Japanese citation on Multilingual Zotero

Hi!
Maybe my problem is very simple but I couldn't solve it alone, so I hope someone can help me :)

I have a lot of works in Japanese in my library and have trouble making citations with Zotero (titles are italicized, author's names get backwards, etc). So I was really, really thrilled to find out about multilingual Zotero, and very grateful to everyone working on this project.

I installed it with another Firefox profile, as recommended, and tested some of the things on the screencaps tutorials.
I can add languages, transliterations and translations, and as far as I tested, I can choose between citations in japanese or romaji, without problem.

BUT, it still follows the style for English citations when I choose japanese. I cannot find in preferences the "Chicago Manual of Style (Full Note with Bibliography, Japanese)" mentioned in this video http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=ociCD7aPEC0#t=337s , so it won't addapt to japanese style.

I'm using version 3.0m164, and Microsoft Word 2007 (in japanese). I also have Zotero Standalone instaled in this computer (version 3.07), I wonder if that might be a problem.
I also wondered if maybe my word plugin was not conected to the multilingual version, since I'd been using it with the normal version before... But since I cannot find this style on the firefox add-on either, I suppose that is not the problem?

I hope I can fix this! I really want be able to use zotero in japanese.

Thank you!
  • There is not yet a full-featured Japanese style, but you can certainly create one. The syntax for mixing styles for separate languages in the extended version of CSL recognized by MLZ is here.
  • Thank you for your reply!
    So that CSL version used on the tutorial is something that you created manually, not something that can be added?
  • Yes, it was just a rough thing that changed some of the punctuation in Chicago, if I remember correctly. Japan still seems to follow a traditional model in which citation conventions are embedded in the editorial culture of particular publishers; I've not yet seen an actual citation guide.

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