Definition

A title that is a translation of the title proper by the cataloging agency. If a translated title appears as a parallel title on the item, use field 245 or field 246 as appropriate. Use only for translations, not transliterations.

For information on punctuation, see the Punctuation section below.

1st Indicator

Title added entry. Prefer use of value 1 in place of value 0 when entering or replacing data in WorldCat records.

2nd Indicator

Nonfiling characters. The number of character positions associated with a definite or indefinite article (e.g., An or The) at the beginning of a title and that are disregarded in sorting and filing processes.

Note: Current practice is to enter the title without articles and use 2nd indicator value 0.

Subfields

Enter a translated title according to guidelines for the title in field 245.

Punctuation

For records containing ISBD punctuation, follow these instructions:

• Precede subfield ǂb beginning with other title information by a space-colon-space
• Precede subfield ǂb beginning with a parallel title by a space-equals-space
• Precede subfield ǂb beginning with a title of a second work by the same author, composer, artist, etc., in a resource lacking a collective title by a space-semicolon-space
• Precede subfield ǂb beginning with a title of a second work by a different author, composer, artist, etc., or an anonymous work in a resource lacking a collective title by a period-space
• Precede subfield ǂc by a space-slash-space
• Precede subfield ǂn by a period-space unless the preceding subfield ends with an ellipsis, exclamation point, hyphen, period (following an abbreviation or initial), or question mark
• Precede subfield ǂp following subfield ǂn by a comma-space
• Precede subfield ǂp not following subfield ǂn by a period-space unless the preceding subfield ends with an ellipsis, exclamation point, hyphen, period (following an abbeviation or initial), or question mark
• Precede any parallel statement within a subfield by a space-equals-space
• Precede any unit of other title information within a subfield by a space-colon-space
• Precede any title of a work within a subfield by the same author, composer, artist, etc., in a resource lacking a collective title by a space-semicolon-space
• Precede any title of a work within a subfield by a different author, composer, artist, etc., or an anonymous work in a resource lacking a collective title by a period-space
• Precede a dependent title designation within a subfield by a period-space
• Precede a dependent title following a dependent title designation within a subfield by a comma-space
• Precede a dependent title not following a dependent title designation within a subfield by a period-space
• Precede any statement of responsibility following title information within a subfield by a space-slash-space
• Precede any subsequent statement of responsibility by a space-semicolon-space
• Enclose any text within brackets as required by cataloging instructions
• Include incidental punctuation needed within any subfields, e.g., commas, periods (following abbreviations or initials), etc.
• Omit punctuation in subfield ǂy
• Optionally, add a terminal period at the end of the last subfield preceding ǂy unless the subfield ends with an ellipsis, exclamation point, hyphen, period (following an abbreviation or initial), question mark, closing bracket, or closing parenthesis

For records containing non-ISBD punctuation, see the cataloging instructions used to create the record.

For records containing minimal or no punctuation, follow these instructions:

• Include a space-equals-space as the first element in subfield ǂb beginning with a parallel edition statement
• Include a space-semicolon-space as the first element in subfield ǂb beginning with a title of a second work by the same author, composer, artist, etc., in a resource lacking a collective title
• Precede subfield ǂb beginning with a title of a second work by a different author, composer, artist, etc., or an anonymous work in a resource lacking a collective title by a period-space
• Include brackets and punctuation needed within any subfields
• Otherwise, omit the punctuation outlined in the ISBD punctuation section above

For more information on punctuation, including OCLC policy, see section 2.8, Punctuation.

Indexing

For indexing and searching information, see Searching WorldCat Indexes, field 242.

MARC 21

For more information, including content designator history, see MARC 21 Format for Bibliographic Data, field 242.