[Tex/LaTex] Cyrillic bibliographic entry using Biblatex and Polyglossia (initials broken)

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I have a problem with either getting the correct font type in the bibliography, or (when enforcing the language setting in the bibliographic entry) getting the author first name processed as it should.

The preferred solution would be to get the Author = {\textrussian{Белый}, \textrussian{Андрей}}, processed properly in the bibliography part. Currently the name initials is thrown out and the \ from the \bibinitperiod also disappears.

Any suggestions welcome 🙂

result

% !TEX TS-program = arara
% !TEX encoding = UTF-8 Unicode

% arara: xelatex: { shell: true }
% arara: biber
% arara: xelatex: { shell: true }

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{xcolor}

\usepackage[no-math]{fontspec}
\defaultfontfeatures{Ligatures=TeX}
\newfontfamily\greekfont[Script=Greek,Scale=MatchUppercase]{Linux Libertine O}
\newfontfamily\cyrillicfont{Linux Libertine O}

\usepackage{polyglossia}                                
\setdefaultlanguage[variant=british]{english}
\setotherlanguages{latin,greek,russian,polish,german}

\usepackage{csquotes}
\PassOptionsToPackage{%
  natbib=true,
  style=authoryear-comp,
  hyperref=true,
  backend=biber,
  maxbibnames=99,
  firstinits=true,
  uniquename=init,
  maxcitenames=2,
  parentracker=true,
  url=false,
  doi=false,
  isbn=false,
  eprint=false,
  backref=true,
  }{biblatex}
  \usepackage{biblatex}

\usepackage{filecontents}
\begin{filecontents}{\jobname.bib}
@article{Attanasio2010,
  abstract = {This paper provides a critical survey of the large literature on the life cycle model of consumption, both from an empirical and a theoretical point of view. It discusses several approaches that have been taken in the literature to bring the model to the data, their empirical successes and failures. Finally, the paper reviews a number of changes to the standard life cycle model that could help solve the remaining empirical puzzles.},
  author = {Kaminsky, Graciela Laura and Schmukler, Sergio L.},
  journal = {NBER Working Paper},
  month = feb,
  shorttitle = {Consumption and saving},
  title = {{Consumption and saving: models of intertemporal allocation and their implications for public policy}},
  url = {http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract\_id=1558816 http://www.nber.org/papers/w15756},
  volume = {756},
  number = {12},
  year = {2010}
}
@article{Galindo2002,
  author = {Galindo, Arturo and Schiantarelli, