Thread: E-Books Convention for de, du, Le as parts of names?
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Old 06-23-2015, 08:08 AM   #1
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Convention for de, du, Le as parts of names?
I'm preparing Bel Ami by Guy de Maupassant for the MR library, and am using a 19th century American English translation as the source text. In chapter 5 there is the text 'the door opened and Mesdames Forestier and De Marelle appeared.'

Should not that be de Marelle? Is there a convention or 'best style' for de and du as parts of names? So far as I can tell Le as part of a surname is always Le rather then le; is that correct?

The ebook I am preparing will be in British English, if that makes any difference.
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