Hi helpful Zotero community,

My Zotero-generated APA 7 bibliography abbreviated a single translator as “Tran.” when APA 7 requires the abbreviation of “Trans.”

APA 7:
Hofmann, A. (1980). LSD: My problem child (J. Ott, Trans.). McGraw-Hill. (Original work published 1979)

Zotero:
Hofmann, A. (1980). LSD: My problem child (J. Ott, Tran.). McGraw-Hill. (Original work published 1979)

The Zotero abbreviation is correct when there are multiple translators, but APA 7 requires “Trans.” regardless of the number of translators. See APA 7 Publication Manual, p. 323, item 28 or this blog post: https://apastyle.apa.org/blog/citing-translated-works

A similar issue was encountered with MLA and fix was applied - could the same be done with APA 7?

https://forums.zotero.org/discussion/28512/translator-abbreviated-as-tran-in-mla

Thanks a bunch!