Some series are issued in more than one language, with the series title being represented on each piece in the language of each piece. When that's the case, the transcribed display form of the series title would be one thing and the form needed for indexing and display of the standard title in user-friendly lists of series titles would be something else.Â
If there's an identifier for the series linked to the standard form of the title (and any alternate language variants), noting the relationship between the item and the series identifier as part of a series statement might suffice for access to the standard title; but if not, a cataloger needs to be able to represent both these textual forms of the series title in the bibliographic description. The transcribed form would be better understood as a property of the piece than as a relationship to the series, and vice versa for the standard title.
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