Box 17Titles not in English

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

  • La recherche sur les embryons [Internet].
• Romanize (write in the roman alphabet) titles in Cyrillic, Greek, Arabic, Hebrew, or Korean. A good authority for romanization is the ALA-LC Romanization Tables.

  • Diagnostika i kompleksnoe lechenie osnovnykh gastroenterologicheskikh zabolevanii: klinicheskie ocherki [Internet].
• Romanize or translate titles in character-based languages (Chinese, Japanese). Place translated titles in square brackets.

  • Anrakushi to keiho [Internet].
  • or
  • [Euthanasia and criminal law] [Internet].
• Ignore diacritics, accents, and special characters in titles. 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
• Capitalize only the first word of the title, proper nouns, proper adjectives, acronyms, and initialisms unless the conventions of a particular language require other capitalization

  • Die Bedeutung der deutschen Arztevereine fur das wissenschaftliche Leben [Internet].
• Provide an English translation after the original language or romanized title when possible; place translations in square brackets

  • Perez-Corrazon R. Consideraciones sobre la regulacion de medicamentos vigente en la Argentina [Issues regarding the legal regulation of drugs in Argentina] [Internet].