How do you cite a translated book in APA 7?

Put the translator in parentheses after the title, followed by Trans. Use the translation year as the main date and add (Original work published Year) at the end when you know the original-language year. In text, cite both years with the earlier year first: (Coelho, 1988/1993).

How do you cite a reprinted book in MLA 9?

Cite the copy you used. You may add the original year as a supplemental element right after the title (Achebe, Chinua. Things Fall Apart. 1959. Penguin Books, 2017) or write a fuller Originally published by note at the end. The in-text citation stays (Author page) and uses the pages of the copy you read.

Do APA in-text citations use the original date, the reprint date, or both?

Both, when you have both. APA puts the original year first and the year of the version you read second, separated by a slash: (Freud, 1930/2010). A narrative citation uses the same pair: Freud (1930/2010).

Should the in-text citation name the translator?

Usually no. APA, MLA, and Chicago name the original author in the in-text citation and put the translator in the reference list, works-cited entry, or bibliography. Name the translator in the sentence when your claim is about the translation. In MLA, if the works-cited entry begins with the translator, the in-text citation uses that name: (Pearson 533n2).

What is the difference between a reprint and a new edition?

A reprint reissues the same text, sometimes with a new introduction or pagination. A new edition revises the text and carries an edition statement (2nd ed., rev. ed.). Cite a new edition as that edition. Do not add an original-year dual date just because an earlier edition exists.

How do you cite an anniversary edition with a new foreword in APA?

Keep the original author in the author slot and name the later contributor after with. Official example: Kübler-Ross, E. (with Byock, I.). (2014). On death & dying (50th anniversary ed.). Scribner. (Original work published 1969). In text cite (Kübler-Ross, 1969/2014) unless you are quoting the foreword.

How do you cite a work that is both translated and reprinted?

Credit the translator of the language you read, use the year of the copy you held as the publication year, and give the original-language year where the style asks for it. Example in APA: García Márquez, G. (2006). One hundred years of solitude (G. Rabassa, Trans.). Harper Perennial Modern Classics. (Original work published 1967).

Does Chicago 18 still require the city of publication for reprints?

No. CMOS 14.30 dropped the place of publication for books, and that includes reprints and translations. Write the publisher and year. Add Reprint, First published, or a parenthetical original year only when the earlier history matters.

What if I cannot find the original publication date?

Omit it. Check the copyright page and WorldCat first. If the original year is still unknown, APA cites only the translation or reprint year, MLA cites the copy you used, and Chicago cites the version you consulted. Do not write n.d. for an original year you have not looked up.

How do I cite Dante or another classical work in translation?

Name the translator and the edition you used, then cite book, canto, and line instead of a paperback page when the work has standard numbering. APA's own example is Alighieri, D. (2001). The divine comedy (H. F. Cary, Trans.). Bartleby. https://www.bartleby.com/20/ (Original work published 1909). In text: (Alighieri, 1909/2001, Inferno, Canto XIII, Lines 72–74).

How to Cite Reprinted and Translated Works in APA, MLA, and Chicago [2026]

How to Cite a Reprinted or Translated Work: Quick Answer

Name the copy you used. Then add the translator and the original-language year when you can verify them. APA 7 writes both years in every in-text citation, earlier year first. MLA 9 keeps the in-text citation as author and page and puts the original year in the works-cited entry. Chicago 18 cites the version you consulted, then adds Reprint, First published, or an author-date pair such as (1983) 2022.

Official handbook samples for the copy in your hands

APA 7 translated book:

Coelho, P. (1993). The alchemist (A. R. Clarke, Trans.). HarperOne. (Original work published 1988)

APA 7 in-text:

(Coelho, 1988/1993)

APA 7 republished book:

Watson, J. B., & Rayner, R. (2013). Conditioned emotional reactions: The case of Little Albert (D. Webb, Ed.). CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform. https://a.co/06Se6Na (Original work published 1920)

MLA 9 reprint:

Achebe, Chinua. Things Fall Apart. 1959. Penguin Books, 2017.

MLA 9 translation:

Cervantes, Miguel de. Don Quijote. Translated by Burton Raffel, W. W. Norton, 1999.

