I feel like I have finally got into some kind of swing when it comes to transcribing E2 now, and I have been busy this week having a go at properly transcribing for the first time with no-one to hold my hand who I can constantly ask questions to. Instead of bugging my office-mates I am keeping a list of my doubts and queries and have already put several onto the bulletin board of Textual Communities in case other transcribers need to ask the same thing at a later date. I am probably making lots of mistakes at this stage, but I hope to keep improving with practice. I am now getting the hang of using xml tagging, which looked pretty confusing to me just a couple of weeks ago, and have actually found it to be not too bad at all! I have also found my palaeography to be getting better all the time, so my crash course from Fiona is paying off. I would even go as far as to say I am now enjoying transcribing. There. Now I’ve really gone and said it!
