Re: [mb-users] Language of track titles

On Fri, Jul 18, 2014 at 9:17 PM, Wieland Hoffmann <[email protected]>
wrote:

> 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 :-)
>


I've honestly never seen any release entered like that - and I would think
it a mistake if I did! :/ I was just suggesting the two releases with the
independent languages without a combined one... but I guess if there's a
guideline you might want to follow it.

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