SC - Footnotes

[Phil Anderson]

Brighid  writes:

> What kinds of explanatory footnotes do you look for in a
> translated work?

Copious ones...

> Do you think that any potentially unfamiliar terms
> should be footnoted, or only the really obscure ones?

Neither -- difficult terms should be covered in a glossary rather than 
in footnotes, I think.

> Are too many
> footnotes a nuisance?

Not usually -- I think that if you find that every page is filling with 
multiple footnotes, it's time to start rewriting.

Cheers,
Edward Long-hair
Southron Gaard, Caid