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Re: Yiddish titles in LoC

From: Brian Taves <btav~at~loc.gov>
Date: Thu, 28 Oct 2004 09:49:09 -0400 (EDT)
To: Jules Verne Forum <jvf~at~Gilead.org.il>

Choose the tab for MARC tags display, and at the end of the 008 is a
(usually) comprehsible abbreviation for language (ie yid, fre). Sometimes
it is also in the text of the record, for instance one that said
"guj" indicated "In Gujarati" in natural language in the record. 008
reveals "Chovekut bez ime" to be "bul" ie Bulgarian.

The MARC codes are fairly standard in library usage.

On Thu, 28 Oct 2004, Garmt de Vries wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> A while ago, there was some discussion on Yiddish titles. I can't remember
> who it was who was interested in them, but anyway:
>
> In the catalogue of the Library of Congress, I found the following titles
> which haven't been mentioned yet:
>
> Die ferlorene shif (Grant)
> Rayze in unbekante gegenden (Servadac)
> Teksers shtrof : oder Nord gegen Soyth (Nord c Sud)
> Arum di velt in akhtsig teg : a shpanende ertseylung ful mit shturemdige
> momentn (80 jours)
> Tsvantsig toyzend mayl unter´n vaser (20K)
> Der ferlorener ben yohid (hivernage dans les glaces)
>
> Incidentally, I was wondering how you can tell what language a title in
> that catalogue is. Most of the time, you can tell just from the title or
> from the place of publishing, but recognizing something like "Chovekut bez
> ime" without any further indications is beyond me...
>
> Cheers,
> Garmt.
>


Brian Taves
Motion Picture/Broadcasting/Recorded Sound Division
Library of Congress
101 Independence Avenue, S.E. Washington, D.C. 20540-4692
Telephone: 202-707-9930; 202-707-2371 (fax)
Email: btav~at~loc.gov


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