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

frianasoa · September 14, 2023, 3:54am

@Bruce_D_Arcus1
Thanks. I posted an issue.

Default rendering for contributor name in Katakana and Romanesque for a Japanese entry

opened 03:49AM - 14 Sep 23 UTC

The default display for Japanese contributors seems to be hard-coded in citeproc…-js. I would like to suggest new rendering defaults that take into consideration katakana and original non-Japanese authors' names, which should not be displayed the same way as Japanese names. ## Japanese names Keep as the current default: always Family Given ## Katakana names * Given Family: マイケル・ジャクソン * Family Given (name-as-sort-order): ジャクソン,　マイケル As far as I know, this is how katakana names are written in general, at least in my field. I could be mistaken though. Still, I think this is a better default than the current one. For now I am hard-coding the punctuation "・" but we could attach that to a value if needed. ## Romanesque names Force to follow romanesque rules instead of Japanese. This inadvertently follows Japanese name rendering when the language is "ja", which is not appropriate. I wonder if the current default makes sense in certain contexts/fields. ## Options In case the old default works for other people, an option to keep the legacy defaults or activate the new defaults could be added. I understand we cannot cater for every language irregularities but I believe that with this, it will make more sense to use citeproc-js for Japanese in certain fields such as mine. I am new to the community so I might have missed something as well. In this case, I would be glad if someone could point me to the right direction. ## Links * Here is the full discussion on "Citation Style Language discourse"<br/> https://discourse.citationstyles.org/t/is-it-possible-to-render-name-part-affixes-in-japanese-author-names/1828 * Here is my copy for the changes I suggest<br/> https://github.com/frianasoa/citeproc-js * Related issues<br/> https://github.com/Juris-M/citeproc-js/issues/225 If allowed, I will submit a pull request, but first, I would like to know if my suggestion makes sense to be added. Thank you!