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droopy · 08-06-2020, 07:50 PM

I'm a native English speaker. I have some books originally in some foreign language that are translated into English.

For example, The Brothers Karamazov, authored by Fyodor Dostoevsky, and translated by Constance Garnett.

I initially created my own column called "Translator", where I'd have the name of the translator there.

But now I wonder if it's best to include the translator in the "Author" field. So in this case it would look like "Fyodor Dostoevsky & Constance Garnett".

What are the pros and cons of either method of storing translator info?

08-06-2020, 07:50 PM	#1
droopy Guru Posts: 834 Karma: 2912460 Join Date: Apr 2009 Device: Kobo Forma	What's better: having translator in own column or adding him in "Author"? I'm a native English speaker. I have some books originally in some foreign language that are translated into English. For example, The Brothers Karamazov, authored by Fyodor Dostoevsky, and translated by Constance Garnett. I initially created my own column called "Translator", where I'd have the name of the translator there. But now I wonder if it's best to include the translator in the "Author" field. So in this case it would look like "Fyodor Dostoevsky & Constance Garnett". What are the pros and cons of either method of storing translator info?