Upgrade StorageTranslator as "Creator"
Hi,
This is a minor issue, and seems to have been brought up here before: https://forums.zotero.org/discussion/49772/translator-as-creator/#Item_0.
Is there a way to have a translator register as the "creator" of a work? This is not so much an issue with the citation, per se, as it is when I've tried to use the "rename items from metadata" function. This is mainly an issue for texts where the main "creator" is a translator, because the original work doesn't have an author per se (as is the case with some classical works, for example), or the author is unknown.
The main workaround Is simply to change the translator to "author" before doing the rename operation; simple enough, but I'm wondering if there is some other workaround?
Thanks!
Tom
This is a minor issue, and seems to have been brought up here before: https://forums.zotero.org/discussion/49772/translator-as-creator/#Item_0.
Is there a way to have a translator register as the "creator" of a work? This is not so much an issue with the citation, per se, as it is when I've tried to use the "rename items from metadata" function. This is mainly an issue for texts where the main "creator" is a translator, because the original work doesn't have an author per se (as is the case with some classical works, for example), or the author is unknown.
The main workaround Is simply to change the translator to "author" before doing the rename operation; simple enough, but I'm wondering if there is some other workaround?
Thanks!
Tom
When I rename items from metadata for a work that only has a translator as a creator (i.e. as is the case in some classical works), the name doesn't appear i.e. for a work with a bibliographic entry like:
Willemen, Charles, trans. 1999. _The Scriptural Text: Verses of the Doctrine, with Parables, Translated from the Chinese of Fa-Li and Fa-Chü (T. 4, No. 211)_. BDK English Tripiṭaka 10–II. Numata Center for Buddhist Translation and Research.
I get the following result from renaming based on metadata:
`(1999) The Scriptural Text Verses of the Doctrine, with Parables, Translated from the Chinese of Fa-li and Fa-chü (T. 4, no. 211).pdf`
when using the following convention:
`{{ firstCreator }} {{year prefix="(" suffix=")"}} {{ title truncate="" }}`.
Ideally, I'd like the translator to be considered the "first Creator" in this case, to produce a file name such as:
`Willemen (1999) The Scriptural Text ....pdf`
Hope that makes sense,
Thanks
firstCreatortakes into consideration; this is always the same as theCreatorcolumn you see in the items list.One way that could work in your specific case is to prepare the template in such a way that it checks if there are any authors or editors, and if not, falls back to using all creators, which will include the translators (but also other contributors). Here is an example (requires Zotero 7.0.16 or newer):
{{ if {{ authorsCount > 0 }} }}{{ firstCreator }}
{{ elseif {{ editorsCount > 0 }} }}
{{ firstCreator }}
{{ else }}
{{ creators join=" & " }}
{{ endif }}
{{ year prefix="(" suffix=")" }}
{{ title }}