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-rw-r--r--python/fatcat_tools/importers/pubmed.py6
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diff --git a/python/fatcat_tools/importers/pubmed.py b/python/fatcat_tools/importers/pubmed.py
index 62bb1ddb..abcb21d9 100644
--- a/python/fatcat_tools/importers/pubmed.py
+++ b/python/fatcat_tools/importers/pubmed.py
@@ -412,6 +412,12 @@ class PubmedImporter(EntityImporter):
if original_title and original_title.endswith('.'):
original_title = original_title[:-1]
+ if original_title and not title:
+ # if we only have an "original" title, but not translated/english
+ # title, sub in the original title so the entity can be created
+ title = original_title
+ original_title = None
+
# TODO: happening in alpha order, not handling multi-language well.
language = medline.Article.Language
if language: