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Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Alphabetizing Names
Sorry to say but libraries using AACR2 (now revised) rules when
cataloguing have two treatments - Dutch names get alphabetised by
first capital letter while English names using van Helsing etc get
If I'm not mistaken... the de, von, van are part of the surname and
should be treated as such (despite the fact that the translation is as simple
as
of.
If a person is named Wilhelm Von Friesburg - his surname is Von Friesburg...
Friesburg (supposition) is the name of the place his
At 18:53 17/08/2007, Bert van Kootwijk wrote:
Its not all Personal
Look in the Dutch phonebook. Sorting is without
de , van de, van aso. Thats just the
reason why the translation teams strongly
request this type of sorting. Look for instance
at Brothers Keeper which has this feature for
: Friday, 17 August, 2007 7:53:58 PM
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Alphabetizing Names
Its not all Personal
Look in the Dutch phonebook. Sorting is without de , van de, van aso.
Thats just the reason why the translation teams strongly request this type of
sorting. Look for instance at Brothers Keeper which
Sorry to say but libraries using AACR2 (now revised) rules when
cataloguing have two treatments - Dutch names get alphabetised by
first capital letter while English names using van Helsing etc get
alphabetised by van. When I did cataloguing I had to check with the
author on which treatment to
This is asked many times by the several Legacy translationteams in Europe.
This one of most important wishes.
Bert
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Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2007 10:02 PM
Subject: [LegacyUG] Alphabetizing Names
How do Europeans typically sort...with or without the de's, von's, etc?
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