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APA Citation Style, 7th edition: Translation

About Citing Books

For each type of source in this guide, both the general form and an example will be provided.

The following format will be used:

In-Text Citation (Paraphrase) - entry that appears in the body of your paper when you express the ideas of a researcher or author using your own words.  For more tips on paraphrasing check out The OWL at Purdue.

In-Text Citation (Quotation) - entry that appears in the body of your paper after a direct quote.

References - entry that appears at the end of your paper.

Information on citing and several of the examples were drawn from the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (7th ed.).

A Translation

General Format Book

Example Book Chapter (Reprinted English Translation)

In-Text Citation:
(Piaget, 1970/1988)

In-Text Citation (Quotation):
(Piaget, 1970/1988, p. 12)

Reference Book Chapter: (Reprinted English translation in a book chapter)

Piaget, J. (1988). Extracts from Piaget's theory (G. Gellerier & J. Langer, Trans.). 
           In K. Richardson & S. Sheldon (Eds.). Cognitive development to adolescence: 
           A reader
(pp. 3-18).Erlbaum. (Reprinted from Manual of child psychology, 
           pp. 703-732, by L. Carmichael & P.H. Mussen, Ed., 1970, Wiley).

Example Book (Non-English work provide the title in the original language and in brackets the English translation)

Kafka, F., & Höfle, P. (2012). Das Urteil und andere Erzählungen: Text und Kommentar 
           [The verdict and other narratives: text and commentary]. Suhrkamp.

References