LANGUAGE OF EXPRESSION -- MULTIPLE LANGUAGES

1. AACR2 - multiple expressions in the same manifestation

130 0# $a Bible. $p O.T. $l Polyglot. $f 2003.

245 10 $a Antigo Testamento Poliglota : $b Hebraico, Grego, Português, Inglês.

546 ## $a Text in Greek, Hebrew, Portuguese, and English in columns on facing pages.

1. RDA - multiple expressions in the same manifestation

245 10 $a Antigo Testamento Poliglota : $b Hebraico, Grego, Português, Inglês.

546 ## $a Text in Greek, Hebrew, Portuguese, and English in columns on facing pages.

730 02 $a Bible. $p Old Testament. $l Hebrew. $f 2003.

730 02 $a Bible. $p Old Testament. $l Greek. $f 2003.

730 02 $a Bible. $p Old Testament. $l Portuguese. $f 2003.

730 02 $a Bible. $p Old Testament. $l English. $f 2003.

Comments:

#1. RDA does not allow the use of “Polyglot.” Instead, RDA says to give an authorized access point for each expression in the resource. Only the predominant or first-named expression is a core requirement (RDA 17.10); the first 730 field in this record would satisfy that core requirement. The other 730 fields would not be required.

#2. RDA does not include instructions to abbreviate the names of the testaments of the Bible.

2. AACR2 - two expressions in the same manifestation (original language and translation into Spanish)

041 1# $a eng $a spa $h eng

100 1# $a Macken, JoAnn Early, $d 1953-

240 10 $a Mail carrier. $l Spanish & English

245 10 $a Mail carrier = $b El cartero / $c JoAnn Early Macken.

246 31 $a Cartero

546 ## $a English and Spanish.

2. RDA - two expressions in the same manifestation (original language and translation into Spanish)

041 1# $a eng $a spa $h eng

100 1# $a Macken, JoAnn Early, $d 1953-

245 10 $a Mail carrier = $b El cartero / $c JoAnn Early Macken.

246 31 $a Cartero

546 ## $a English and Spanish.

700 12 $a Macken, JoAnn Early, $d 1953- $t Mail carrier. $l English.

700 12 $a Macken, JoAnn Early, $d 1953- $t Mail carrier. $l Spanish.

Comments:

#1. RDA says to give an authorized access point for each expression in the resource. Only the predominant or first-named expression is a core requirement (RDA 17.10). The first 700 field in this record would satisfy that core requirement; the other 700 field would not be required but it would be advisable to include it to identify what is in the resource.

3. AACR2 - one expression having content in more than one language

041 0# $a eng $a fre $a ger $a spa

111 2# $a International Conference on Language Instruction $n (1st : $d 2008 : $c Madrid, Spain)

245 10 $a Papers / $c First International Conference on Language Instruction.

546 ## $a English, French, German, or Spanish.

3. RDA - one expression has content in more than one language (LC policy)

041 0# $a eng $a fre $a ger $a spa

111 2# $a International Conference on Language Instruction $n (1st : $d 2008 : $c Madrid, Spain)

245 10 $a Papers / $c First International Conference on Language Instruction.

546 ## $a English, French, German, or Spanish.

Comment: LC has a policy for resources with single expressions other than translations and the Bible to give the language(s) of that single expression in the 041/546 fields in the bibliographic record rather than create an access point for the expression with the language name(s) in subfield $l. As a result, for LC there is no change in the MARC encoding of RDA when a single expression has more than one language.

LC RDA examples: Language of expression

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