Hello community

I would like to get some opinions on how to interpret the rules on the title. In a number of small non-English speaking European countries the 'The Lord of the Rings: The Motion Picture Trilogy: Extended Edition' on Blu-ray has the same front cover as for example the US and UK edition and shows the title in English. On top of the box it also says the title in the local language.

Now in the rules it says for the title:

Use the title from the front cover.

and

The title for a Box Set should be the title listed on the Front Cover; for example Alien Quadrilogy.

And there is also the following:

If the title appears in multiple languages, use the title that matches the language of the locality and do not include an alternate title ( for instance in another language).

Now I am being told by someone that because it says 'appears' in the last part of the rules it is according to the rules to enter this set with the local language title because it is enough if it says the local language title anywhere on the covers (front, back, top, bottom,...). But I am of the opinion since it says twice in the rules to take the title from the front cover this multiple language part is limited to the front cover.

Since I do not mind to be proven wrong please let me know what your opinion is.

Thanks,
Dennis

Agreed as well. The rules are quite clear on this.

Agreed

I agree with Kulju on this.   Shutter Island is a perfect example. "Suljettu saari" is printed on the back cover and that is what I have for the Title. I have always read this rule so that the localized title doesn't have to be on the front cover, but needs to be found on the cover somewhere.

Quoting KinoNiki:

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Quoting Kulju:

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More and more companies are distributing the same release for several localities with multible language Overview (and titles) on back cover, or in case of boxsets, sometimes with localized cardboard bands. Just for example in last few days I've recieved 4 titles in which 3/4 have localized titles printed on back cover (with several languages) when the front cover uses Original title.

True, but for these cases I always enter the title from the FRONT cover and I've never seen one declined, nor have I seen anyone trying to change the title to the localized title from the back cover. So apparently our understanding of the rules and experiences are totally different... 

And I always enter the localized title from the BACK cover and I've never seen one declined, and I also have seen someone changing the title to the localized title from the back cover and contribution approved. If, when you are talking about entering the title from the front cover, you are talking about Swedish releases, the localized title in the back cover is very often the same as the original title in the front cover, as seen in the pic below.

In Nordic releases the Swedish, Danish and Norwegian titles are often the same as the original title and only Finnish title is in Finnish. The overviews are usually written in all four languages. In cases like this it is suggested by Gerri to use the localized title from the back cover:

Quote from May 3, 2008:

"Since this is a DVD where the title appears in multiple languages on the cover, the suggested usage would be to use the Finnish title (in the case of Open Range) as title.

-Gerri"

Quoting Pistol Pete:

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I agree with Kulju on this.   Shutter Island is a perfect example. "Suljettu saari" is printed on the back cover and that is what I have for the Title. I have always read this rule so that the localized title doesn't have to be on the front cover, but needs to be found on the cover somewhere.

I think I am going to have to agree with Kulju as well.  The rule says, "If the title appears in multiple languages, use the title that matches the language of the locality..."  Well, in the example provided by Pistol Pete, the title does appear in multiple languages.  There is no qualification, in the above rule, that they have to appear on the front cover. 

Agreed to use the foreign title. It wills till come up under the English title in a search.

Yes, and because Gerri has already 2008 told us to take the Finnish title from the back cover (the exactly similar case of Open Range), i see no point on going the same debate again. And will certainly not ignore Gerri's ruling about this.