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models for citing an ebook with a translator

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Footnote

     1 Firstname Lastname, Title of Book, trans. Firstname Lastname (Place of Publication, Publisher, Year of Publication), page number, Name of Database or Type of Media, access date, URL.

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Bibliography

Lastname, Firstname. Title of Book. Translated by Firstname Lastname. Place of Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication. Name of Database or Type of Media. Access Date. URL. 

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Note

For the footnote use “trans.” for translator, followed by the translator’s name. For the bibliography use “Translated by” followed by the translator’s first name and last name. Additionally, if you are listing a "Type of Media" (this would be an ebook reader, like a Kindle), you do not need an access date or URL.

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examples of an ebook with a translator

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Footnote

     1 Homer, The Iliad of Homer, trans. Richard Lattimore, (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1951), 91–92, Discovery, accessed on January 7, 2021, http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=nlebk&AN=38662&site=eds-live.
     2 Homer, Iliad, 24. 

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Bibliography

Homer. The Iliad of Homer. Translated by Richard Lattimore.  Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1951. Discovery. Accessed on January 7, 2021. 

     http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=nlebk&AN=38662&site=eds-live.

 

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