Re: Smart quotes not working correctly with single quotes

[Juan Manuel Macías]

Hi Nicholas,

Nicolas Goaziou writes:

> Genuine question: what language uses two different styles of outer
> (level 1) quotes? And in what context?

I answer in the case of Spanish. In Spanish the level 1 quotes are «»
(french quotes). The level 2 are “...” (english quotes). Only in some
cases, and according to some writers and manuals, single quotation marks
‘...’ are correct as 1 level quotes (left single quotation mark ...
right single quotation mark), in short segments, generally when you want
to indicate the translation of a term. i.e.:

car (‘coche’)

Anyway, in Spanish it is not correct to use second level quotes “...” as
first-level quotes. I do not know if it is correct in German.

Best regards,

Juan Manuel