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Here's a slightly more complex example:

% the first line can hold texexec's command line options
\enableregime	[utf]		% choose input encoding: utf is UTF-8
\mainlanguage	[de]		% language mode: changes typesetting rules, quote signs etc.
\starttext
Rotkäppchen:
\quotation{Aber Großmutter, warum hast du so große Augen?}

Der böse Wolf:
\quotation{Damit ich dich besser {\em sehen} kann!}

\stoptext

looks like:

• regime is the input encoding, i.e. what you type, so that you can use accented characters (like umlauts in the example) directly. It depends on your language, your OS and the capabilities of your editor. Try "utf" if your editor can process Unicode, otherwise "il1" (ISO Latin 1) on Windows or "mac" (Mac Roman) on a Mac. (More on that topic in Encodings and Regimes.)
• language is the language of your text. Besides \mainlanguage there's also \language to switch temporarily. Try your internet top level domain code as language code (de = german, fr = french, it = italian etc.).
• quotation: use logical markup instead of specified signs! You get single quotes with \quote. You can use \startquotation ... \stopquotation for longer (indented) quotes.
• em: again, logical markup! say "\emphasized" instead of bold or italics. Remember, it's a switch, not a command! (Not \em{foo}, but {\em foo}.)

Now you can start with your own document, let's see what your Next Steps can be...