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Holmesglen Harvard Referencing

Translated and foreign works format

Translated works

The following format applies to sources that have been translated into English from another language and have a translator credited.

Reference elements

Reference source type (e.g. book, journal article etc.) as per normal with the addition of translator details after the title.

Annotated reference example of a source with a translator credited

 

In-text citation

  Format Example
Paraphrase

... (Author Year)

OR

Author (Year) ...

... is defined as significant to the intellect (Piaget 1972).

OR

Piaget (1972) defines three key components to ....
Quote

'...' (Author Year:Page)

OR

Author (Year:Page) '...' 

'... cognitive function and structure at adolescence' (Piaget 1972:1).

OR

Piaget (1972:1) noted '... cognitive function and structure at adolescence'.

Reference

 

Translated book
Format Example

Author, AA (Year) English title of book: subtitle of book (Translator TT trans), x edn, Name of Publisher, Place of Publication.

 Coelho, P (1993) The alchemist (Clarke AR trans), HarperOne, New York.
Note:
  • If referencing an ebook, also hyperlink the title to the ebook's URL as per hyperlink default (blue, underlined text) and still italicise it. For more information see format for ebooks.

 

Translated chapter from an edited book
Format Example
Chapter Author, AA (Year) 'Chapter title' (Translator TT trans), in AA Editor and BB Editor (eds) Title of book, x edn, Publisher, Place of Publication:page-page. Heidegger, M (2008) 'On the essence of truth' (Sallis J trans), in DF Krell (ed.), Basic writings, Harper Perennial Modern Thought, New York:111-138.
Note:
  • If referencing an ebook chapter, also hyperlink the title to the ebook's URL as per hyperlink default (blue, underlined text) and still italicise it. For more information see format for book chapters.

 

Translated journal article
Format Example
Author, AA (Year) 'Title of article: subtitle of article' (Translator TT trans), Name of Journal, volume(issue):page-page, doi:xx.xxxxxx. Piaget, J (1972) 'Intellectual evolution from adolescence to adulthood' (Bliss J and Furth H trans), Human Development, 15(1):1-12.
Note:
  • If journal article has no DOI, end the reference after the page numbers. For more information see format for journal articles.

Foreign works

The following format applies to foreign sources in original language and have not been translated into English.

Reference elements

Reference source type (e.g. book, journal article etc.) as per normal with title/publisher details exactly as they appear in the language.

Annotated reference example of a foreign source

 

In-text citation

  Format Example
Paraphrase

... (Author Year)

OR

Author (Year) ...

... is fundamentally part of establishing a common growth (De Koninck 2019).

OR

De Koninck (2019) identifies common growth as the leading factor ....
Quote

'...' (Author Year:Page)

OR

Author (Year:Page) '...' 

... simply for the benefit of 'croissance commune' or 'common growth' (De Koninck 2019:8).

OR

De Koninck (2019:8) eloquently terms it 'croissance commune', focusing on the common growth ...

Reference

If work is written in a non-Latin script (e.g. Chinese, Greek, Japanese, Russian), the reference must be spelt out in the English alphabet. E.g. Ελληνική Δημοκρατία must be written as Ellēnikē Dēmokratia.

 

Book in non English language
Format Example
Author, AA (Year) Title of book, x edn, Publisher, Place of Publication. Piaget, J (1966) La psychologie de l’enfant, Presses Universitaires de France, Paris.
Note:
  • If referencing an ebook, also hyperlink the title to the ebook's URL as per hyperlink default (blue, underlined text) and still italicise it. For more information see format for ebooks.

 

Chapter in an edited book in non English language
Format Example
Chapter Author, AA (Year) 'Chapter title', in AA Editor and BB Editor (eds), Title of book, x edn, Publisher, Place of Publication:page-page. De Koninck, T (2019) 'La culture générale et la lecture', in L- A Richard (ed.), De l'éducation libérale: essai sur la transmission de la culture générale, Presses de L'Université Laval, Quebec, Canada:7-34.
Note:
  • If referencing an ebook chapter, also hyperlink the title to the ebook's URL as per hyperlink default (blue, underlined text) and still italicise it. For more information see format for book chapters.

 

Journal article in non English language
Format Example
Author, AA (Year) 'Title of article: subtitle of article', Name of Journal, volume(issue):page-page, doi:xx.xxxxxx. Janzen, G and Hawlik, M (2005) 'Orientierung im raum: befunde zu entscheidungspunkten', Zeitschrift für Psychologie, 213(4):179–186, doi:10.1026/0044-3409.213.4.179.
Note:
  • If journal article has no DOI, end the reference after the page numbers. For more information see format for journal articles.