MLA 9 in-text:

(Achebe 45) or (Cervantes 45) — no original year in parentheses

Chicago 18 note:

1. Liu Xinwu, The Wedding Party, trans. Jeremy Tiang (Amazon Crossing, 2021).

Chicago 18 bibliography:

Liu Xinwu. The Wedding Party. Translated by Jeremy Tiang. Amazon Crossing, 2021.

Chicago 18 author-date reprint:

What counts as a reprint, a translation, or both

These labels are easy to mix up, and each one changes what belongs in the citation. Start by naming the object you used, not the famous first edition you have in mind. How to Cite Books in APA covers ordinary print and ebook books; this page is only the later-history cases.

Five publication histories that look similar on a copyright page
What you used	What changed	What the citation must show
Reprint or republication	Same text, later printing or another publisher	The edition you read, plus the original year when the style asks for it
New edition	Revised text, new editor, or a numbered edition statement	The edition you read. Do not treat a 2nd edition as a reprint of the 1st
Anniversary edition with new front matter	Same core text plus a later foreword or introduction	APA names the new contributor after with; still cite both years
Translation	A new language, produced by a named translator	The translator, the translation year, and usually the original year
Facsimile	A photographic or reset copy of an earlier edition	The facsimile you used, with a note that it reproduces an earlier printing

A work can be more than one of these at once. Gregory Rabassa's English One Hundred Years of Solitude (Harper & Row, 1970) is a translation of the 1967 Spanish novel; the Harper Perennial Modern Classics paperback (ISBN 978-0-06-088328-7, 21 February 2006) of that translation is also a reprint. Cite the copy you held, then add the earlier history your style wants.

Why the original date and the translator matter

Readers need the original date to place the work in history. Citing only 2010 for Freud's Civilization and Its Discontents makes a 1930 argument look contemporary. They need the translator because translations are not interchangeable. Stuart Gilbert's 1946 The Stranger and Matthew Ward's 1988 translation open with different English sentences, and a page number from one edition will not match the other.

Same novel, two English first sentences

Gilbert (1946):

"Mother died today."

Ward (1988):

"Maman died today."

That is why APA, MLA, and Chicago all ask you to credit the wording you actually read. The APA Style post on translated works (checked August 2025 on university reprints) is explicit about both the translator and the two years:

Official APA wording on translators and dual dates

Credit the translator or translators in the reference by writing 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).

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 and preceded by the words “Original work published,” as shown in the following example.

Both the original publication date and the republished date of the translated work appear in the in-text citations, with the earlier year first, separated with a slash.

A four-step check before you format

Identify the copy you used. Title page and copyright page beat memory, Amazon, or a PDF of a different printing.
Name every contributor who shaped that copy. Author, translator, editor of a reprint, and the writer of a later foreword if the style treats that person as a credited role.
Record both dates you can verify. Original publication in the source language, and the year of the translation or reprint you read.
Cite the style your venue asked for. APA wants both years in every in-text citation. MLA puts the original year in the works-cited entry and keeps the in-text citation as author and page. Chicago can show the reprint history in the note or as (1952) 1995 in author-date.

Quick comparison: APA, MLA, and Chicago

How each style records a later edition of an earlier work
Element	APA 7	MLA 9	Chicago 18
In-text date	(Author, 1930/2010)	No date; (Author 45)	Notes omit the date; author-date uses (Author [1930] 2010)
Translator	(A. Translator, Trans.) after the title	Translated by after the title, or translator as first element	trans. in the note; Translated by in the bibliography
Original year	Required when known: (Original work published 1930)	Optional supplemental element after the title or at the end	Reprint, First published, or (1952) 1995 when the history matters
Place of publication	Not used	Not used	Not required for books (CMOS 14.30)

APA 7: reprinted and republished works

APA treats the year of the version you read as the main date. The original year comes at the end of the reference, in parentheses, after the words "Original work published." Both years then appear in every in-text citation, separated by a slash, earlier year first. The APA Style book-reference examples, checked against the Alamo Colleges reprint, put the rule this way:

Official APA wording on republication dates

Provide the year of the republication in the main date element of the reference. Provide the year of original publication at the end of the reference in parentheses after the words “Original work published.”

