AGLC4 Rule 26.1.2: Foreign Primary Materials Consulted in English (Published Translations)

When a published translation is used, cite the primary material in English under rules 26.2 or 26.3, then cite the translation in square brackets following the ordinary rules for its source type, with tr before the translator's or editor's name. A translated book is cited under rules 6.1 to 6.6 rather than rule 6.7. The year given is the translation's publication year. Where the primary citation has a pinpoint, give the corresponding page of the translation if available. Whenever a translation has been relied on its details must be given.

AGLC4 page 292

Formatting

  • The primary material comes first, under its English title in italics, followed by the jurisdiction in round brackets and any other information and pinpoint.
  • A space then an opening square bracket introduces the full citation of the translation.
  • Inside the square bracket tr (roman, lower case, no full stop) and a space precede the translator's or editor's name, followed by a comma.
  • The translation citation keeps its own formatting inside the bracket: italics, single curly quotes, round bracketed publication details and pinpoints.
  • Where the translation has no named translator, the bracket holds the translation citation without tr.
  • A pinpoint to the translation follows its starting page after a comma where it starts partway through a publication.
  • The footnote's full stop follows the closing square bracket.

Examples

Quoted from the Guide, page 292
  1. 4
    Civil Code (France) [tr John H Crabb, The French Civil Code (Rothman, rev ed, 1995)].
  2. 5
    Act on Special Measures concerning the Handling of Legal Services by Foreign Lawyers (Japan) Act No 66 of 1986 [‘Act on Special Measures concerning the Handling of Legal Services by Foreign Lawyers (Act No 66 of 1986)’ Cabinet Secretariat (Web Document) <http://www.cas.go.jp/jp/seisaku/hourei/data/hls.pdf>].
  3. 6
    Criminal Code (People’s Republic of China) Fifth People’s Congress, 1 July 1979, art 2 [tr Chin Kim, The Criminal Code of the People’s Republic of China (Sweet & Maxwell, 1982) 25].
  4. 7
    Jand’heur I, French Court of Cassation, 21 February 1927 [tr Edward A Tomlinson, ‘Tort Liability in France for the Act of Things: A Study of Judicial Lawmaking’ (1988) 48 Louisiana Law Review 1299, 1366].

See also

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Formats, examples, passages, tables and the forms marked Not are quoted from the Australian Guide to Legal Citation (4th ed, Melbourne University Law Review Association, 2018), with the page of the Guide they appear on. Titles, summaries and explanations are our own.