OJS 3.1.2.4 Translator/ Translation of metadata

Tuwpub · November 9, 2021, 11:20pm

OJS 3.1.2.4

One of our journal teams wants articles to be available in 4 different languages, all the translations will be done off the system and the language of the journal site will remain in English as it is now. LINK 2021 Practice-led Research Conference Proceedings

The original language versions (mainly English) will be added first via quick submit. In turn a DOI assigned and automatically sent to Crossref.

From my understanding, we will need to add each translated version as a separate submission as to get its own DOI as required by Crossref and to acknowledge the work of the translator (DOIs for Translation/Version - Metadata Manager - The Crossref Community Forum). Under author metadata on OJS we will identify the translator and author.

Reading through the forum and from my own tests on our test site, I can display the translator role on the TOC but not the article page (without extra work Mix with authors, co-authors and translators - #12 by ctgraham).

Is it possible to display translator metadata automatically on the article page yet? (maybe a later OJS version)

Are there any ‘is translation of’ fields available yet so when we submit to Crossref the metadata shows that it is a translation and differentiates between the author and translator https://forum.pkp.sfu.ca/t/article-translator-field-in-metadata/934/2; CrossRef export: contributor_role="translator" is not used - #4

github.com/pkp/pkp-lib

Multilingual articles (not just multilingual metadata) could receive multiple DOIs

opened 07:27AM - 25 Sep 21 UTC

fgnievinski

Enhancement

**Describe the problem you would like to solve** Sometimes journals publish a g…iven article in multiple languages, i.e., with a separate PDF for each language. **Describe the solution you'd like** In this case, CrossRef [recommends](https://community.crossref.org/t/dois-for-translated-publications-with-the-same-landing-page/1923/2) depositing multiple DOIs, one for each language: > "When a single journal article is published in two languages, each should be assigned its own DOI. (...) A good way to remember our best practice is to note that DOIs are “citation identifiers” not “work identifiers.”" Optionally, the secondary or alternative languages might point to the primary or original language: > "The original language instance has metadata that contains no indication of the translation instance. The alternative language instance includes in its metadata a relation to the original language instance." **Who is asking for this feature?** Journal editor **Additional information** This is not simply metadata in multiple languages, with a single PDF for the primary language. For that different scenario, OJS doesn't have much to do, because CrossRef still doen't support multilingual metadata for a given DOI. (Although they're working on it: https://trello.com/c/DgHbXntr )

For now I assume that for each translated article I have to either cancel the auto DOI deposit, and deposit each manually into metadata manager so that the correct translation information metadata information is showing (alternatively submit them automatically and edit them in metadata manager). If it’s possible to avoid this time-consuming job I’d be most appreciative. DOIs for Translation/Version - #10 by edamasio - Metadata Manager - The Crossref Community Forum

(I know there are already threads on the forum already but they are very jumbled and some quite old!)

fgnievinski · November 12, 2021, 3:42am

My impression is currently there’s no automated option, you’d have to deposit the XML manually. Isaac from CrossRef offered a mockup of the hasTranslation/isTranslationOf relation if you need help with the XML:

-Felipe.

abadan · August 1, 2024, 1:51pm

We have developed a plugin to help with this process:

It offers three main features:

Make it easy to copy a pre-existing submission to serve as a translated version, avoiding having to manually insert the metadata from the original version.
When registering the DOI, it automatically sends Crossref the hasTranslation/isTranslationOf relationship, as recommended by Crossref.
Adds links between the versions in each language to make it easier for editors and readers to find all the versions of the same submission.

Thanks to REGEPE - Entrepreneurship and Small Business Journal for funding the development by Lepidus.

sjackson · October 11, 2024, 8:24pm

Hello,

Is this an official module for pkp?
Will it work for ver 3.3.0-14 and beyond?

Thank You,
Simonne J

abadan · October 16, 2024, 12:35am

This plugin has not yet been submitted to PKP’s plugin gallery, but it is being used in production by some journals that use OJS 3.3.x.

Yes, it works with 3.3.0-14 or beyond, as long as it’s within the 3.3.x series. There is no version for OJS 3.4.x yet.