Both publication years appear in the in-text citation, separated with a slash, with the earlier year first.

APA's own republished-book example is Watson and Rayner's 1920 study of Little Albert, reissued with an editor in 2013. The official reference includes the stable URL:

Official APA republished-book example

Reference:

Parenthetical:

(Watson & Rayner, 1920/2013)

Narrative:

Watson and Rayner (1920/2013)

An anniversary reprint that adds a later foreword is a different pattern. APA keeps the original author in the author slot and names the new contributor after with. The official book-page case is Elisabeth Kübler-Ross's On Death and Dying, reissued with a foreword by Ira Byock:

Official APA anniversary edition with a later foreword

Reference:

Kübler-Ross, E. (with Byock, I.). (2014). On death & dying: What the dying have to teach doctors, nurses, clergy & their own families (50th anniversary ed.). Scribner. (Original work published 1969)

Parenthetical (the book):

(Kübler-Ross, 1969/2014)

Parenthetical (the foreword):

(Kübler-Ross, 1969/2014, foreword by Byock, p. xv)

A chapter or article reprinted in a later book

When the text first appeared somewhere else, APA keeps the later book as the source you used and adds a "Reprinted from" parenthetical for the earlier appearance. The in-text citation still carries both years. This is the official example from the APA Style edited-book-chapter page, via the Alamo chapter reprint:

Official APA wording on a reprinted chapter

For a reprinted work (a work that has been published in two places at once), provide both years in the in-text citation, separated with a slash, with the earlier year first.

Official APA reprinted-chapter example

Reference:

Bronfenbrenner, U. (2005). The social ecology of human development: A retrospective conclusion. In U. Bronfenbrenner (Ed.), Making human beings human: Bioecological perspectives on human development (pp. 27–40). SAGE Publications. (Reprinted from Brain and intelligence: The ecology of child development, pp. 113–123, by F. Richardson, Ed., 1973, National Educational Press)

Parenthetical:

(Bronfenbrenner, 1973/2005)

Narrative:

Bronfenbrenner (1973/2005)

Use "Reprinted from" for a later appearance of the same text. Use "Original work published" for a later edition or translation of a whole book. Do not stack both phrases unless you truly have both facts and your instructor wants the extra history.

APA 7: translated works

Write the reference in the language of the translation you read. Credit the translator in parentheses after the title, with the abbreviation Trans. The original-language year goes at the end. APA's own post gives four official cases: a journal article, a chapter, a whole book, and an editor who is also the translator.

Official APA translated-journal example

Reference:

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)

Parenthetical:

(Piaget, 1970/1972)

Official APA translated-chapter example

Reference:

Heidegger, M. (2008). On the essence of truth (J. Sallis, Trans.). In D. F. Krell (Ed.), Basic writings (pp. 111–138). Harper Perennial Modern Thought. (Original work published 1961)

Parenthetical:

(Heidegger, 1961/2008)

Official APA translated-book example

Reference:

Coelho, P. (1993). The alchemist (A. R. Clarke, Trans.). HarperOne. (Original work published 1988)

Parenthetical:

(Coelho, 1988/1993)

Narrative:

Coelho (1988/1993)

When one person edited and translated the same volume, APA combines the roles. This is APA's Freud example, not a generic stand-in:

Official APA editor-translator example

Reference:

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

Parenthetical:

(Freud, 1930/2010)

Narrative:

Freud (1930/2010)

Two translators take an ampersand, the same way two authors do: (R. Pevear & L. Volokhonsky, Trans.). If you cannot verify the original year, omit the final parenthetical and cite only the translation year. Do not invent (Original work published n.d.).

For the rest of the book template, see How to Cite Books in APA. For a missing date on a work that is not a reprint, see How to Cite a Source with No Date.

MLA 9: reprinted books

MLA does not use "1st ed." to mark the original publication. That is a common error. The MLA Style Center (31 August 2022) says the original year is a supplemental element, and it gives two official patterns:

Official MLA wording on reprinted books

When you create a works-cited-list entry for a reprint of a book, you may give the original publication date in the supplemental element immediately following the title.

