op. cit.

Japanese translation: 前掲書(中に)

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English term or phrase:op. cit.
Japanese translation:前掲書(中に)
Entered by: jackamano

10:51 Mar 5, 2004
English to Japanese translations [PRO]
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English term or phrase: op. cit.
Sandler, op. cit.

This appears in footnotes and I guess "cit" perhaps means "cited (by Sandler)," but I can't figure out what "op." means.
jackamano
Japan
Local time: 11:11
前掲書中に, 前掲書
Explanation:
"op. cit." is the abbreviation of "opere citato". It literally means "前掲書中に", but, when somebody's work is sited in a book, paper. or journal and the same work is sited again, simply "前掲書" is normally used.

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In the following link, notes to the main text of some paper or book are found. It seems that the author clearly distinguish how to use ¥"op. cit.¥" and how to use ¥"前掲書¥"; the author uses ¥"op. cit.¥" for non-Japanese references and ¥"前掲書¥" for Japanese references (including translated references). As you see this contrast, ¥"前掲書¥" corresponds to ¥"op. cit.¥":

http://www.law.keio.ac.jp/〜popper/v10n1inont.html
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5前掲書中に, 前掲書
jsl (X)
5 -1opus citatum
Kaori Myatt
5 -1opere citato (in the cited work/book/paper etc)
telis (X)
4op. cit 又は 前掲書
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opus citatum


Explanation:
OP CIT Short for the latin "opus citatum", meaning "the work cited".

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ラテン語のサイトです。参考になれば。
http://www.high-edu.tohoku.ac.jp/‾mlatin/basicgrammer.html

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Note added at 2004-03-05 15:56:32 (GMT)
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opere citato  はopus citatumの奪格形です。時間などの関係をあらわす格です。opus citatumは主格。意味は同じです。

著作中にすでに引用されているという意味です。


    Reference: http://www.sas.upenn.edu/chem/library/infoclass/ibid.html
Kaori Myatt
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disagree  telis (X): wrong case
16 mins
  -> samething as you said on above, opere citato is in the ablative.
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opere citato (in the cited work/book/paper etc)


Explanation:
Latin term

opere: ablative of opus (work)
citato: ablative of citatum (cited)



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http://www.tiscali.co.uk/reference/dictionaries/difficultwor...

http://www.bartleby.com/61/78/O0087800.html

http://www.liv.ac.uk/education/hd/latin.html

http://www.physics.ohio-state.edu/~wilkins/writing/Resources...

http://www.lib.monash.edu.au/vl/cite/cite11.htm



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Note added at 2 hrs 8 mins (2004-03-05 13:00:17 GMT)
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http://unilearning.uow.edu.au/academic/4di.html

http://www.nongnu.org/bibulus/bibcit.html

http://www.le.ac.uk/li/sources/subject3/chem/ist/abbreviatio...

http://www.nhsfifelibraries.scot.nhs.uk/guides/cite.htm

http://www.cs.ualberta.ca/~jeffp/cmput603/AcadAbbr.html

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Note added at 4 hrs 33 mins (2004-03-05 15:25:23 GMT)
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OPERE CITATO is NOT the same as OPUS CITATUM. OPUS CITATUM is in the nominative and I mentioned it to explain the meaning of the ablative, as word definitions are generally given in the nominative. However, the abbreviation is in the ABLATIVE. In a bibliography, op.cit. is ALWAYS OPERE CITATO, IN the CITED WORK.

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disagree  jsl (X): You're not giving a translation at all.
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前掲書中に, 前掲書


Explanation:
"op. cit." is the abbreviation of "opere citato". It literally means "前掲書中に", but, when somebody's work is sited in a book, paper. or journal and the same work is sited again, simply "前掲書" is normally used.

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Note added at 2004-03-05 15:38:58 (GMT)
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In the following link, notes to the main text of some paper or book are found. It seems that the author clearly distinguish how to use ¥"op. cit.¥" and how to use ¥"前掲書¥"; the author uses ¥"op. cit.¥" for non-Japanese references and ¥"前掲書¥" for Japanese references (including translated references). As you see this contrast, ¥"前掲書¥" corresponds to ¥"op. cit.¥":

http://www.law.keio.ac.jp/〜popper/v10n1inont.html



    Reference: http://www.kulib.kyoto-u.ac.jp/webaccess/ryaku.html
    Reference: http://www.tulips.tsukuba.ac.jp/memb/hayashi/biblio.html
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op. cit 又は 前掲書


Explanation:
学術論文、学術書等のfootnotes、referencesでは、op. cit. のまま使う場合も多いです(特に引用される文書が英文の場合)。日本文の引用の場合は「前掲書」を使う場合が多いです。


    Reference: http://wwwsoc.nii.ac.jp/seikeisi/kitei.htm
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