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Guidelines for writing Poems, Stories and Tales

A comprehensive foreign-language source citation question

How do you cite a foreign language source?

Formula for citing a foreign language source in APA:



Author Last Name, First Initial. (Year Published). Title in the original language [Translated title]. Place of Publication: Publisher.

How do you quote a foreign language source and its translation in MLA?

If you want to present a quotation in both a foreign language and in translation, place the foreign-language quotation in quotation marks if it is less than 40 words long and in a block quotation without quotation marks if it is 40 words or more.

Can I cite Google Translate?

If the document you are referencing was automatically translated from a foreign language into English (by Google Translate, Babelfish, etc.), you need to go back to the original and list the original, non-English-language quote, with English following in square brackets.

How do you reference a foreign language source Harvard?

Formula for citing a foreign language source in Harvard:



Author Last Name, First Initial (Year Published). Original title. Place of publication: Publisher.

How do I cite a translated quote?

Luckily, the solution is quite simple: If you translated a passage from one language into another it is considered a paraphrase, not a direct quotation. Thus, to cite your translated material, all you need to do is include the author and date of the material in the in-text citation.

How do you in-text cite a translation in MLA?

Formula for citing a translated source in MLA:



Translator Last Name, Translator first Name, translator. Book Title. By Author First Name Last Name, Publisher, Year Published.

How do I cite a translated work?

Author’s Last Name, First Name. Title of Book. Translated by First Name Last Name. Publisher, Year.

Can I cite anything?

Any factual material or ideas you take from another source must be acknowledged in a reference, unless it is common knowledge (e.g. President Kennedy was killed in 1963). Failing to credit all of your sources, even when you’ve paraphrased or completely reworded the information, is plagiarism.

Can you translate quotes when writing an essay?

You may use quotation marks around translated passages and add a footnote stating that you translated the text into English; in this case, the original text would be provided in quotation marks in the footnote, with the source. You may also indent the translated text so that it has larger margins than the main text.

What is Harvard referencing style examples?

Websites

Format Author surname, initial. (Year) Page title. Available at: URL (Accessed: Day Month Year).
Example Google (2019) Google terms of service. Available at: https://policies.google.com/terms?hl=en-US (Accessed: ).

How do you write a translation in MLA format?

The basic format according to MLA format (8th edition) for a translated book is: Author’s Last Name, First Name. Title of Book. Translated by First Name Last Name.

Can you translate quotes when writing an essay?

You may use quotation marks around translated passages and add a footnote stating that you translated the text into English; in this case, the original text would be provided in quotation marks in the footnote, with the source. You may also indent the translated text so that it has larger margins than the main text.

How do you paraphrase MLA?

When you write information or ideas from a source in your own words, cite the source by adding an in-text citation at the end of the paraphrased portion. Include a full in-text citation with the author name and page number (if there is one).



How do you summarize MLA format?

Tips on Summarizing

  1. Use your own words.
  2. Include the key relevant elements of the original and keep it brief – you’re just going for the original’s essence.
  3. Do not include your interpretation/analysis within the summary – make a clear distinction between your thoughts and someone else’s.

How do you summarize a quote in MLA format?

Use “quotation marks” around the author’s words. Include signal phrases and an in-text citation to show where the quote is from. When you paraphrase or summarize a source, you restate the source’s ideas in your own words and sentence structure. Select what is relevant to your topic, and restate only that.