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q element produces incorrect quotation marks when language changes #6
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doc:cansCanadian Syllabics gap-analysis content.Canadian Syllabics gap-analysis content.doc:cherCherokee gap-analysis content.Cherokee gap-analysis content.doc:osgeOsage gap-analysis content.Osage gap-analysis content.gapGap-analysis content. Do not close.Gap-analysis content. Do not close.i:quotationsQuotations & citationsQuotations & citationsl:chrCherokeeCherokeel:crkPlains CreePlains Creel:ikeInuktitutInuktitutl:osaOsageOsagep:advancedThe gap-analysis priority is Advanced.The gap-analysis priority is Advanced.s:cansCanadian Aboriginal SyllabicsCanadian Aboriginal Syllabicss:cherCherokeeCherokees:osgeOsageOsage
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This issue is common across all languages that use the q element.
When an English page contains a quotation in another language, the quotation marks used around that quotation (and inside it for embedded quotes) should be the English ones – not those of the language of the quotation. The same applies for other languages.
Currently, if the language of the quotation is declared on the q tag in HTML and that tag has a lang attribute, browsers instead set the quotation marks based on the language of the quote.
For more details, see this GitHub issue, which is being used to track this gap. Please add any discussion there, and not to this issue.
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doc:cansCanadian Syllabics gap-analysis content.Canadian Syllabics gap-analysis content.doc:cherCherokee gap-analysis content.Cherokee gap-analysis content.doc:osgeOsage gap-analysis content.Osage gap-analysis content.gapGap-analysis content. Do not close.Gap-analysis content. Do not close.i:quotationsQuotations & citationsQuotations & citationsl:chrCherokeeCherokeel:crkPlains CreePlains Creel:ikeInuktitutInuktitutl:osaOsageOsagep:advancedThe gap-analysis priority is Advanced.The gap-analysis priority is Advanced.s:cansCanadian Aboriginal SyllabicsCanadian Aboriginal Syllabicss:cherCherokeeCherokees:osgeOsageOsage