.
Synopsis
- Zero or more of:
- text
- Bibliography inlines
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- Graphic inlines
- Indexing inlines
- Linking inlines
- Product inlines
- Publishing inlines
Attributes
Description
The foreignphrase element can be used to mark
up the text of a foreign word or phrase. “Foreign” in this
context means that it is a language other than the primary language of
the document and is not intended to be pejorative in any way.
Processing expectations
A foreignphrase is often given special
typographic treatment, such as italics.
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This element occurs in 54 elements.
Children
This element contains 41 elements.
Examples
1 <article xmlns='http://docbook.org/ns/docbook'> 2 <title>Example foreignphrase</title> 4 <para>Like so many others, it became a <foreignphrase>de facto</foreignphrase> standard. 6 </para> 8 </article>
Like so many others, it became a de facto standard.