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How should I style the names of Chinese dynasties in MLA style?

Should I italicize titles not written in the Latin alphabet?

When is a comma used before et al. in MLA style?

Should my student provide both English and Chinese versions of a works-cited-list entry when citing a work in Chinese?

When translating from a language that does not use roman characters, like Chinese, do I include the original characters or a transliteration? And how do I alphabetize titles of nonroman works?

Do I italicize Cyrillic book titles in the list of works cited?