Upgrade StorageMLA: Disambiguating when author and year are the same.
In my case I have two works by same author, but with different translators. The in-text citation, however, does not disambiguate at all, providing just title and author.
I don't know whether MLA prescribes adding the translator, or the year, but this is a standard case and I imagine it is me doing something wrong and not zotero.
Any ideas?
I don't know whether MLA prescribes adding the translator, or the year, but this is a standard case and I imagine it is me doing something wrong and not zotero.
Any ideas?
Zotero's MLA style doesn't capture that distinction in in-text citations and I'm not quite sure there is an easy way for it to do so. (And while I understand why this would come up, it's less standard than you seem to think it is; I believe you're literally the first person to ask about this for MLA).
But since MLA is a style focused on readability, I'm wondering whether just adding the year, which is what Zotero could automate, is the right choice. Presumably, if you're writing about two different translations, you'd want that information front and center, so maybe even cite the translator as the main author. That wouldn't be something Zotero could easily do automatically, but you could add an item with the translator as the only creator and include the author into the title and cite that/those.
Yes it is the same work, same author, different translation. But it question would be relevant any time someone is citing from various editions of the same work.
Adding the translator does seem to give the more relevant information. I can also do so by listing the translator as a secondary author. Zotero then includes both in the in-text citation.
But I prefer the date mainly because it looks cleaner. I also happen to be discussing the publication dates rather than the translation choices. How could I have to date added automatically? Just add it to the title?