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APA Citation Style, Seventh Edition: Translations

Sections 9.39, 10.2

In General: 
  • Include the name of the translator, followed by "Trans.", in parentheses after the book's title.
  • For in-text citations, include the publication year of the original work and the publication year of the translation.
 
General Format 
 
      In-Text Citation (Paraphrase): 
(Author Surname, Year Originally Published/Year of Translation)
     
      In-Text Citation (Quotation):
(Author Surname, Year Originally Published/Year of Translation, Page Number)
 
      References (Quotation)
Author Surname, First Initial. Second Initial., & Author Surname, First Initial. Second Initial. (Year of Translation). Title of book (First Initial. Translator Surname., Trans.).  Publisher Name. (Original work published Year) 
  
Example
 
      In-Text Citation (Paraphrase):
      (Tolstoy1878/2016)
 
      In-Text Citation (Quotation):      
     (Tolstoy, 1878/2016, pp. 728-740)
 
      References:
Tolstoy, L. (2016). Anna Karenina (R. Bartlett, Trans.). Oxford University Press. (Original work published 1878)