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Cody Chun, Kieran O’Neil, Kylie Young, Julie Nelson Christoph

Subsection 8.3.19 Citing a Translation

This image shows the front cover and copyright page of a book with elements needed for a citation labeled. On the front cover, in medium text in the middle of the page, are the words "The Tale of Gengi" with a blue label that reads "Title." Beneath the title is the name "Murasaki Shikibu," with a red label that reads "Author." Under the author is the text "Translated by Royall Tyler" with a black label that reads "Translator." At the bottom of the page is the text "Penguin Books" with a purple label that reads "Publisher." On the copyright page, the text "New York, New York" is circled and has a maroon label that reads "City of Publication." At the bottom of the page, the year "2001" is circled and labeled "Date" in green.

Subsubsection APA

Author Last Name, Initials. (Date). Title of work. (Translator Initials Last Name, Trans.). Publisher. (Original work published Year of original work publication).

Shikibu, M. (2001). The tale of Genji. (R. Tyler, Trans.). Penguin Books. (Original work published circa 1021).

In-text: (Shikibu, 2001)

Subsubsection Chicago

Author Last Name, First Name. Title of work. Translated by Translator First Name Last Name. City of publication: Publisher, Date.

Shikibu, Murasaki. The Tale of Genji. Translated by Royall Tyler. New York: Penguin Books, 2001.

Notes.

First appearance. 45  Nonconsecutive appearances. 46 
For more information about how to insert footnotes, see Subsection 12.1.2.

Subsubsection MLA

Emphasizing Original Text/Author.

Author Last Name, First Name. Title of work. Trans. by Translator First Name Last Name. Publisher, Date of publication.

Shikibu, Murasaki. The Tale of Genji. Trans. by Royall Tyler. Penguin Books, 2001.

In-text: (Shikibu)

Emphasizing Translation/Translator.

Translator Last Name, First Name, translator. Title of work. By Author First Name Last Name. Publisher, Date.

Tyler, Royall, translator. The Tale of Genji. By Murasaki Shikibu. Penguin Books, 2001.

In-text: (Tyler)
Murasaki Shikibu, The Tale of Genji,, trans. Royall Tyler (New York: Penguin Books, 2001), 42.
Shikibu, The Tale of Genji, 42.
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