Re: [mb-users] Language of track titles

Hallo Tom Crocker:
> On 18 July 2014 17:53, Wieland Hoffmann <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> > Hallo Frederic Da Vitoria:
> > > 2014-07-18 9:53 GMT+02:00 Wieland Hoffmann <[email protected]>:
> > >
> > > I wonder about using translated AR: there is only one release, creating a
> > > new Release in MB would suggest there are 2 physically distinct releases
> > > with different languages, which is not what is happening here.
> >
> > Well, I'm not sure what alternatives there are. The release clearly
> > lists both english and hungarian titles [0], so neither of them are more
> > correct or official than the others. Unless you want to include both
> > languages in one tracklist, there's not much we can do other than
> > creating a new release with the hungarian tracklist.
> >
> >
> I would have thought best to do as Nicolas suggested: change this release
> to a pseudo-release in English, but then also create a pseudo-release in
> Hungarian and an official release showing what was on the cover (all linked
> together). That's what the style guide says:
> "If the release has tracks listed in multiple languages, the entry with
> both languages included is considered to be the official release. Entries
> with only one of the languages on the cover should be set to
> pseudo-release."
> http://musicbrainz.org/doc/Style/Release

Ah, so we do have a guideline about this, although I've never seen it
applied to any release. In that case, do what the guideline says :-)


-- 
Wieland