Re: [mb-users] Language of track titles

2014-07-18 20:36 GMT+02:00 Nicolás Tamargo de Eguren <[email protected]>:

> 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.
>

Your suggestion is the best IMO. Why would you see it as a mistake?

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