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[ChairmanPoo]

So... I'm preparing my CV to drop around here (I'm basically using the one I'll send back home as a source), and I'm having an existential doubt: Several of my papers and publications are actually written in languages other than English. Should I bother to keep them in at all?

Also related: In regards to courses and educationals: Should I translate the name of the course?

[Sheb]

I think you should, but you should also provide a title translation in brackets so they have a rough idea what the paper was about. As for courses and educational... Well, it's probably better too, yes.

[hector13]

Well, presumably you're applying to English language stuff? It would be useful if they knew what you did, which would likely require translation.

If any of your papers and/or publications have been translated into English, it might be useful to point to that rather than whatever heathen language (no offence) you use.

Note: very drunk right now, just looking for places to post.

[ChairmanPoo]

hmmm... the thing is that some of them have spinoffs that have been published in other places, in English. And of course, those papers are already listed in my CV. But they are two separate publications, and I'd like to list both. Besides, although my best ones are in English (at least as far as publication impact factor is concerned), none of them are as first author (the best one is a second-author one, and in most of them I'm actually 4th or so), whereas in  my native language, I have several ones where I *am* first author.

I'd really like not to scrap the things in my native language because, well, I'm rather early in my career, and I don't have a wagonload of publications to begin with :p

I've gone for the brackets thing for now. Since I plan to begin my CV handling cycle by visiting my once (and future?) boss, I'm hoping he will provide input in that regard as well.

[hector13]

In a somewhat more sober state, if you have any papers in peer-reviewed journals in your native language, you should certainly mention those.

Having no experience in doing things like this, I can't imagine it would be too difficult for any prospective employers to contact the journal and ask about those articles.

I'm not sure if mentioning everything is kind of standard in whatever stuff you're applying for, but too much information is probably better than too little, so long as it's organised well.

[ChairmanPoo]

Meh. I'm beginning to think preparing this was a waste of time.

[hector13]

How come?

[ChairmanPoo]

...nevermind. I talked yesterday with a person in a difficult situation who ended up getting me feeling down as well. That's the problem of dealing with depressed people. They might drag you along. I'm feeling better this morning, and I'm going on with the original plan. I'll probably start my first round of handing around my CV this afternoon.

[Mostali]

Personal opinion here, definitely not professional because I've never had to evaluate other CVs, but I think you should not translate anything.  You'll be writing your letters in whatever language you need to apply in, so the evaluator will know you speak the language.  If they are interested in your papers then they can go look them up, and when they do they should most certainly match what's on your CV.  And for courses, most intelligent evaluators will be able to grasp what the course is.

You should keep in mind that unless your situation is very unique, that people generally have some knowledge of your situation.  For me, for example, I speak no Italian, but I can discern the topic of papers in Italian in my subject because it's fairly common.