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Translations in LC Classification

The following information has been adapted from the Classification and Shelflisting Manual: G150 - Translations/Texts in Parallel Languages.

  1. Use the Translation Table when classifying a translation only when the preferred title (i.e., uniform title) plus language(s) are in the record.
    • Do not use for entries with a corporate or conference heading, for serials, or for autobiographies or correspondence.
  2. The translation should be assigned the same call number as the original work, modified by the application of the Translation Table.
  3. If a work contains the original text and a single translation, Cutter for the language of the translation.
  4. If a work contains translations in two or more languages, assign the Cutter for Polyglot (.x12) from the Translation Table.
  5. When the caption By language, A-Z appears in the schedule, do not use the Translation Table, but instead Cutter for the language itself.
  6. If two translations in the same language are published in the same year, add a work letter to the date of the second item.
Original Translation
100 1_ ‡a Rousseau, Jean-Jacque, ‡d 1712-1778. 100 1_ ‡a Rousseau, Jean-Jacque, ‡d 1712-1778.
245 10 ‡a Consideìrations sur le gouvernement de Pologne.

240 10 ‡a Consideìrations sur le gouvernement de Pologne. ‡l English

245 10 ‡a Considerations on the government of Poland /‡c by Jean-Jacque Rousseau ; translated from the French by Willmoore Kendall.

Has call number: JN6760 .R68 [year] Has call number: JN6760 .R6813 [year]

Translation Table

The following Translation Table has been modified for use at the University of Illinois. Lines in bold correspond to the languages in the LC Translation Table.

.x Original work
.x12 Polyglot (2 or more languages of translation)
.x125 Arabic translation
.x1254 Bengali translation
.x126 Chinese translation
.x13 English translation
.x14 French translation
.x15 German translation
.x153 Gujarati translation
.x154 Hebrew translation
.x155 Hindi translation
.x16 Italian translation
.x163 Japanese translation
.x164 Korean translation
.x167 Portuguese translation
.x17 Russian translation
.x174 Sanskrit translation
.x18 Spanish translation
.x19 Vietnamese translation