Help to change the MLA format

aleamaro791 · February 1, 2020

In the Spanish version, Zotero uses « » this type of quotation marks but in my university they ask me to use always the regular ones (" ") and I´m wandering if there is a way to change the scripts in the style editor so that the progams uses only the second one.
I´m using MLA 8th edition.
Thanks in advance

damnation · February 1, 2020

Two options:
1. You just change the language settings of the style, if you don't mind the other localisation parts to change potentially (e.g. directores becomes editors).
2. You change the .csl file to use other localised terms.
Add this bit above or below the english locale already in MLA.


  <locale xml:lang="es">
    <terms>
      <term name="open-quote">"</term>
      <term name="close-quote">"</term>
      <term name="open-inner-quote">‘</term>
      <term name="close-inner-quote">’</term>
    </terms>
  </locale>

General editing instructions here: https://www.zotero.org/support/dev/citation_styles/style_editing_step-by-step