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Papers published in another language - secondary citation?

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Magdatrix 34 posts
10 years ago

I have a paper written in German (which unfortunately I can't read) that I really want to cite. I've read about the findings in other papers...but I of course have not read the original. Would I be ok to reference this as a secondary citation?

Thanks

M

TreeofLife 2853 posts
10 years ago

google translate...

Magdatrix 34 posts
10 years ago

Quote From TreeofLife:
google translate...

Nice idea...if it weren't for the fact that the paper is from 1933 and a scanned-in copy which I can't copy and paste from...and that google translate is not that good except for single words and phrases...

Peter015 14 posts
10 years ago

You could try this first:

http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/3-free-ocr-tools-convert-files-editable-documents/

followed by google translate. I do not know how well it will work, but it is worth a try.

marasp 519 posts
10 years ago

You should definitely mention it.

Papers published in another language - secondary citation?

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