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APA 7th Edition Citation Style

Translated Print Book

Citation Elements in Order:  
1.  Author
2.  Publication date
3.  Book title
4.  Translator
5.  Publisher
6. Original Work Publication date
7.  DOI or URL, if available

 

Reference Example:

Author, A. A. (Year of publication). Title of work: Capital letter also for subtitle (T. Translator, Trans.). Publisher. (Original work

published YEAR) DOI (if available)

 

      1.           2.                     3.                                                    4.                                    5.

Caesar, J.,  (2019). The war for gaul : a new translation. (J. J. O'Donnell, Trans.). Princeton University

Press. (Original work published ca. 58-49 BCE) https://doi:10.2307/j.ctvc773zf

                                          6.                                                                   7.                       

 

                   

Proper Bibliographic Reference Format:

  • Bibliographic references are double-spaced and indented half an inch after the first line. 
  • Use italics and "sentence-style" capitalization for book titles.
  • Place of publication is no longer included.
  • NOTE: When you cite a republished work, like the one above, in your text, it should appear with both dates: Caesar (58-49/2019)

In-Text Citations:  

Citations are placed in the context of discussion using the author’s last name and date of publication.

(Caesar 58-49/2019)  

Alternatively, you can integrate the citation into the sentence by means of narrative.

Caesar (58-49/2019) discusses war.

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