A Chinese citation in an English language paper should include the original Chinese characters, in addition to a transliteration (pinyin) and English language translation.
Hao, Chunwen 郝春文. Tang houqi wudai Songchu Dunhuang sengni de shehui shenghuo 唐后期五代宋初敦煌僧尼的社会生活 [The social existence of monks and nuns in Dunhuang during the late Tang, Five Dynasties and early Song]. Beijing: Zhongguo shehui kexue chubanshe, 1998.
Hua, Linfu 华林甫. “Qingdai yilai Sanxia diqu shuihan zaihai de chubu yanjiu” 清代以来三峡地区水旱灾害的初步研究 [A preliminary study of floods and droughts in the Three Gorges region since the Qing dynasty]. Zhongguo shehui kexue 中国社会科学 1 (1999): 168–79.
Sha, Wutian 沙武田. “Shiku kaogu kaipi Dunghuangxue yanjiu xinlingyu” 石窟考古开辟敦煌学研究新领域 [Cave archeology to open a new field for Dunhuang studies]. Zhongguo shehui kexuebao 中国社会科学报 8 January 2014: A05
Beijing Airusheng shuzihua jishu yanjiu zhongxin 北京爱如生数字化技术研究中心. Zhongguo jiben guji ku 中国基本古籍库 [Database of Chinese Classic Ancient Books].
Ershisi cheng ji 二十四城记 [24 City]. Dir. Jia Zhangke 贾樟柯. Cinema Guild, 2010. DVD.
Du, Weisheng 杜伟生. “Dunhuang yishu yongzhi gaikuang ji qianxi” 敦煌遗书用纸概况及浅析 [An analysis and description of the use of paper in Duanhuang manuscripts]. Rongshe yu chuangxin: guoji Dunhuang xiangmu diliuci huiyi lunwenji 融攝与创新: 国际敦煌项目第六次会议论文集 [Tradition and innovation: Proceedings of the 6th International Dunhuang Project conservation conference]. Ed. Lin Shitian 林世田 and Alastair Morrison. Beijing: Beijing tushuguan chubanshe, 2007. 67-84.
“Quanmian zhengque lijie shehuizhuyi xinnongcun jianshe 全面正确理解社会主义新农村建设” [Fully and correctly understand the building of a new socialist countryside]. State Council 国务院. www.websitename.com. Accessed on 15 March, 2006.
If you are writing in English and quoting from a Chinese language source you should provide a translation in addition to the original Chinese characters (MLA Handbook 281).You should also include information about the source of the translation (281). If you are referring to people, places or organizations in your text these should usually be transliterated (284).
| Template | Text introducing the quote "Quote written in Chinese characters surrounded by double quotation marks" 'English language translation of the quote surrounded by single quotation marks' (source of quote; source of translation). |
| Example | The tones of loss and lingering affection are clear in the lines, “轻轻的我走了，正如我轻轻的来” ‘Very quietly I take my leave, as quietly as I came here' (Xu 23; my trans.). |
If the translation comes from a book or website this should be included in the in-text citation, in parenthesis:
Both sources should be cited in full in the works cited list. If you made the translation yourself you should indicate this by writing 'my trans.' - this is short for 'my translation.'
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MLA Handbook. 9th ed., New York City, Modern Language Association of America, 2021. |
“Quick Guide on Citation Style for Chinese, Japanese and Korean Sources: MLA Examples.” Yale University Library Research Guides, 2022, guides.library.yale.edu/c.php?g=296262&p=1974230.