Choice of languange for renaming rules - ZotFile

skreisel

Hi.
When running ZotFile in different Zotero profiles, respectively set to different languages (i.e. English, German) - the {%T~} wildcard for renaming goes in that language e.g. "journal article" / "zeitschriftenartikel". Would like to force ZotFile to use ONE language when substituting wildcards, irrespective of the language running in Zotero.
Probably not possible, because its an exotic use-case...
Cheers!

bwiernik

No, I don’t think that’s currently possible with Zotfile (I think you are the first person to ever request it)

qqbb

The item type wildcard is tied to the Zotero locale (here). So bwiernik is correct, there is no straightforward way. However, ZotFile's user-defined wildcards could provide a workaround.

Set the preference extensions.zotfile.wildcards.user in the Config Editor to this value:
{"1": {"field": "itemType", "operations":[{"function": "replace", "regex": "Journal Article", "replacement":"Zeitschriftenartikel"}]}}

You can add more operations for other item types. Here are some related examples:
https://forums.zotero.org/discussion/82979/manage-zotfiles-user-wildcards

For a list of the localized item types, see here:
https://www.zotero.org/support/dev/web_api/v3/types_and_fields
https://api.zotero.org/itemTypes?locale=en-US
https://api.zotero.org/itemTypes?locale=de-DE

To check that your wildcard settings are valid JSON, you could use https://jsoncompare.com. Paste your custom wildcard code and click "Lint". For a readable or compact form, select "Beautify" or "Minify", respectively.

skreisel

Thanks - knew it was an oddball request; it might - in the many multi-lingual work groups around, English being science's lingua fraca, but local habits persisting - though, be more common than reported...
@qqbb -> that's a fine workaround for those that really need a solution, thanks!
Cheers