English term
United States
Translator, transcriber, proofreader
Native in: German 
Works in: English to German, German to English
capitalization or not
"The proof is presented in Appendix A1..."
or "The proof is presented in appendix A1..."
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Anna Herbst
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Lindsay Spratt
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Egil Presttun
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Sep 28, 2012 23:01: philgoddard changed "Language pair" from "German to English" to "English"
Sep 28, 2012 23:02: philgoddard changed "Field" from "Science" to "Other" , "Field (specific)" from "Computers: Systems, Networks" to "General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters"
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Responses
Australia
When quality matters more
Native in: Swedish , English
Works in: English to Swedish, Swedish to English, Swedish, and 1 more.
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Q. When an author refers to a chapter in the text, such as “You can read more about this in chapter 2,” the word “chapter” isn’t capped, I believe, since the title of the chapter isn’t itself “chapter 2” but something else. What about if the author refers to an appendix whose title is “Appendix A”? Thanks heaps.
A. Chicago prefers to lowercase the parts of a book, even if they’re titled generically, so in running text we would refer to “appendix A.”
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Ramey Rieger (X)
: That's how WE do it.
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Thanks Ramey, at least SOME of us...
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Jenni Lukac (X)
: If it's an in-text reference and the document is being prepared to align with Chicago rules (always ask your client!), this is the way to go.
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Thanks Jenni, your comment is spot on.
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philgoddard
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Thanks Phil!
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France
Por/Sp/Cat/Fr->En, IoLDipTrans, MACantab
Native in: English
Works in: Portuguese to English, Spanish to English, English, and 2 more.
Appendix A1
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EnglishEditor
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Thanks!
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Jack Doughty
34 mins
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Thanks!
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Yvonne Gallagher
2 hrs
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Thanks!
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Tony M
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Thanks!
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Phong Le
2 days 5 hrs
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Thanks!
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Capitalization if "Appendix A1" is a title
If it's just called A1 (the title is A1, not Appendix A1) and you are just calling this chapter/attachment/page/module an appendix out of your own choice, then you should not capitalize, just write "...presented in appendix A1...".
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Marijke Singer
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Thanks!
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Tony M
7 hrs
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Thanks!
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Cilian O'Tuama
: This would be standard in my world
2 days 3 hrs
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Thanks!
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Discussion
Of course, the second alternative is correct.