We use the North American style of commas and decimal points with numbers. The number of digits after the decimal point indicate the accuracy of the measurement. These are not the same to engineers and scientists. If you mean 8.00 m, then use the extra zeros. 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.