If you would like to give further information about the original edition, such as the name of its publisher, you may do so in the supplemental element at the end of the entry.

Official MLA reprinted-book examples

Original year after the title:

Achebe, Chinua. Things Fall Apart. 1959. Penguin Books, 2017.

Original publisher at the end:

Achebe, Chinua. Things Fall Apart. Penguin Books, 2017. Originally published by McDowell Obolensky, 1959.

In-text (either entry):

(Achebe 45)

The original year is optional in MLA 9 (Handbook §5.108). Include it when the earlier date is part of your argument or when two printings could be confused. The in-text citation still points at the pages of the copy you used, not at the 1959 printing. For publication history more broadly, see Handbook §5.114. Do not "correct" MLA's 1959 date to the 1958 Heinemann London first edition; the official example is the U.S. McDowell Obolensky year.

An essay reprinted in an anthology

Cite the anthology you used as the container. If the original magazine or book date helps a reader, add it as a supplemental element after the essay title. The page range belongs to the anthology, which is the copy you held. For the rest of the container pattern, see How to Cite Anthologies and Book Chapters in MLA.

Template for a reprinted essay in an anthology (not an official handbook sample)

Works cited:

Author Last, Author First. "Title of Essay." Original year. Title of Anthology, edited by Editor Name, Publisher, Year, pp. xx-xx.

In-text:

(Author page)

MLA 9: translated books

Name the translator after the title with "translated by," in the order the names appear on the title page. The MLA Style Center (31 October 2017; still an 8th-edition banner, with the same capitalization rule in MLA 9) capitalizes that label when it follows the title of the source. If your paper is about the translation itself, MLA lets you put the translator first and introduce the original author with "By."

Official MLA translated-book example

Works cited:

Cervantes, Miguel de. Don Quijote. Translated by Burton Raffel, W. W. Norton, 1999.

In-text:

(Cervantes 45)

When the translator follows a container title, the label stays lowercase. This is the official Dostoevsky case from the same post:

Official MLA lowercase translated-by example

Works cited:

Dostoevsky, Fyodor. Notes from the Underground. Notes from the Underground and The Gambler, translated by Jane Kentish, Oxford UP, 2008, pp. 1–124.

Three or more translators take et al. after the first name, the same rule MLA uses for authors. The MLA Style Center (27 July 2016) gives Balibar as the official case:

Official MLA et-al. translator example

Works cited:

Balibar, Étienne. Politics and the Other Scene. Translated by Christine Jones et al., Verso, 2002.

When one person edited and translated the same book, the MLA Style Center (7 January 2019) spells the combined role out. Freud is the official classroom pair; keep APA's 2010 Norton and MLA's 2005 Norton as separate copies:

Official MLA editor-translator examples

Focus on the work:

Freud, Sigmund. Civilization and Its Discontents. Edited and translated by James Strachey, W. W. Norton, 2005.

Focus on the editor-translator:

Strachey, James, editor and translator. Civilization and Its Discontents. By Sigmund Freud, W. W. Norton, 2005.

If you are citing the translator's notes rather than the novel, the MLA Style Center (21 February 2019) puts the translator first. This is the official Pearson / Zola pair, not a reconstructed Rabassa line:

Official MLA translator-first example

Focus on the work:

Zola, Émile. Germinal. Translated by Roger Pearson, Penguin Books, 2004.

In-text (author first):

(533n2)

Focus on the translator's notes:

Pearson, Roger, translator. Germinal, by Émile Zola, Penguin Books, 2004.

In-text (translator first):

(Pearson 533n2)

You can combine a reprint date with a translator. Camus is the usual classroom case. Cite Ward if you read Ward; do not silently swap in Gilbert's wording or pagination. The Vintage International paperback of Ward's translation is a 1989 reprint of the 1988 Knopf first English edition; the French novel is 1942:

Real Vintage International copy of Ward's translation

Works cited:

Camus, Albert. The Stranger. Translated by Matthew Ward, Vintage International, 1989.

