Cite using APA

About translated works

You treat all translated works the same regardless of publication type. When citing a translation you create the reference in the language in which the translation you read was published. You credit the translator or translators in the reference by using the abbreviation “Trans.” after the translator’s name and placing both the name and abbreviation in parentheses after the title of the work (but before the period). You also credit the original source by providing the year the work was originally published (in its original language) at the end of the reference, in parentheses.

In in-text citations you include both the original publication date and the date of the translated work, with the earlier year first, separated with a slash.

Translated book

Reference list entry

Template

Surname, X. (Year). Title (X, Surname, Trans.) Publisher. (Original work published Year).

Example
Hašek, J. (2000). The good soldier Švejk (C. Parrot, Trans.) Penguin Books. (Original work published 1923).

 

In-text citation

Template

... (Surname, Year/Year).

Example
Parenthetical citations 

... is the opening line (Hašek,1923/2000).

Narrative citations (when the author is mentioned in the text)

In the novel Hašek (1923/2000) shows that ...

 

 

Translated book - with an editor who is also the translator

Reference list entry

Template

Surname, X. (Year). Title (X, Surname, Trans.) Publisher. (Original work published Year).

Example
Freud, S. (2010). Civilization and its discontents (J. Strachey, Ed. & Trans.). W. W. Norton & Company. (Original work published 1930).

 

In-text citation

Template

... (Surname, Year/Year).

Example
Parenthetical citations 

... the most important thing to consider (Freud, 1930/2010).

.Narrative citations (when the author is mentioned in the text)

According to Freud (1930/2010) ...

Article in journal - republished in translation

Reference list entry

Template

Surname, X. (Year). Title (X. Surname, Trans.). Journal, volume(issue), beginning page-last page. DOI (Original work published in Year).

Example
Piaget, J. (1972). Intellectual evolution from adolescence to adulthood (J. Bliss & H. Furth, Trans.). Human Development, 15(1), 1–12. https://doi.org/10.1159/000271225 (Original work published 1970).

 

In-text citation

Template

(Surname, Year/Year)

Examples

Parenthetical citations

...  is the most important factor (Piaget, 1970/1972).

Narrative citations (when the author is mentioned in the text)

Piaget (1970/1972) mentions ...