Description
Join two supplied title transcriptions with an explicit bilingual separator.
European archival and institutional records connect historical currency wording, degree abbreviations, editions, annexes and item locators. Literal labels can preserve provenance without establishing legal applicability, qualification equivalence or source authenticity. Bilingual display is also distinct from translation.
Join two supplied title transcriptions with an explicit bilingual separator.
When to use this tool
Use European Bilingual Title Separator when checking the stated archival, publication or institutional-record convention.
How to use the tool and how it works
- Enter firstTitle, secondTitle, separator. Use the units and conventions below.
- Run the tool. Correct any format, range, or cross-field input error before interpreting the output.
- Read displayTitle. Use the output convention below.
Require nonempty first/second titles and separator. Concatenate first+separator+second exactly as supplied.1
| Input field | Meaning and units | Accepted input |
|---|---|---|
| firstTitle | First Title | Required. Text; minimum UTF-16 length 1; maximum UTF-16 length 8192. |
| secondTitle | Second Title | Required. Text; minimum UTF-16 length 1; maximum UTF-16 length 8192. |
| separator | Separator | Required. Text; minimum UTF-16 length 1; maximum UTF-16 length 8192. |
| Output field | Interpretation | Returned shape |
|---|---|---|
| displayTitle | Display Title | Required. Text; maximum UTF-16 length 8192. |
{
"input": {
"firstTitle": "Titre A",
"secondTitle": "Title A",
"separator": " / "
},
"output": {
"displayTitle": "Titre A / Title A"
}
}Limitations and assumptions
- No translation, language identification, title equivalence, punctuation normalization or cataloging standard is inferred.
- 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 original archives, authoritative current institutional/legal sources and appropriate historical context for substantive interpretation or rights decisions.
References
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