Optional original year:

Camus, Albert. The Stranger. 1942. Translated by Matthew Ward, Vintage International, 1989.

In-text:

(Camus 3)

For the rest of the book template, see How to Cite a Book in MLA.

Chicago 18: reprints

Chicago 18 no longer requires a place of publication for books. That change applies to reprints. CMOS 14.16 covers reprint editions and modern editions: cite the version you consulted, then add the earlier publication when the history matters. The Chicago Q&A on republished dates is blunt, and the Notes and Bibliography Quick Guide repeats the city rule:

Official CMOS wording on the version you consulted

Normally, you should cite the version you consulted or the best version if you consulted more than one.

Note that a place of publication is no longer required in book citations (see CMOS 14.30).

The same Q&A (CMOS 14.16 and 14.77) gives a real republication: Helen Aristar Dry's 1983 article, reissued in the 2022 fiftieth-anniversary issue of Journal of Literary Semantics, with the same page numbers:

Official CMOS republished-article example

Bibliography:

Dry, Helen Aristar. "The Movement of Narrative Time." In "50th Anniversary Issue," edited by Marina Lambrou, Journal of Literary Semantics 51, no. s1 (2022): 19–53. https://doi.org/10.1515/jls-2021-2043. Facsimile of the article as originally published in Journal of Literary Semantics 12, no. 2 (1983), with the same page numbers.

Author-date reference list:

Dry, Helen Aristar. (1983) 2022. "The Movement of Narrative Time." In "50th Anniversary Issue," edited by Marina Lambrou, Journal of Literary Semantics 51 (s1): 19–53. https://doi.org/10.1515/jls-2021-2043. Facsimile of the article as originally published in Journal of Literary Semantics 12, no. 2 (1983), with the same page numbers.

Author-date in-text:

(Dry [1983] 2022)

A later paperback of a novel uses the same CMOS 14.16 logic. The following is not a Quick Guide sample; it is CMOS 18 formatting of a real book. Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man was first published by Random House in 1952; Vintage Books reissued it in 1995 (ISBN 0-679-73005-3):

Notes-Bibliography, later paperback of a 1952 novel (CMOS-formatted, not a handbook sample)

First note:

1. Ralph Ellison, Invisible Man (Random House, 1952; repr., Vintage Books, 1995), 242.

Shortened note:

2. Ellison, Invisible Man, 256.

Bibliography:

Ellison, Ralph. Invisible Man. Random House, 1952. Reprint, Vintage Books, 1995.

If the reprint uses the same pagination as the original, say so. If it does not, a note such as "Citations refer to the Vintage Books edition" keeps a reader from hunting the wrong printing. For the rest of the book pattern, see How to Cite a Book in Chicago Style.

Chicago 18: translated books

In a note, use trans. before the translator's name. In the bibliography, spell out "Translated by." Chicago 18 still omits the city. The Notes and Bibliography Quick Guide uses Liu Xinwu's The Wedding Party, translated by Jeremy Tiang. The author's name follows Eastern order, so it is not inverted in the bibliography (CMOS 13.75):

Official CMOS translated-book example

First note:

1. Liu Xinwu, The Wedding Party, trans. Jeremy Tiang (Amazon Crossing, 2021).

Shortened note:

2. Liu, Wedding Party, 279.

Bibliography:

Liu Xinwu. The Wedding Party. Translated by Jeremy Tiang. Amazon Crossing, 2021.

The Author-Date Quick Guide uses the same book and the same Eastern-order warning:

Official CMOS author-date translated-book example

Reference list:

Liu Xinwu. 2021. The Wedding Party. Translated by Jeremy Tiang. Amazon Crossing.

In-text:

(Liu 2021, 279)

When the original-language date is part of the argument, add it the same way you would for a reprint. A bibliography line can end with "First published 1869" after the translation you used. Do not move the translator into the author slot unless you are writing about the translation as a translation.

When the work is both translated and reprinted

Record the translator of the language you read, the year of the copy you held, and the original-language year. Do not substitute the first English-publication year for the original-language year unless that is the fact you can actually defend. Cien años de soledad is 1967; Rabassa's English is 1970; the Harper Perennial Modern Classics paperback below is 2006 (ISBN 978-0-06-088328-7).

