RDA and translations Gordon Dunsire Chair RSC Presented

RDA and translations Gordon Dunsire, Chair, RSC Presented at “Diversity of Data: RDA in the international context” 23 August 2018 National Library of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 1 RDA and translations September 3, 2021

Overview How does the new infrastructure of RDA facilitate translations? 2 RDA and translations September 3, 2021

RDA Translation Policy Internationalization is a strategic goal of the RDA standard … 3 RDA and translations September 3, 2021

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Infrastructure Open Metadata Registry for RDA Translators Git. Hub RDA Vocabularies SDL Trados Content Management System RDA Toolkit Elements 6 RDA and translations Instructions September 3, 2021

Modular structure Every element page has the same basic structure. RDA Reference data are displayed separately from guidance and instructions. 7 RDA and translations September 3, 2021

Element page structure Definition and Scope Element Reference Prerecording Recording an unstructured description Recording an identifier Recording an IRI Related Elements 8 RDA and translations Instructions RDA Reference September 3, 2021

Boilerplate Guidance, instruction, and navigation content components that are re-used in multiple pages in the Toolkit. Re-usable components are updated once. Re-usable components are translated once. 9 RDA and translations September 3, 2021

Example of boilerplate Layout of boilerplate content can be changed to meet the requirements of a translation. 10 RDA and translations September 3, 2021

Relationship element template Regular layout + Boilerplate = Template 11 RDA and translations Same guidance and instructions in all basic relationship elements (designators) for each entity. September 3, 2021

Automated generation of content of 800+ elements for each translation 12 RDA and translations September 3, 2021

Toolkit Resources Glossary Vocabulary Encoding Schemes Relationship Matrix Visual browser Generated from RDA Reference 13 RDA and translations September 3, 2021

Examples Basic Set Resembles current examples Recording Methods The same data recorded in different ways View as Relationship Diagram: linked data graph View in Context A set of data elements for an entity 14 RDA and translations September 3, 2021

Examples in translation 3 methods for “translating” an example Retain example Translate caption and notes Add example Substitute example 15 RDA and translations September 3, 2021

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Update translation in Google sheets: Vietnamese 17 RDA and translations 03/09/2021

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Thank you! If you are interested in translating RDA Reference or the whole RDA Toolkit, please contact the RSC Translations Liaison Officer: Daniel Paradis transwgchair@rdatoolkit. org Or talk to me during the seminar or IFLA 2018 19 RDA and translations September 3, 2021