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APA (7th ed.) referencing guide (Online): Translation

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Translated works

Below you will find guidance and examples of how to set out a reference for a translated work in the body of your work and in the reference list at the end.

In text citations - Translated works

Example:

Laplace (1814/1951) notes that...
OR
…(Laplace, 1814/1951).

 

In text citations - Book in another language

Piaget (1957) states...
OR
...(Piaget, 1957).

Reference list - Translated works

Last name, Initial(s)., & Last name, Initial(s). (Year). Title (Initial(s), Last name, Trans.; Ed.). Publisher. (Original work published yyyy).

Example:
Laplace, P. S. (1951). A philosophical essay on probabilities. (F. W. Truscott & F. F. L. Emory, Trans.). Dover. (Original work published 1814).

Note: When you cite a republished work, like the one above, in your text it should appear with both dates: Laplace (1814/1951).

Reference list - Book in another language

Last name, Initial(s). (Year). Title of work in original language [English translation of title]. Publisher. DOI (if there is one) 

Example:

Piaget, J. (1957). Le jugement moral chez l'enfant [The moral judgement of the child]. Presses Universitaires de France.