How to Cite a Translated Short Story

MLA Style In-Text Citation

• Cite the last name of the original author and the number of the page that you are quoting or paraphrasing from in the text. Do not separate these elements with a comma or any other punctuation. For example:

  (Jones 346)

  The in-text citation should appear directly after you quote or paraphrase, but before any concluding punctuation:

  One famous short story ends with the admonition that we all "learn to love to live for love" (Jones 346).

MLA Works-Cited Page Entry

• When citing a translated short story in MLA style, arrange your works-cited entry in the following manner:

  Author's Last Name, First Name. "Title of Short Story." Trans. First Name Last Name. Title of Collection [in italics]. Ed. First Name Last Name. Place of Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication. Inclusive Page Numbers. Medium of publication.

  For example:

  Jones, Georgette. "Birds in the Field." Trans. Paula Smith. Great Translated Short Stories. Ed. Bill Frissom. Boston: Big Book Press, 1995. 339-362. Print.

Chicago Style Footnote

• If you are citing in accordance with the Chicago Manual of Style, you will need to include a footnoted at the bottom of the page on which you quote or paraphrase from a source. Your footnote should be arranged as follows:

  Number of Footnote. Author's First Name Last Name, "Title of Story," trans. First Name Last Name, in Title of Collection [in italics], ed. First Name Last Name (Place of Publication: Publisher, Year), Page Number.

  For example:

  2. Georgette Jones, "Birds in the Field," trans. Paula Smith, in Great Translated Short Stories, ed. Bill Frissom (Boston: Big Book Press, 1995), 346.

Chicago Style Bibliography Entry

• In addition to footnotes, you must include an entry in your bibliography for each work cited if you are using Chicago citation style. When citing a translated short story, your bibliography entry should be arranged as follows:

  Author's Last Name, First Name. "Title of Story." Translated by First Name Last Name. In Title of Collection [in italics], edited by First Name Last Name, Inclusive Page Numbers. Place of Publication: Publisher, Year.

  For example:

  Jones, Georgette. "Birds in the Field." Translated by Paula Smith. In Great Translated Short Stories, edited by Bill Frissom, 339-362. Boston: Big Book Press, 1995.