# Is it possible to render name-part affixes in Japanese author names?

**URL:** <https://discourse.citationstyles.org/t/is-it-possible-to-render-name-part-affixes-in-japanese-author-names/1828>\
**Category:** CSL Usage\
**Created:** [August 3, 2023, 10:13am UTC](https://discourse.citationstyles.org/t/is-it-possible-to-render-name-part-affixes-in-japanese-author-names/1828 "2023-08-03T10:13:39Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 4, 2023, 5:26am UTC](https://discourse.citationstyles.org/t/is-it-possible-to-render-name-part-affixes-in-japanese-author-names/1828/2 "2023-08-04T05:26:05Z")

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CJK names are specially handled in citeproc-js. In the following example, I’ve tried `sort-separator` and affixes but they don’t work. Only `font-weight="bold"` attribute works and it can confirm the output is from this element.

As far as I know, this is hard coded in the citeproc-js engine and this is no way to change this without modifying the JavaScript code.

```xml
            <name delimiter="・" sort-separator="|" delimiter-precedes-last="never">
              <name-part name="family" font-weight="bold" prefix="[" suffix="]"/>
              <name-part name="given" font-weight="bold" prefix="[" suffix="]"/>
            </name>

```

```auto
<div class="csl-entry"><b>北川</b><b>善太郎</b> 2000「著作権法 100 年記念講演会 著作権制度の未来像」『コピライト』39(465):2–11。</div>

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