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Foreign Capitalization

French  

  • don't capitalize de if it follows a title or first name or if it comes before a one-syllable name
  • capitalize du and des when used with last names
  • don't capitalize: je (I), months, weekdays, names of languages, adjectives made from proper nouns, titles coming before names, and names associated with place and location
  • for titles and subtitles, capitalize the first word in titles and subtitles and all proper nouns (capitalizing the first noun and adectives preceding it is also acceptable)
  • for titles of series and periodicals, capitalize all major words

German  

  • don't capitalize von unless it is used with just the last name
  • when alphabetizing umlauts (ä, ö, ü), alphabetize as if the umlauts were followed by an e
  • capitalize the first word of each sentence, nouns, Sie (you), Ihr (your), and all words used as nouns
  • don't capitalize ich (I), names of languages, weekdays not used as nouns, adjectives, and adverbs
  • in titles, capitalize the first word and all other words normally capitalized

Italian  

  • names of people living after the Renaissance are alphabetized according to last names
  • da, de, del, della, di, and d' are capitalized when used with last names
  • capitalize large divisions of time (century, millenium)
  • don't capitalize io (I), names of months, weekdays, names of languages, nouns/adjectives/adverbs made from proper nouns, titles of people, words associated with place and location
  • in titles, capitalize the first word and all other words normally capitalized

Spanish  

  • de is never used with just the last name and shouldn't be capitalized
  • del is capitalized and used with the last name alone
  • don't capitalize yo (I), names of months, weekdays, names of languages, nouns/adjectives made from proper nouns, titles of people, and words associated with place
  • in titles, capitalize the first word and all words normally capitalized

Latin  

  • Roman males had praenomen (given name), nomen (clan name), and cognomen (family name)
  • Roman females had just the nomen and cognomen
  • don't capitalize ego (I)
  • in titles, capitalize the first word and all words normally capitalized
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