Box 52Reports appearing in more than one language

• If a report is written in several languages:

  • Give the title in the first language found on the title page
  • List all languages of publication after the pagination and any report, contract, or grant numbers
  • Separate the languages by a comma and a space
  • End the list of languages with a period
    Example:

    • Eidgenossische Volkszahlung 1990: die Wohnbevolkerung der Gemeinden. Bern (Switzerland): Bundesamt fur Statistik; 1993. 154 p. German, French, Italian.
• If a report is presented in two or more equal languages, as often occurs in Canadian publications:

  • Give all titles in the order they are given in the text, with an equals sign between them
  • List all languages after the pagination and any report, contract, or grant numbers
  • Separate the languages by a comma and a space
  • End the list of languages with a period
    Examples:

    • Biotechnology and the health of Canadians: a report from the Canadian Biotechnology Advisory Committee on biotechnology and health innovations; opportunities, challenges, and public policy = Biotechnologie et la sante des Canadiens: rapport du Comite consultatif canadien de la biotechnologie sur la biotechnologie et l'innovation dans le domaine de la sante; aspects prometteurs, de′fis et politique publique. Ottawa (ON): Canadian Biotechnology Advisory Committee; 2004 Dec. 181 p. English, French.
    • Euler M. Genitale Verstummelung von Madchen und Frauen: Situationsbericht aus dem Sudan = Female genital mutilation: a report on the present situation in Sudan = Mutilations sexuelles chez les fillettes et les femmes: rapport sur l'etat de la situation au Soudan. Aachen (Germany): Missio Aachen; 2002. 60 p. German, English, French.
• If none of the languages is English, follow the titles with a translation whenever possible. Place the translation in square brackets.

  • Eidgenossische Volkszahlung 1990: die Wohnbevolkerung der Gemeinden [Federal population census 1990: the population of communities]. Bern (Switzerland): Bundesamt fur Statistik; 1993. 154 p. German, French, Italian.
  • Mesle F, Shkol'nikov V, Hertrich V, Vallin J. Tendances recentes de la mortalite par cause en Russie 1965-1994 = Sovremennye tendentsii smertnosti po prichinam smerti v Rossii 1965-1994 [Recent trends in mortality by cause in Russia, 1965-1994]. Paris: Institut National d'Etudes Demographiques; 1996. 140 p. French, Russian.