Now if we have a de published translation it would get it's own /de edition/ with it's own translators, viaf, etc. and it gets it's own dewikisource link. So it has no inter-language link to enwikisource and v.v. It would link back to the /book/ and the /book/ has edition(s) that link the both editions.

Now how do we trace links between those works and pull usable data at a WS template? It didn't take to dig out an example and as time passes and effort continues this will be more and more the case.

On Mon, 29 Jun 2015 22:09 Nicolas VIGNERON <vigneron.nicolas@gmail.com> wrote:

2015-06-29 13:35 GMT+02:00 billinghurst <billinghurstwiki@gmail.com>:
[the things we think about on long commutes and not wanting to do more work]

An issue that has long perplexed me with WD and the book and edition properties, and translations.

If every edition is based on a publication (time and place), and someone does a translation, then this translation is going to be a new edition, new translator(s), different VIAF, etc. [basically it has its own metadata] so it is a different WD entry.

Sooooo, how do we use WD to do interlanguage linking, as by it's definition about all we could link are disambiguation pages. Seems pointless, and self-defeating.

Regards, Billinghurst.
Could you provide a clear example. English is not my native language and I'm a bit lost.
Among other unclear stuff : are you talking about edited translation or home-made Wikisource translation ? or Why can't you link WD to non-disambig pages ? (depends on the item but as I said I'm lost)

Cdlt, ~nicolas
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