Box 16Titles not in English

• Provide the name in the original language for non-English titles found in the roman alphabet (primarily European languages, such as French, German, Spanish, Italian, Swedish, etc.)

  • Contreras A, Drabo Y, Shimp L, de Quinteros P, Linares MA. L'operationnalisation a l'echelle des pratiques familiales cles en matiere de sante et de nutrition de l'enfant: le role du changement des comportements. Washington: Agency for International Development (US); 2004 Apr. 40 p. Report No.: PB2005-104459. French.
• Romanize (write in the roman alphabet) titles if they are in Cyrillic, Greek, Arabic, Hebrew, or Korean. A good authority for romanization is the ALA-LC Romanization Tables.

  • Rimashevskaya NM, Markov VI. Rossiya--1994. Sotsial'no-demograficheskaya situatsiya. Analiticheskii doklad. Moskow: Rossiiskaya Akademiya Nauk, Institut Sotsial'no-ekonomicheskikh Problem Narodonaseleniya; 1995. 207 p. Russian.
• Romanize or translate titles in character-based languages (Chinese, Japanese). Place translated titles in square brackets.

  • Xianggang chuan ran bing tong ji shu zi 1946-2001. Hong Kong: People's Republic of China, Disease Prevention and Control Division, Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Department of Health; 2002. 83 p. Chinese.
  • or
  • [Statistics on infectious diseases in Hong Kong, 1946-2001]. Hong Kong: People's Republic of China, Disease Prevention and Control Division, Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Department of Health; 2002. 83 p. Chinese.
• Provide an English translation after the original language one whenever possible; place translations in square brackets

  • Contreras A, Drabo Y, Shimp L, de Quinteros P, Linares MA. L'operationnalisation a l'echelle des pratiques familiales cles en matiere de sante et de nutrition de l'enfant: le role du changement des comportements [Operationalizing key family practices for child health and nutrition at scale: the role of behavior change]. Washington: Agency for International Development (US); 2004 Apr. 40 p. Report No.: PB2005-104459. French.
  • Rimashevskaya NM, Markov VI. Rossiya--1994. Sotsial'no-demograficheskaya situatsiya. Analiticheskii doklad [Russia--1994. The socio-demographic situation. An analytical report]. Moskow: Rossiiskaya Akademiya Nauk, Institut Sotsial'no-ekonomicheskikh Problem Narodonaseleniya; 1995. 207 p. Russian.
  • Xianggang chuan ran bing tong ji shu zi 1946-2001 [Statistics on infectious diseases in Hong Kong, 1946-2001]. Hong Kong: People's Republic of China, Disease Prevention and Control Division, Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Department of Health; 2002. 83 p. Chinese.
• Ignore diacritics, accents, and special characters in words. This rule ignores some conventions used in non-English languages to simplify rules for English-language publications.

  • Treat letters marked with diacritics or accents as if they are not marked

    • Å   treated as   A
    • Ø   treated as   O
    • Ç   treated as   C
    • Ł   treated as   L
    • à   treated as   a
    • ĝ   treated as   g
    • ñ   treated as   n
    • ü   treated as   u
  • Treat two or more letters printed as a unit (ligated letters) as if they are two letters

    • æ   treated as   ae
    • œ   treated as   oe