Please pick one format and maintain consistency throughout the manuscript. European readers prefer the former. Foreign words can be italicized if they are not in Webster's, with the exception of foreign names of people or places, which are capitalized. Providing a glossary to define the foreign words used can eliminate the necessity of a lot of italicized words, which is much easier and helps us avoid typographical mistakes. The Swoose , Dreadnought .
British practice puts the quotation marks inside the punctuation.
We can use either as long as you are consistent. In American practice, colons and semicolons go outside the quotation marks. Use 1920s, not 1920's. Use six Albatros D.IIIs, not six Albatros D.III's. We will hyphenate words during layout if necessary.