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--- kb:preventing_title_casing_for_non-english_titles [2017/11/12 19:53] – external edit 127.0.0.1
+++ kb:preventing_title_casing_for_non-english_titles [2020/01/22 19:17] – dstillman
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-<html><p id="zotero-5-update-warning" style="color: red; font-weight: bold">We’re
+=== How do I prevent title casing of non-English titles in bibliographies? ===
-in the process of updating the documentation for
-<a href="https://www.zotero.org/blog/zotero-5-0">Zotero 5.0</a>. Some documentation
-may be outdated in the meantime. Thanks for your understanding.</p></html>
+Some CSL citation styles, such as the Chicago Manual of Style styles, convert titles to title case. However, title casing is specific to English. To prevent non-English titles from being title cased, specify the language of the corresponding item in your Zotero library using the "language" field.
-=== How do I prevent Title Casing of non-English titles in bibliographies? ===
+Use two-letter language codes, e.g. "de" for German, "fr" for French, or "ja" for Japanese (four-letter codes can also be used, e.g. "de-DE" and "ja-JP"; see https://github.com/citation-style-language/locales/wiki for a list of locale codes). English items can be marked as such using "en", "en-GB" (British English) or "en-US" (American English).
-Some CSL citation styles, such as the Chicago Manual of Style styles, convert titles to Title Case. However, Title Casing is specific to English. To prevent non-English titles from being Title Cased, specify the language of the corresponding item in your Zotero library using the "language" field.
+Titles should generally [[sentence_casing|always be stored in sentence case]]; Zotero can automatically transform titles into title case, but items cannot be reliably transformed to sentence case (e.g., while treating abbreviations and proper nouns correctly).
-Use two-letter language codes, e.g. "de" for German, "fr" for French, or "ja" for Japanese (four-letter codes can also be used, e.g. "de-DE" and "ja-JP"; see https://github.com/citation-style-language/locales/wiki for a list of locale codes). English items can be marked as such using "en", "en-GB" (British English) or "en-US" (American English).
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