• To enter data for a translation of a work, first add the type Translated Work to the topic about that work.
• The property “translations” should now appear, and you can enter the translation, language it was translated into, and translator there.
• The name of the translation should be the work’s name in the new language (as best as can be managed with your keyboard, anyway)
  • Multiple translators may be entered for a single translation

Publication Information

A translation is automatically co-typed as a “published work”; this allows you to enter the publication data for the translation using the “published in/published as” property. Please note that a specific translation can be published multiple times (such as in hardcover and paperback editions, if it’s a book). These should be recorded here, rather than as separate translations. (The advantage of doing it this way is that on the translator’s page, any given translation will be listed only one time, rather than having a separate link for every time it was published. See, for example, the translator Jay Rubin, whose translation of the novel "Norwegian Wood" has been published at least twice.) 

• If the translation is published in a periodical or anthology, see “Entering the Contents of a Book or Periodical” for complete instructions on how to record this data.
• If the translation was published as a book, you can record that by entering the full name of the translated book under the “published in/published as” property. (Often this will be the same title as the translation itself.)
  • Click the book’s title
  • Add the type book edition to the topic
    
  • Under Edition of, enter the name of the source book; this way, the translation will appear both as an edition of the book, and a translation.
  • You can, of course, enter any other data you have for the edition such as publisher or ISBN.
• If the translation has not been published at all (this is common for plays and songs), you are done. If you like, you can remove the co-type of “published work”.

Serializations and Excerpts of a Translation

Translations, like any published work, can be published in serial format or have an excerpt published independently. To represent this, add the types “serialized work” or “excerpted work” as appropriate. Then see “Entering Serialized and Excerpted Works of Literature” for full instructions.