How to change the Arabic translation in Zotero bibliography

gotoayman · November 20, 2017

Zotero translate "edited by" in Arabic bibliography to "تحرير". The correct translation is "تحقيق". Is there anyway to let Zotero replace the incorrect translation with the right one?

Rintze · December 18, 2017

This translation is defined at https://github.com/citation-style-language/locales/blob/b5f4b87d7693f69a5697fc21e1b2b31dc6dc39b6/locales-ar.xml#L255 and https://github.com/citation-style-language/locales/blob/b5f4b87d7693f69a5697fc21e1b2b31dc6dc39b6/locales-ar.xml#L266.

To propose the change, please follow the instructions at https://github.com/citation-style-language/styles/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md#guide-to-submitting-csl-styles-and-csl-locales.

gotoayman · December 18, 2017

thank you.
i proposed the change already.
is there anyway to force it in my own Zotero installed in my PC?

Rintze · December 22, 2017

is there anyway to force it in my own Zotero installed in my PC?

It's rather complicated to replace CSL locale files in Zotero, so it's better to wait until we can accept your proposed changes on GitHub. Note that you can add parts of a locale file inside a custom CSL style (see e.g. https://github.com/citation-style-language/styles/blob/e05736e696f970e77b06dd5ead3bfb6817e4ea6d/apa.csl#L37) if you need something right now.

gotoayman · December 23, 2017

Thank you Rintz.
if i add parts as suggested in the customized CSL file, will it replace the the similar parts in the standard local file?

adamsmith · December 23, 2017

when using the style, yes.

gotoayman · December 27, 2017

The changes have been already accepted and processed in GitHub. When it's expected that they will be incorporated in Zotero?

adamsmith · December 27, 2017

whenever the next version (5.0.34) comes out -- there's no regular release schedule, but at this point releases are typically at least once a month.