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Oral Song Translation Credit Field Tool

Preserve an explicit oral-song translation credit and permission reference without translating or asserting publication rights.

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Description

Preserve the supplied translation credit for an oral-song record.

Musical field records distinguish performer/community attribution, transcription and naming sources, cyclic beat coordinates and recorded permission. A public-access label is different from a reuse license, and a numerical timing residual is different from performance interpretation. Cultural context and actual consent remain tied to original sources.

Preserve the supplied translation credit for an oral-song record.

When to use this tool

Use Oral Song Translation Credit Field when checking the stated public-record, timing, attribution or permission convention.

How to use the tool and how it works

  1. Enter recordingId, suppliedTranslatorCredit, permissionReference. 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 token. Use the output convention below.

Require nonempty recording ID, supplied translator credit and permission reference. Encode the ordered triple as JSON text.1

Input fieldMeaning and unitsAccepted input
recordingIdRecording IdRequired. Text; minimum UTF-16 length 1; maximum UTF-16 length 8192.
suppliedTranslatorCreditSupplied Translator CreditRequired. Text; minimum UTF-16 length 1; maximum UTF-16 length 8192.
permissionReferencePermission ReferenceRequired. Text; minimum UTF-16 length 1; maximum UTF-16 length 8192.
Output fieldInterpretationReturned shape
tokenJSON-encoded ordered tuple or literal token under the convention above; not a database lookup or authentication result.Required. Text; maximum UTF-16 length 8192.
json
{
  "input": {
    "recordingId": "R17",
    "suppliedTranslatorCredit": "Translator A",
    "permissionReference": "P4"
  },
  "output": {
    "token": "[\"R17\",\"Translator A\",\"P4\"]"
  }
}

Limitations and assumptions

  • The tool does not translate, verify attribution or establish authorization to publish lyrics or a translation.
  • 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

Use original recordings and community/source conventions, with appropriate verified consent and rights review for actual interpretation, reproduction or sharing.

References

  1. Calculation and input contract: ethnomusicology/oral-song-translation-credit-field — tool.io

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