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BRAILLE TRANSLATION CHART
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© 2003 Options Australia
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A
a QA at
a & @
D ab abv
Abbreviation point ABOUT ABOVE
Q ac acr
Accent sign ACCORDING ACROSS
af afn afw
AFTER AFTERNOON AFTERWARD
afws ag ag/
AFTERWARDS AGAIN AGAINST
Ny alm alr
ALLY ALMOST ALREADY
al al$ alt
ALSO ALTHOUGH ALTOGETHER
alw Ve A
ALWAYS ANCE AND
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Apostrophe AR AS
II Nn
* Asterisk ATION
B
b ; ;
b BB BE
Bc Bf Bh
BECAUSE BEFORE BEHIND
;l ;n ;s
BELOW BENEATH BESIDE
;t ;y `
BETWEEN BEYOND BLE
bl NN brl
BLIND Block capital sign BRAILLE
b J
BUT BY
C
c c Pc
c CAN CANNOT
N C !
Capital sign CC CH
!~ Y! !
Chapter sign CHARACTER CHILD
!n C -
CHILDREN Colon COM
, C Ccv
Comma CON CONCEIVE
Ccvg cd
CONCEIVING COULD
D
d (o MMMM
d Dagger Dash (long)
MM Yd D
Dash (short) DAY DD
dcv dcvg ,
DECEIVE DECEIVING Decimal point
dcl dclg J
DECLARE DECLARING ° Degree sign
D YZ KD
DIS Ditto Division sign
d D o(
DO $ Dollar sign Double dagger
VV QII J
Double italic sign Double prime Double quotation marks (Close)
H
Double quotation marks (Open)
E
e , ^
e EA ED
ei ''' E
EITHER Ellipsis EN
Ke E &
ENCE ENOUGH ER
KG Ye e
Equals sign EVER EVERY
F
Exclamation mark
F
f Yf F
f FATHER FF
f/ X fr
FIRST FOR FRIEND
f Kl D
FROM FUL Full stop
G
g G @
g GG GH
g gd grt
GO GOOD GREAT
H
h Ph h
h HAD HAVE
Yh h&f hm
HERE HERSELF HIM
H - hmf
HIS Hyphen HIMSELF
I
i imm I
i IMMEDIATE IN
+ + IF
Index sign ING INTO
C x V
Is to (ratio) IT Italic sign
xs xf Ky
ITS ITSELF ITY
J
j j
j JUST
K
k Yk k
k KNOW KNOWLEDGE
L
l Vs lr
l LESS LETTER
K l ll
Letter sign LIKE LITTLE
Yl
LORD
M
m Pm '
m MANY Mathematical comma
_ @ N
Mathematical round brackets (close) Mathematical round brackets (open) Mathematical separation sign
Kt KM m
MENT Minus sign MORE
Ym m! KH
MOTHER MUCH Multiplication sign
m/ myf
MUST MYSELF
N
n Yn nec
n NAME NECESSARY
nei Ks n
NEITHER NESS NOT
`
Numeral sign
O
o / o'c
o Oblique stoke O CLOCK
O Yo Yof
OF ONE ONESELF
Kg * Y*
ONG OU OUGHT
Vd Vt *
OUND OUNT OUT
*rvs (
OURSELVES OW
P
p p~ pd
p Page or Pages sign PAID
pżÿ Yp p
Å› Paragraph sign PART PEOPLE
Cp p&cv p&cvg
% Per cent PERCEIVE PERCEIVING
p&h KF _
PERHAPS Plus sign Poetry line sign
l YC Q
Pound Sterling sign Print page indicator Print symbol indicator
Q
q Yq H
q QUESTION Question mark
qk q
QUICK QUITE
R
r r rcv
r RATHER RECEIVE
rcvg rjc rjcg
RECEIVING REJOICE REJOICING
Yr # G
RIGHT Root sign Round brackets (Close)
G
Round brackets (Open)
S
s s' ;
s ż Section sign Semicolon
# # #d
SH SHALL SHOULD
QI J' NH
Single prime Single quotation marks (close) Single quotation marks (open)
Vn Ps s
SION SPIRIT SO
Ys NNNN G'
SOME Spaced capital sign Square brackets (close)
NG / /
Square brackets (open) ST STILL
s!
SUCH
T
t $ t
t TH THAT
T PT YT
THE THEIR THERE
UT $ U$
THESE THIS THOSE
Y$ $yf Yt
THROUGH THYSELF TIME
Kn F td
TION TO TODAY or TO-DAY
tgr tm tn
TOGETHER TOMORROW or TO-MORROW TONIGHT or TO-NIGHT
U
u Yu Uu
u UNDER UPON
u
US
V
v v v~
v VERY Volume sign
W
w J G
w WAS WERE
% Y% %
WH WHERE WHICH
U% w W
WHOSE WILL WITH
Uw Yw Pw
WORD WORK WORLD
X
x
x
Y
y y Yy
y YOU YOUNG
Z
z
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