Use the English-language version
Warning2Federal courts, Illinois courts21st and 22nd editions
The English-language version of a multilingual document is cited unless another version is more authoritative, or by default when the document does not say which version is authoritative.1
- 1R. 20.2.1 Documents Appearing in More than One Language.
- 2A warning: the form is usually wrong under the rule in note 1, and context can justify it.
More in 20.2 Non-English-Language Documents
- Add the abbreviation in square brackets
- Add the bracketed English title
- Add the bracketed rendering
- Add the full name at the first use
- Capitalize the translation's first word
- Give the name's own rendering
- Use "translated in" for a translation
- Use square brackets for the abbreviation
- Use the English-language version