[XeTeX] Multiple citation styles in a single document

[Gerrit Glabbart]

Am 20.09.2010 um 18:25 schrieb Gareth Hughes:

> Gerrit Glabbart wrote:
>> Am 20.09.2010 um 16:57 schrieb Gareth Hughes:
>> 
>>> Seeing as the printing of the language name is part of the style,
>>> you could write a simple style file that copies the standard style
>>> you want to use, but alters the printing of language names. This
>>> would allow BibLaTeX to use the language field without printing it.
>>> 
>> 
>> I believe that’s what the »hyphenation« field is for (p. 23 in the
>> biblatex manual). (A small number of) European languages only, for
>> the time being, but still.
> 
> I think that only loads hyphenation patterns, but does not wrap the
> entry in a language environment or select bibliographical style variants
> based on the language.

>From the manual: »This information may be used to switch hyphenation patterns *and localize strings in the bibliography*.« Also peruse the options on page 41, namely ›clearlang‹ and ›babel‹. ›babel=other‹ will enclose the entry in an otherlanguage environment.

So, »editor« becomes »Herausgeber« in German, for instance, ›pp.‹ becomes ›S.‹ and so forth. I’m not sure what you mean by ›bibliographical style variants based on the language‹; surely, the bibliography should be as consistent as possible?

— Gerrit.