MARC records, Dublin Core and MARC relator

Hello,

I have a huge MARCXML file with 32000+ record I’d like to import to Omeka S.

This is a bibliographic dataset which focuses on translations of books. This is a sample record:

<marc:record>
<marc:leader>00706nam a2200229Ka 4500</marc:leader>
<marc:controlfield tag="001">67</marc:controlfield>
<marc:controlfield tag="008">941102s1978    no            000 1 nor d</marc:controlfield><marc:datafield tag="020" ind1=" " ind2=" "><marc:subfield code="a">8272250101</marc:subfield></marc:datafield>
<marc:datafield tag="035" ind1=" " ind2=" "><marc:subfield code="9">LIT0000-06660</marc:subfield></marc:datafield>
<marc:datafield tag="035" ind1=" " ind2=" "><marc:subfield code="9">57419</marc:subfield></marc:datafield>
<marc:datafield tag="040" ind1=" " ind2=" "><marc:subfield code="a">NLS</marc:subfield></marc:datafield>
<marc:datafield tag="041" ind1="1" ind2=" "><marc:subfield code="a">nor</marc:subfield><marc:subfield code="h">eng</marc:subfield></marc:datafield>
<marc:datafield tag="100" ind1="1" ind2=" "><marc:subfield code="a">Buchan, John,</marc:subfield><marc:subfield code="d">1875-1940.</marc:subfield></marc:datafield>
<marc:datafield tag="240" ind1="1" ind2="0"><marc:subfield code="a">Thirty-nine steps.</marc:subfield><marc:subfield code="l">Norwegian</marc:subfield></marc:datafield>
<marc:datafield tag="245" ind1="1" ind2="3"><marc:subfield code="a">De 39 trinn /</marc:subfield><marc:subfield code="c">John Buchan ; [til Norsk ved: Finn B. Larsen].</marc:subfield></marc:datafield>
<marc:datafield tag="260" ind1=" " ind2=" "><marc:subfield code="a">Trondheim :</marc:subfield><marc:subfield code="b">Norild,</marc:subfield><marc:subfield code="c">1978.</marc:subfield></marc:datafield>
<marc:datafield tag="300" ind1=" " ind2=" "><marc:subfield code="a">158 p. ;</marc:subfield><marc:subfield code="c">18 cm.</marc:subfield></marc:datafield><marc:datafield tag="500" ind1=" " ind2=" "></marc:datafield>
<marc:datafield tag="650" ind1=" " ind2="0"><marc:subfield code="a">Scottish fiction</marc:subfield><marc:subfield code="y">20th century</marc:subfield><marc:subfield code="x">Translations into Norwegian.</marc:subfield></marc:datafield>
<marc:datafield tag="700" ind1="1" ind2="1"><marc:subfield code="a">Larsen, Finn B.</marc:subfield></marc:datafield>
<marc:datafield tag="740" ind1="3" ind2="1"><marc:subfield code="a">De niogtretti trinn.</marc:subfield></marc:datafield>
<marc:datafield tag="956" ind1=" " ind2=" "></marc:datafield>
</marc:record>

I am using MarcEdit for exporting the MARCXML file into a .csv file, which I’ll the use for importing into Omeka. Am I right in thinking that I’m better off using the Dublin Core standard, plus the MARC relator vocabulary (https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators.html), which I’m also adding to my Omeka S installation? This is so I can tag things like translator, original language, original title, and stuff like that.

If so, shall I use any specific prefix, or is it up to me?

Thank you in advance to anyone willing to help.

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