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Ethnographic Translation Variant Label

Label literal source/translation wording and an explicit translator credit without generating or validating a translation.

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Description

Display supplied source and translated wording with translator credit.

Anthropological records preserve source language, translation status, community terms, household reference dates, kinship labels and permission context. A reciprocal-term display is not a verified kinship rule, while a pseudonym collision differs from identity verification. Display masks and public-access labels do not establish adequate protection or valid consent.

Display supplied source and translated wording with translator credit.

When to use this tool

Use Ethnographic Translation Variant Label when you already have sourceWording, translatedWording, translatorCredit and need to display supplied source and translated wording with translator credit.

How to use the tool and how it works

  1. Enter sourceWording, translatedWording, translatorCredit. Use the units and conventions below.
  2. Run the tool. Correct any format, range, or cross-field input error before interpreting the output.
  3. Read label. Use the output convention below.

Require all strings nonempty; JSON-quote both wordings, join with a right arrow and append credit.1

Input fieldMeaning and unitsAccepted input
sourceWordingSource WordingRequired. Text; minimum UTF-16 length 1; maximum UTF-16 length 8192.
translatedWordingTranslated WordingRequired. Text; minimum UTF-16 length 1; maximum UTF-16 length 8192.
translatorCreditTranslator CreditRequired. Text; minimum UTF-16 length 1; maximum UTF-16 length 8192.
Output fieldInterpretationReturned shape
labelLabelRequired. Text; maximum UTF-16 length 8192.
json
{
  "input": {
    "sourceWording": "source phrase",
    "translatedWording": "translated phrase",
    "translatorCredit": "Translator A"
  },
  "output": {
    "label": "\"source phrase\" → \"translated phrase\" [translator: Translator A]"
  }
}

Limitations and assumptions

  • No translation, semantic equivalence, translator identity, authorship or publication permission is verified.
  • Inputs must satisfy both the field types and the cross-field conditions above. Invalid input causes an error; a successful false flag or documented placeholder is a different result.

Alternative or Complementary methods

Consult the original field records, community-provided terms, translation sources and permission instructions for actual interpretation or reuse. Apply protection to underlying records and evaluate the full research context; local keys and status labels do not perform those tasks.

References

  1. Calculation and input contract: cultural-anthropology/ethnographic-translation-variant-label — tool.io

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