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242 - Translation of Title by Cataloging Agency (R)


MARC 21 LITE Bibliographic
April 2008

Translation of the title proper that is made by the cataloging agency when the translated title does not appear as a parallel title on the item. For a note, the introductory phrase Title translated: may be generated based on the field tag for display.

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Indicators
First - Title added entry
1 - Added entry
Second - Nonfiling characters
0 - No nonfiling characters
1-9 - Number of nonfiling characters
Subfield Codes
$a - Title (NR)
Title proper, exclusive of the designation of number or name of part and any alternative title.
$b - Remainder of title (NR)
Includes parallel, alternative, and other title information.
$c - Statement of responsibility, etc. (NR)
Statement of responsibility and/or any remaining title statement data that are not more appropriately contained in one of the other subfields.
$h - Medium (NR)
$n - Number of part/section of a work (R)
$p - Name of part/section of a work (R)
$y - Language code of translated title (NR)
Code from: MARC Code List for Languages.
Examples
242 10$aWorld of art.$yeng
242 14$aThe Mirror.$yeng

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