Help:Presentation of song titles

Song titles are heavily present in The Song, therefore it is important that they are presented consistently and correctly.

Capitalisation
Title capitalisation is made difficult due to how different languages' grammars affect their capitalisation rules. Below are stated the standard rules of title capitalisation, along with exceptions unique to the language(s) in question. Examples listed with feature the flag of the country associated with it only if the song has featured in the contest.

Standard rules
Generally, only the first word of a title is capitalised.


 * 🇸🇮 "Ker tu je vse tako lepo"
 * 🇲🇨 "Le sang de mon prochain"
 * 🇪🇸 "¿Qué más quieres de mí?"

Proper nouns, such as place names, people and institutions, are also capitalised.
 * 🇧🇦 "Most na Adi" (Мост на Ади)
 * 🇧🇦 "Prođi sa mnom Bosnom" (Прођи са мном Босном)
 * "Eto MALFA" (Это MALFA)

If a song title contains parentheses, the first word within them is capitalised.
 * 🇪🇸 "Mon vetlatori (Romanç 4: de mort)"
 * 🇳🇱 "Ladada (Mon dernier mot)"'
 * 🇲🇨 "On est tous du sperme (À la base)"

If a song contains multiple parts separated by a slash, the beginning words are capitalised.
 * 🇦🇲 ''"Habibi/Sirelis" (هابيبي/Սիրելիս)
 * 🇧🇬 "Granitsi / De mporo" (Граници / Δε μπορώ)

Dutch
Contracted words are the beginning of the title are not capitalised; instead, the second word is.
 * 🇧🇪 "'s Avonds ben ik weg"

English
All words are capitalised besides articles, short prepositions and short conjunctions, unless they appear at the end of the song title.
 * 🇬🇷 "Ancient Dreams in a Modern Land"
 * 🇮🇪 "Why Can't We Be Friends?"
 * 🇦🇲 "Fall in Love"
 * 🇷🇺 "Dead but Pretty"
 * "All We Are Is Dust Into the Galaxy"
 * "Lock Me In"

French
In French, it is not necessary to mark accents on vowels. Although marked accents are highly preferred, the following examples would still be correct:
 * 🇲🇨 "On est tous du sperme (A la base)"
 * "Evidemment"

German
All nouns and pronouns are capitalised.
 * 🇦🇹 "In ein paar Jahren"
 * 🇦🇹 "Ich war noch niemals in den Bergen"
 * 🇩🇪 "Ein Song reicht"

Irish
All words are capitalised besides articles, short prepositions, short conjunctions and possessive pronouns, unless they appear at the end of the song title.
 * 🇮🇪 "Bacach Shíol Andaí"
 * "Ar a Dhul go Baile Átha Cliath Domh"
 * "Fáilte Isteach"

Words that have undergone eclipsis or prostheses do not have their prefix capitalised.
 * "Amhrán na bhFiann"
 * Poblacht na hÉireann

Luxembourgish
All nouns and pronouns are capitalised.
 * 🇱🇺 "Klengen Drenken"

Welsh
All words are capitalised besides articles, short prepositions, and short conjunctions, unless they appear at the end of the song title.
 * 🇬🇧 "Wedi Bino"
 * "Lan y Môr"
 * "Yn Ol i Annwn"

Transliterations
Song titles in languages that use a different writing system to the Latin alphabet must feature a bracketed transliteration beside it. The most common alternative writing systems in The Song are the Cyrillic, Greek, Arabic, Hebrew, Georgian and Armenian scripts.
 * 🇧🇾 ''"Kak ptitsy" (Как птицы)
 * 🇬🇷 "Ta kalytera paidia" (Τα καλύτερα παιδιά)
 * 🇲🇦 "3iytou lbouliss" (عييت لبولس)
 * 🇮🇱 "Kupidon" (קופידון)
 * "Vneba" (ვნება)
 * 🇦🇲 ''"Depi yeraz" (Դեպի յերազ)