[Tex/LaTex] Adding condition into BibTex .bst file

bibtex

I am trying to edit a bibliography style file (bst) such that
it only prints the language part if the item is not in English.
For example I want to have "(in German)"
if the item is not English but
I do not have any idea how to modify this part to achieve it:

FUNCTION {format.language}
{ language "language" bibinfo.check
  duplicate$ empty$ 'skip$
  {
     new.block
     "(in " swap$ * ")" *
  } if$
}

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you need an entry language in the list of entries (at the beginning of the bst-file) and then:

FUNCTION {format.language}
{ language empty$
    { "" }
    { "English" language = % 0 is on stack if _not_ english
      { }
      { ", in German" * }
      if$
    }
  if$
}

If your style file has no entries for the language then you have to add something like:

FUNCTION {book}
{ output.bibitem
  author empty$

[...]

  format.date "year" output.check
  new.block
  format.language
  new.block
  note output
  fin.entry
}

My example output looks like

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with the following bib data:

@BOOK{Kern2009_01,
  title = {Entwicklung haptischer Geräte},
  publisher = {Springer},
  year = {2009},
  language = {English},
  editor = {Thorsten A. Kern},
  isbn = {978-3540876434},
  doi = {10.1007/978-3-540-87644-1},
  keywords = {key:Haptik,key:Technik,key:PDF},
  subtitle = {Ein Einstieg für Ingenieure}
}

@BOOK{Wilcox2005,
  title = {Introduciton to robust estimation and hypothesis testing},
  publisher = {Elsevie},
  year = {2005},
  author = {Wilcox, R. R.},
  language={German},
  address = {Burlington, MA},
  edition = {2}
}

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[Tex/LaTex] Bibtex .bst file modification to include alphabetical ordering

The bibliography style JHEP seems to be a lightly modified version of the venerable unsrt style. To enable alphabetical sorting of the entries, you should modify JHEP.bst as follows. (Aside: I'm not sure if this procedure satisfies your objective that the modifications be done "in a simple way". However, I've tried out the code, and it seems to work!)

Make a copy of the file JHEP.bst. Call the copy (say) JHEPsort.bst. (Don't edit the original file directly.)
Open the file JHEPsort.bst in a text editor. The editor you use to edit your tex files will do fine.
Locate the lines
```
MACRO {pr} {"Phys. Rev."}

READ

STRINGS { longest.label }
```
in this file. Hint: In my copy of this file, this excerpt starts on l. 1048.

Insert the following 145 or so lines between the line READ and the line STRINGS { longest.label }:

FUNCTION {sortify}
{ purify$
  "l" change.case$
}

INTEGERS { len }

FUNCTION {chop.word}
{ 's :=
  'len :=
  s #1 len substring$ =
    { s len #1 + global.max$ substring$ }
    's
  if$
}

FUNCTION {sort.format.names}
{ 's :=
  #1 'nameptr :=
  ""
  s num.names$ 'numnames :=
  numnames 'namesleft :=
    { namesleft #0 > }
    { nameptr #1 >
        { "   " * }
        'skip$
      if$
      s nameptr "{vv{ } }{ll{ }}{  ff{ }}{  jj{ }}" format.name$ 't :=
      nameptr numnames = t "others" = and
        { "et al" * }
        { t sortify * }
      if$
      nameptr #1 + 'nameptr :=
      namesleft #1 - 'namesleft :=
    }
  while$
}

FUNCTION {sort.format.title}
{ 't :=
  "A " #2
    "An " #3
      "The " #4 t chop.word
chop.word
  chop.word
  sortify
  #1 global.max$ substring$
}

FUNCTION {author.sort}
{ author empty$
    { key empty$
        { "to sort, need author or key in " cite$ * warning$
          ""
        }
        { key sortify }
      if$
    }
    { author sort.format.names }
  if$
}

FUNCTION {author.editor.sort}
{ author empty$
    { editor empty$
        { key empty$
            { "to sort, need author, editor, or key in " cite$ * warning$
              ""
            }
            { key sortify }
          if$
        }
        { editor sort.format.names }
      if$
    }
    { author sort.format.names }
  if$
}

FUNCTION {author.organization.sort}
{ author empty$
    { organization empty$
        { key empty$
            { "to sort, need author, organization, or key in " cite$ * warning$
              ""
            }
            { key sortify }
          if$
        }
        { "The " #4 organization chop.word sortify }
      if$
    }
    { author sort.format.names }
  if$
}

FUNCTION {editor.organization.sort}
{ editor empty$
    { organization empty$
        { key empty$
            { "to sort, need editor, organization, or key in " cite$ * warning$
              ""
            }
            { key sortify }
          if$
        }
        { "The " #4 organization chop.word sortify }
      if$
    }
    { editor sort.format.names }
  if$
}

FUNCTION {presort}
{ type$ "book" =
  type$ "inbook" =
  or
    'author.editor.sort
    { type$ "proceedings" =
    'editor.organization.sort
        { type$ "manual" =
            'author.organization.sort
            'author.sort
          if$
        }
      if$
    }
  if$
  "    "
  *
  year field.or.null sortify
  *
  "    "
  *
  title field.or.null
  sort.format.title
  *
  #1 entry.max$ substring$
  'sort.key$ :=
}

ITERATE {presort}

SORT

Just in case you're curious where this code comes from: I certainly did not create it myself! Instead, I copied it from the bibliography style file plain.bst.

Save the file JHEPsort.bst either to the directory that contains your main tex file or to a directory that's searched by BibTeX. If you choose the second option, you will probably need to update the filename database of your TeX distribution, in a way that's appropriate for your TeX distribution.
Start using the new bibliography style by providing the instruction
```
\bibliographystyle{JHEPsort}
```
instead of \bibliographystyle{JHEP}. Be sure to run LateX, BibTeX, and LaTeX twice more so that all changes are fully propagated.

Happy BibTeXing!

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