OCLC Online Computer Library Center DDC Translations: An Overview Joan S. Mitchell Julianne Beall EPC Meeting 126 October 11-13, 2006 Washington, DC

OCLC Online Computer Library Center Outline  Current translation activities  Localization and interoperability  Translation roles and policies  Case study: Vietnamese translation  Discussion: How can we work more closely with translation teams?

OCLC Online Computer Library Center Current Translation Activities DDC 22:  Arabic, Chinese, French, German (2005), Italian, Spanish Abridged Edition 14  French (2005), Hebrew, Italian (2006), Spanish, Vietnamese (2006) DDC: Principles and Application  Arabic, French, German (2006), Italian, Spanish Other  FrenchGuide de la Classification décimale de Dewey  GreekDDC 22 Relative Index  NorwegianUpdated captions  SwedishMixed Swedish/English translation

OCLC Online Computer Library Center Localization Coverage and representation of topics matches the literary warrant needs in the language group

OCLC Online Computer Library Center Interoperability Translation contains categories that are compatible with the English-language standard edition and other translations to foster the use of Dewey as a multilingual switching language

OCLC Online Computer Library Center Localization and Interoperability  Examples  Terminology in captions/notes  Index terms  Built numbers  Options  Authorized expansions

OCLC Online Computer Library Center Consistency in Standard Terminology  Consistent translation of kinds of notes, e.g., Class here..., Including..., See also...  Consistent translation of recurring concepts, e.g., Table 1—01 Philosophy and theory 401Philosophy and theory 401Filosofi och teori

OCLC Online Computer Library Center Consistency in Meaning of Categories English-language edition: South China Sea (in note at T2—164 in A14) Vietnamese-language edition: East Sea (in note at T2—164 in A14)

OCLC Online Computer Library Center Area Expansion in German DDC 22 —43551Regierungsbezirk Köln —435511Aachen —435512Kreise Aachen, Heinsberg, Düren, Euskirchen — Kreis Aachen — Kreis Heinsberg — Kreis Düren — Kreis Euskirchen —435513Erftkreis —435514Köln —435515Leverkusen —435516Rheinisch-Bergischer-Kreis, Oberbergischer Kreis — Rheinisch-Bergischer-Kreis — Oberbergischer Kreis —435518Bonn —435519Rhein-Sieg-Kreis

OCLC Online Computer Library Center Translation Participants  Sponsor: national library, bibliography, or association (or other authoritative representative of language group)  Editorial/translation team  Advisory group  OCLC  Dewey editorial team

OCLC Online Computer Library Center Translation Roles: Sponsor  Responsible for funding, organization, quality, publication, ongoing updating, and training

OCLC Online Computer Library Center Translation Roles: Editorial Team (1)  Understanding of DDC and English  Development of policy statement in consultation with sponsor, advisory group, and OCLC  Translation (may be separate team)  Consultation with Dewey editorial team (may include one-week working visit to LC Dewey Editorial Office + additional classification training in LC Decimal Classification Division)

OCLC Online Computer Library Center Translation Roles: Editorial Team (2)  Review of translation  Review by advisory group  Review by Dewey editors  Final editing  Submission to sponsor for publication  Review of proofs/files

OCLC Online Computer Library Center Translation Roles: Advisory Group  Represents the users  Review of policy statement  Review of translation

OCLC Online Computer Library Center Case study: Vietnamese translation  Funded by Atlantic Philanthropies  Strategy for development of national bibliographic standards in Vietnam – DDC, MARC21, AACR  Seminar on national systems and standards, September 2001  Seminar on translation of DDC, September 2002

OCLC Online Computer Library Center Project Management  RMIT Vietnam project management  National Library of Vietnam  NLV editorial and translation team  DDC Project Advisory Board  Library of Congress training and technical support  OCLC translation and publication approval

OCLC Online Computer Library Center Overview  Project funding and beginning, 2003  Publication of Vietnamese DDC 14 th, 2006  Distribution of copies to Vietnamese libraries – ongoing  Training program to promote adoption of DDC nationally – under development

OCLC Online Computer Library Center Expansions for Vietnamese DDC 14 (1)  Geography of Vietnam:  T2—597 expanded for 7 official geographical regions and 64 administrative cities and provinces—beyond DDC 22  Ethnic groups in Vietnam:  revised and expanded to provide for 54 ethnic groups of Vietnam

OCLC Online Computer Library Center Expansions for Vietnamese DDC 14 (2)  Vietnamese political parties:  expanded beyond DDC 22 for Vietnamese political parties  Marxism-Leninism and related topics:  for political ideology  for economic system and interdisciplinary works  for Vietnamese Communism and Ho Chi Minh’s ideas

OCLC Online Computer Library Center Expansions for Vietnamese DDC 14 (2)  Languages of Vietnam:  expanded up to (and in a few cases beyond) DDC 22 for languages spoken in Vietnam  Literatures of Vietnam:  corresponding expansions for literatures of Vietnam  Literary periods for Vietnamese literature

OCLC Online Computer Library Center Expansions for Vietnamese DDC 14 (3)  History of Vietnam:  – expanded to and in many cases beyond DDC 22

OCLC Online Computer Library Center  Vietnamese DDC 14  T2—59731 Thành phố Hà Nội  Versions Other than the Vietnamese DDC 14  T2—5973 Red River Delta region [In DDC 22 after April 2006 update]  T2—597 Vietnam [In Abridged DDC 14] Example from Expansion for Table 2 Areas

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Editorial Software (1)  Vietnamese team started using Microsoft Word  Later obtained international version of Pansoft editorial software developed for the German translation  Translation team copied and pasted from Word

OCLC Online Computer Library Center Editorial Software (2)  Pansoft software designed to use XML format distributed by OCLC and return translation database in same format  Translators need not worry about format  Unless working on an expansion  Pansoft print formatter currently limited to tables, schedules, Relative Index  Vietnamese Manual was done using Word

OCLC Online Computer Library Center Database Format: T2—59731 (1) T2—59731 Thành phố Hà Nội

OCLC Online Computer Library Center Database Format: T2—59731 (2) Bao gồm cả hồ Hoàn Kiếm, hồ Tây

OCLC Online Computer Library Center Database Format: T2—59731 (3) PE Hồ Hoàn Kiếm PE Hồ Tây

OCLC Online Computer Library Center Database Format: T2—59731 (4) PE Hà Nội PE Thành phố Hà Nội

OCLC Online Computer Library Center Vietnamese Relative Index Sort order problems solved by Pansoft software Diacritics alter sort order Linguistic problems described by the editor, e.g.: Clarifying ambiguous terms from Vietnamese dictionaries: Động vật có vỏ cứng [Shellfish (594) and Crustaceans (595.3)] = Động vật nhuyễn thể có vỏ cứng and Động vật có vỏ cứng

OCLC Online Computer Library Center How can we work together?  Representation on EPC-L  Input on EPC exhibits  Proposals for updates, changes, expansions, terminology  340 Working Group  Built numbers, mappings, expansions