APA 7

García Márquez, G. (2006). One hundred years of solitude (G. Rabassa, Trans.). Harper Perennial Modern Classics. (Original work published 1967)

(García Márquez, 1967/2006)

MLA 9

García Márquez, Gabriel. One Hundred Years of Solitude. 1967. Translated by Gregory Rabassa, Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2006.

(García Márquez 89)

Chicago 18, same paperback (CMOS-formatted, not a handbook sample)

Note:

4. Gabriel García Márquez, One Hundred Years of Solitude, trans. Gregory Rabassa (Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2006), 89. First published in Spanish in 1967.

Bibliography:

García Márquez, Gabriel. One Hundred Years of Solitude. Translated by Gregory Rabassa. Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2006. First published in Spanish in 1967.

Classical and religious works

For Homer, Dante, or a Bible, prefer the standard book-chapter-line or book-chapter-verse numbering over a paperback page. Still name the translator and the edition you used, because lineation and wording change from one English to the next. The APA Style post on classical and religious works, checked against the Master's University reprint (updated August 2025), quotes the Publication Manual:

Official APA wording on canonical numbering and republication dates

When the original publication date of a republished work is known, add it in parentheses at the end of the reference list entry after the phrase “Original work published” (see the Alighieri reference in this post).

The translator, if known, should be listed in parentheses after the title, as shown in the Alighieri reference.

When directly quoting a classical or religious work in the text, the seventh edition Publication Manual says to use “canonically numbered parts common across editions (e.g., books, chapters, verses, lines, cantos)” (p. 303) instead of page numbers.

If you are using multiple versions of the same source, such as different translations, create a separate reference list entry for each version.

APA's own Dante example uses both the 1909 Cary date and the 2001 Bartleby republication, then points at canto and line. The official reference includes the Bartleby URL:

Official APA classical-work example

Reference:

Alighieri, D. (2001). The divine comedy (H. F. Cary, Trans.). Bartleby. https://www.bartleby.com/20/ (Original work published 1909)

Parenthetical quotation:

(Alighieri, 1909/2001, Inferno, Canto XIII, Lines 72–74)

The same post treats an ancient work with an approximate original date. Keep APA's official spelling Kovaks:

Official APA ancient-work example

Reference:

The epic of Gilgamesh (M. G. Kovaks, Trans.). (1998). Academy of Ancient Texts. http://www.ancienttexts.org/library/mesopotamian/gilgamesh/ (Original work published ca. 2500–2750 B.C.)

Parenthetical quotation:

(The Epic of Gilgamesh, ca. 2750–2500 B.C.E./1998, Tablet II)

Robert Fagles's Odyssey is a 1996 Viking book. Cite that edition, then point at book and line rather than a paperback page. APA usually omits a reference-list entry for a widely available Bible and names the version in the text (New Revised Standard Version, Matt. 5:14). A study edition with notes you actually used still belongs in the reference list. If your field quotes Greek or Latin in the original, cite that edition and keep the translator only if you also relied on the English.

Real Fagles edition in MLA

MLA works cited:

Homer. The Odyssey. Translated by Robert Fagles, Viking, 1996.

MLA in-text:

(Homer 9.119-24)

How to find the original date and the translator

Guessing from the author's lifespan is how invented years get into bibliographies. Use the copy, then a library record.

Title page. Translator, editor, and the publisher of the copy you used.
Copyright page. "Originally published," "First published," or a translation copyright that differs from the reprint year.
Library catalogue. WorldCat lists earlier manifestations of the same work, including the original-language title.
Publisher or handbook examples. When a handbook already cites the edition, prefer that wording to a reconstructed one.
Do not harvest a date from a different translation. Ward's Stranger is not Gilbert's, and Pevear and Volokhonsky's War and Peace is not the Maude translation.

