Omit language field in Zotero-Overleaf integration?

Dear All.
I am using the advanced Zotero/Overleaf integration, where Overleaf automatically finds references in my Zotero library. It works great except for one small, but annoying feature.
Most of my Zotero entries have automatically generated metadata, and they include a field "Language = en". When called from Overleaf, this field is also transferred and included in the bib-file, however, it is not accepted by latex - at least not in RevTeX, which I am using. I get the error message
"Selecting a language requires a package supporting it".
I can of course manually remove the language field or change it to "english" and then use the babel package: \usepackage[english]{babel}, but is there an automatic way?
Thanks in advance,
Karsten.
  • Hi Karsten,

    I am quite late to the party, but maybe it will help others who end up here, like me, looking for the same functionality with a different field.

    I wanted to omit the field "notes" from the export. I ended up using the Zotero Plugin Better Bibtex and using the git sync as described in https://retorque.re/zotero-better-bibtex/exporting/auto/index.html. I can know customize the export including fields and cite keys and sync it with Overleaf via GitHub. I think the same thing could work for you field "Language".

    The setup for the cloud syncs e.g. with Google Drive seems to be a bit easier than the git version.

    Cheers,
    Alessandro
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