Is this a record?

lazurdaCan a frase "Is this a record?"

The word is spelt 'phrase', lazurda. I agree with Clive's assessment, irrespective of the sentence.

lazurdaHi! Can the phrase "Is this a record?" be translated as "This is something new" or "This is something odd"?

No, although many of the entries in the Guinness Book of Records are very odd.
Does this surpass previous records?

Thank you for your comments & corrections, gentlemen!

‘What is it? A dog gone wrong?’
‘A badger.’
‘A badger in Fleet Street? Is this a record?’

‘What is it? A dog gone wrong?’
‘A badger.’
‘A badger in Fleet Street? Is this a record?’

I don't find the underlined words natural.
But the speaker does seem to mean more or less what you suggest.

Can't you just translate 'Is this a record' directly into your

Clive‘A badger in Fleet Street? Is this a record?’

= 'Is this the first scientific record of a badger occurring in Fleet Street?'

I have a round, flat, vinyl disc with a small hole in the middle.
Is this a record?
(Old Goon Show joke, if memory serves.)

i belive that the first conversation refers to a record as in an accomplishment for the badger to have reached Fleet street or a record in an unusual event for a street like Fleet street to have a visiting it.

your second scentence refers to a recording on a vinyl disc referd to as a record.

Context is the clue. In the context or recorded achievement 'record' refers to the previously recorded highest level achieved. e.g. The 'land speed' record at a certain point in time was 100 MPH when some one recorded a higher speed of 150 MPH the people responsible would have said "This is a record". An example of using it to mean this is something new would be in the case where Johnny, who is

Context isn't the clue, the part where he says joke in the set of parentheses is the clue.