Common mistakes

Citing only the paperback year in APA. (Freud, 2010) hides 1930. Use (Freud, 1930/2010).
Marking a reprint as "1st ed." in MLA. The original year is a supplemental element, not an edition statement.
Putting the publisher in the translator slot. Collected Fictions is translated by Andrew Hurley and published by Viking. Viking is not the editor.
Keeping a city in Chicago 18 book citations. CMOS 14.30 dropped place of publication, including for reprints.
Quoting one translation and citing another. Page numbers and wording will not match. APA wants a separate reference for each translation you used.
Treating a numbered new edition as a reprint. A 2nd edition with revised chapters is cited as that edition.
Treating an anniversary foreword as a new author. APA still cites Kübler-Ross in the text unless you are quoting Byock.
Inventing an original year. If you cannot verify it, omit it.
Forgetting that MLA in-text citations do not carry the original date. The works-cited entry is where that year lives.
Substituting the first English year for the original-language year. Rabassa 1970 is not García Márquez 1967.

Format the edition you actually used

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Frequently asked questions

How do you cite a translated book in APA 7?: Put the translator in parentheses after the title, followed by Trans. Use the translation year as the main date and add (Original work published Year) at the end when you know the original-language year. In text, cite both years with the earlier year first: (Coelho, 1988/1993).
How do you cite a reprinted book in MLA 9?: Cite the copy you used. You may add the original year as a supplemental element right after the title (Achebe, Chinua. Things Fall Apart. 1959. Penguin Books, 2017) or write a fuller Originally published by note at the end. The in-text citation stays (Author page) and uses the pages of the copy you read.
Do APA in-text citations use the original date, the reprint date, or both?: Both, when you have both. APA puts the original year first and the year of the version you read second, separated by a slash: (Freud, 1930/2010). A narrative citation uses the same pair: Freud (1930/2010).
Should the in-text citation name the translator?: Usually no. APA, MLA, and Chicago name the original author in the in-text citation and put the translator in the reference list, works-cited entry, or bibliography. Name the translator in the sentence when your claim is about the translation. In MLA, if the works-cited entry begins with the translator, the in-text citation uses that name: (Pearson 533n2).
What is the difference between a reprint and a new edition?: A reprint reissues the same text, sometimes with a new introduction or pagination. A new edition revises the text and carries an edition statement (2nd ed., rev. ed.). Cite a new edition as that edition. Do not add an original-year dual date just because an earlier edition exists.
How do you cite an anniversary edition with a new foreword in APA?: Keep the original author in the author slot and name the later contributor after with. Official example: Kübler-Ross, E. (with Byock, I.). (2014). On death & dying (50th anniversary ed.). Scribner. (Original work published 1969). In text cite (Kübler-Ross, 1969/2014) unless you are quoting the foreword.
How do you cite a work that is both translated and reprinted?: Credit the translator of the language you read, use the year of the copy you held as the publication year, and give the original-language year where the style asks for it. Example in APA: García Márquez, G. (2006). One hundred years of solitude (G. Rabassa, Trans.). Harper Perennial Modern Classics. (Original work published 1967).
Does Chicago 18 still require the city of publication for reprints?: No. CMOS 14.30 dropped the place of publication for books, and that includes reprints and translations. Write the publisher and year. Add Reprint, First published, or a parenthetical original year only when the earlier history matters.
What if I cannot find the original publication date?: Omit it. Check the copyright page and WorldCat first. If the original year is still unknown, APA cites only the translation or reprint year, MLA cites the copy you used, and Chicago cites the version you consulted. Do not write n.d. for an original year you have not looked up.
How do I cite Dante or another classical work in translation?: Name the translator and the edition you used, then cite book, canto, and line instead of a paperback page when the work has standard numbering. APA's own example is Alighieri, D. (2001). The divine comedy (H. F. Cary, Trans.). Bartleby. https://www.bartleby.com/20/ (Original work published 1909). In text: (Alighieri, 1909/2001, Inferno, Canto XIII, Lines 72–74).

How to Cite a Reprinted or Translated Work: Quick Answer

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APA 7: reprinted and republished works

A chapter or article reprinted in a later book

APA 7: translated works

MLA 9: reprinted books

An essay reprinted in an anthology

MLA 9: translated books

Chicago 18: reprints

Chicago 18: translated books

When the work is both translated and reprinted

Classical and religious works

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