Below are basic citation templates and examples on how to cite a foreign-language source in MLA format, APA format, and Chicago style. They are specifically for the French book Le Petit Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry.

To create a citation for a source in a foreign language, here are some pieces of information you may need:

• Author name(s)

• Title of the work* (you may need the title in the original language, depending on your citation style)

• Where the work was published

• Date the work was published

If you cite a book in its original language, you just cite the book like any other reference (though you may have to translate the book into the language you are writing in). If a book is translated, a translator’s note needs to be added.

For source-type specific citation examples (e.g., video, image, article), please see our other citation style guides.

Citing a foreign-language source in MLA format

MLA format works-cited entry template and example:

MLA format in-text citation template and example:

(Author’s Last Name Page #)

(de Saint-Exupéry 6)

Citing a translated source in MLA format

MLA format works-cited entry template and example:

MLA format in-text citation template and example:

(Translator Last Name Page #)

(Howard 6)

Citing a foreign-language source in APA format

APA format reference-list entry template and example:

APA format in-text citation template and example:

(Author’s Last Name, Year Published, p. Page#)

(de Saint-Exupéry, 1943, p. 6)

Citing a translated foreign-language source in APA format

APA format reference-list entry template and example:

APA format in-text citation template and example:

(Author’s Last Name, Original Publication/ Year Republished, p. #)

(de Saint-Exupéry, 1943/2000, p. 6)

Citing a foreign-language source in Chicago format (Notes-Bib.)

Chicago style reference-list entry template and example:

Chicago style footnote template and example:

Author First Last Name, Original Title [Translated Title], (City of Publication: Publisher, Year Published).

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, Le Petit Prince [The Little Prince], (Paris: Gallimard, 1943).

Citing a translated foreign-language source in Chicago format (Notes-Bib.)

Chicago style reference-list entry template and example:

Chicago style footnote template and example:

Author First and Last Name, Translated Title, trans. Translator First and Last Name (City of Publication: Publisher, Year Published).

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince, trans. Richard Howard (New York: Harcourt Inc., 2000).

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