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*Verlag = publisher/press | *Verlag = publisher/press | ||
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==Polish Terms and Abbreviations== | ==Polish Terms and Abbreviations== |
Revision as of 03:56, 1 April 2016
Foreign Language Abbreviations Sorted by Language
Dutch Terms and Abbreviations
- Auteurs = Authors
- Anthologieën = Anthologies
- Engelse - English
- Naslag = Reference
- Reeksen = Publishers Series
- Tijdschriften = Magazines
- Titel = Title
- vert. van = translation of
- vert. door = translated by
See De Boekenplank for more details
Finnish Abbreviations
- Sid. = hardcover
- Nid. = paperback
- Kp. = cover paper
- Ns. = leather
- p. = edition
German Terms and Abbreviations
Often used plural forms stated in brackets:
- Anhang = appendix
- Auflage = printing (the n-th print run, for example "2. Auflage" = "2. printing" or number line "10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2").
- Ausgabe = edition (e.g. for different editions of a book) or issue (e.g. for the n-th issue of a magazine or newspaper)
- Autor (Autoren) = author
- Band (Bände) = volume (as in "volume 3 of The Lord of the Rings")
- Bindung = binding
- Danksagung = note of thanks
- Edition = edition
- Elektronische Ressource = electronic resource
- Erzählung (Erzählungen) = means "story" as a general term but is often used meaning "short fiction", e.g. to express that a collection or anthology contains works of short fiction (then mostly in plural form: "Erzählungen")
- Erstausgabe = first edition
- Gebundene Ausgabe = hardcover
- Heft = booklet (nearest approximation: Digest), see 'Perry Rhodan' as most prominent example
- Herausgeber = editor (see also "Redaktion" and "Lektor" below).
- Hörbuch = audiobook
- Inhalt = contents
- Kart. ('Kartoniert') = soft cover (paperback or trade paperback)
- Korrektur: proofreading, copy editing
- Korrektorat: one or several persons doing the proofreading (see "Korrektur")
- Kurzgeschichte = short fiction (usually a "short story" or "novelette", but not a "novella")
- Lektor: an editor acting as a mentor or advisor for the author and the publisher. Suggests changes to a story, looks for plot holes. Can also be the one doing proofreading (see also "Korrektorat","Redaktion" and "Herausgeber")
- Lektorat: one or several persons acting as "Lektor"
- Magazin = magazine
- Nachwort = afterword
- Novelle = novella (German doesn't distinguish between "novella" and "novelette", see also "Kurzgeschichte" above)
- Originalausgabe = original edition
- Paperback = most often means trade paperback
- Pp = Pappband = hardcover
- Preis = price
- Redakteur = editor (see also "Herausgeber" and "Lektor" above)
- Redaktion = one or several persons acting as editors ("Redakteur")
- Reihe = publication series (e.g. "Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy")
- Roman = novel
- Sammelband = anthology or omnibus
- Satz: typesetting (apart from that also means "sentence" in a text)
- Seite (Seiten) = page
- Serie = title series, e.g. "Perry Rhodan"
- Schutzumschlag = jacket (for hardcovers)
- Sprache = language
- Taschenbuch = paperback
- Titelillustration = cover art
- Tonträger = recording
- Übersetzer = translator
- Übersetzung = translation
- Umschlag = cover (usually meaning front and back cover and spine together), see also "Schutzumschlag"
- Verlag = publisher/press
- Vorschau = preview
- Vorwort = foreword or preface
Polish Terms and Abbreviations
- nakład = number of copies printed
- okł. = okładka = cover
- posłowie = afterword
- projekt = design
- przedmowa = foreword
- red. = redaktor = editor
- seria = series
- sp. z o.o. = Ltd./LLC/Pty
- str. = pages
- tłum. = tłumacz/tłumaczenie = translator/translation
- Warszawa = Warsaw
- wstęp = foreword, introduction
- wybór = selection
- wyd. = wydawnictwo = Publisher; or wydanie = edition
Portuguese Terms and Abbreviations
- Brochura = paperback
- Capa dura = hardcover
- Paginas = pages
- Romance = Novel
- Colectânea = Collection
- Colecção de contos interligados = Collection of linked stories
- Antologia = Anthology
Russian Terms and Abbreviations
- Gos. Izdat. = Gosudarstvennoe Izdate'stvo = State Publishing House
- Izdatel'skiy dom = publishing house
- Izd-vo = Izdatelstvo = publisher
- Lit-ra = Literatura = literature
- per. = perevodchik = translator
- str. = stranitz[y] = pages
- tv. = tvyordaya oblozhka = hardcover
Swedish Terms and Abbreviations
- adl. = afdelning = section/part
- aftryck. = copy, print, impression
- arg. = argang = arlig. = annual
- bd. = band = volume
- bearb. = bearbetad = revised
- bihang. = appendix
- bil. = bilaga = supplement
- bok, pl. bocker = book(s)
- bokforl(ag) = publishing house
- bokf orlaggare = publisher(s)
- bokforteckning(ar) = catalog(s)
- boktr. = boktryckeri = printing house
- dyl. = dylik = the same as, similar
- fig. = figur(er) = illustration(s)
- foljd. = series
- forbattrad upplaga = revised edition
- fori = forfattar = author
- fori = forlaggare = publisher
- förord = preface
- forteckn. = forteckning(ar) = list(s), index(es), catalog(s)
- genomsedd = revised
- h. = hfn. = hafte = number, part
- inb. = inbunden = bound
- inledning = introduction
- innehall. = contents
- kartonerad = bound in boards
- kart. = karta = map
- kart. = kartong = board binding
- klotb. = klotband = cloth binding
- kr. = kron (currency)
- ldrbd. = laderband = leather binding
- lyxband = de luxe binding
- m. m. med mera = et cetera
- notis = note
- noter = notes
- nummer = number
- numrerad = numbered
- "o." = och = and
- "o" as a prefix means "not", e.g. "opaginerad" = unpaginated
- ofvers. = ofversatt = translated
- oillustr. = oillustrerad = without illustrations
- omarb. = omarbetad = revised
- omar-betad upplaga = revised edition
- omkr. = omkring = circa, about
- onumrerad = unnumbered
- opag. = opaginerad = unpaginated
- ore = currency until, about 1 cent
- orig. = original
- pagina = page(s)
- paginering = pagination
- papper = paper
- perm(ar) = board covers, covers
- ppbd. = papband = board binding
- pris = price
- prgtbd. = pragtband = de luxe binding
- redaktor = editor
- redaktorer = editors
- redig. = redigerat = edited
- saml. = samlade = samling = samlade = collected
- samling(ar) = collection
- sid. = sida = page
- sidor = pages
- signerat = signed
- skildr. = skildring(ar) = sescription(s)
- skr. = skrift(er) = work(s) or writing(s).
- sp. = spalt(er) = column(s)
- ss. = sidor = pages
- sv. =svensk = Swedish
- tafia = plate
- taflor = plates
- teckn. = teckning(ar) = drawing(s)
- tidskr. = tidskrift(er) = periodical(s)
- tillagg = appendix(es)
- tr. = tryckt = printed
- tryck = print
- tryckort = place of printing/publishing
- ungef. = ungefar = about, circa
- uppl. = upplaga = edition
- upplagor = editions
- utan = without
- utan ar = without year
- utan or = without place of publication
- utan titelblad = without title page
- utarb. = utarbetad = compiled
- utgifva = edition
- utgifven = edited
- utgifvare = editor(s)
- utk. = utkomma = appeared, issued
- volym = volume
- volumer = volumes