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* ''Webcomic/{{Unsounded}}'' uses angle brackets when translating Tainish to [[CommonTongue Continental]]. However, lines spoken in Tainish are occasionally left untranslated. [[BilingualBonus Translations to these lines]] can be found in the [[TheWikiRule series]] [[http://www.casualvillain.com/Unsounded/world/index.php/Tainish wiki]]. For a ~50 page arc entirely in Tainish, rather than using brackets the entire time, [[http://www.casualvillain.com/Unsounded/comic/ch07/ch07_50.html they appear only on the first page and gradually fade out]] to imply that everything afterward is translated.

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* Languages that use clicks (most famously seen in the Bushmen of ''Film/TheGodsMustBeCrazy'' fame) usually represent them with a "!".
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* ''Manga/BananaFish'' is mainly set in New York City, and as such most characters speak English. The English translation of the manga puts any dialogue spoken in other languages (like when Eiji or Ibe speak Japanese to each other) in angle brackets.

* In ''Literature/TerraIgnota'', when the narrator Mycroft is translating something from another language to English, it's written with the punctuation of the original language. For example, Spanish uses ¿ and ¡, while German capitalizes the nouns.

A word of caution to editors of this page: Be careful with your ''own'' formatting as some forms may be interpreted by Wiki/TVTropes as wiki markup rather than text. To be on the safe side, you may want to wrap quotations in the [=[= =]=] markup to prevent this.

* The Japanese version of ''VideoGame/{{Splatoon}}'' uses something similar to denote when a character is speaking the Octarian language. Rather than using punctuation, Octarian dialogue is rendered in [[UsefulNotes/JapaneseWritingSystem katakana]], which is normally used for writing loanwords and foreign names in Japanese text. For example, DJ Octavio, the Octarian leader, speaks entirely in katakana, while Marina's dialogue is only partially rendered in katakana to indicate that she speaks with an accent. Likewise, the official lyrics for ''VideoGame/Splatoon2'''s soundtrack render Marina's parts in katakana and Pearl's in the standard hiragana, indicating a MultilingualSong.

Some authors address this by using punctuation other than quote marks to indicate that characters are speaking a different language that is being dubbed as English. The various types of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bracket brackets]] are a frequent choice here (angle quotes ‹ ›, angle brackets ⟨ ⟩, or inequality marks < > are particularly common). Other options include using [[UnconventionalFormatting unusual formatting]] or AllLowercaseLetters. It should be noted that many real-world languages use angled brackets and hook brackets rather than the English single or double quotes around dialogue in written works.

* ''Manga/NausicaaOfTheValleyOfTheWind'' uses angle quotes to indicate that Dorok is being spoken.

* ''Manga/NausicaaOfTheValleyOfTheWind'' uses angle quotes to indicate that Pejitei is being spoken.

* In ''Literature/{{Terra}}'', the Fnrrn language is represented as English in italics, with a dash at the start.

* In their Grand Tour of Howondaland in the ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' fic ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12321109/1/Gap-Year-Adventures Gap Year Adventures]]'' by Creator/AAPessimal, two girl Assassins pick up Red Indian warrior names which are rendered in the text as ''[={{Ginger-with-Freckles}}=]'' and ''[={{Prickly Pear Girl}}=]''.[[note]] In the Latoka Sioux language, it's nearer to ''Girl with ghost-like skin disfigured with unsightly blemishes and unbecoming flame-coloured hair'' and ''Small decumbian opuntian fruit of the Brachyarthrtan Nation, seemingly inoffensive growth but heap big sting.'' [[/note]]

* ''Literature/{{Animorphs}}'' renders [[{{Telepathy}} thought-speak]] using angle brackets in place of quote marks.

* The ''Franchise/StarWarsLegends'' comic ''ComicBook/EwoksShadowsOfEndor'' cleverly uses these only on the dialogue of newly arrived imperial troopers [[spoiler:and Leia during the beginning of her first meeting with Wicket in ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi]], to show that these outsiders are speaking a different language than the Ewoks.

* The Japanese version of ''VideoGame/{{Splatoon}}'' uses something similar to denote when a character is speaking the Octarian language. Rather than using punctuation, Octarian dialogue is rendered in [[UsefulNotes/JapaneseWritingSystem katakana]], which is normally used for writing loanwords and foreign names in Japanese text. For example, DJ Octavio, the Octarian leader, speaks entirely in katakana, while Marina's dialogue is only partially rendered in katakana to indicate that she speaks with an accent. Likewise, the official lyrics for the game's soundtrack render Marina's parts in katakana and Pearl's in the standard hiragana, indicating a MultilingualSong.

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* ''Webcomic/{{Unsounded}}'' uses angle brackets when translating Tainish to [[CommonTongue Continental]]. However, lines spoken in Tainish are occasionally left untranslated. [[BilingualBonus Translations to these lines]] can be found in the [[TheWikiRule series]] [[http://www.casualvillain.com/Unsounded/world/index.php/Tainish wiki]].

* In their Grand Tour of Howondaland in the ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' fic ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12321109/1/Gap-Year-Adventures Gap Year Adventures]]'', two girl Assassins pick up Red Indian warrior names which are rendered in the text as ''[={{Ginger-with-Freckles}}=]'' and ''[={{Prickly Pear Girl}}=]''.[[note]] In the Latoka Sioux language, it's nearer to ''Girl with ghost-like skin disfigured with unsightly blemishes and unbecoming flame-coloured hair'' and ''Small decumbian opuntian fruit of the Brachyarthrtan Nation, seemingly inoffensive growth but heap big sting.'' [[/note]]

Some authors address this by using punctuation other than quote marks to indicate that characters are speaking a different language that is being dubbed as English. The various types of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bracket brackets]] are a frequent choice here (angle quotes ‹ ›, angle brackets ⟨ ⟩, or inequality marks < > are particularly common). Other options include using [[UnconventionalFormatting unusual formatting]] or AllLowercaseLetters.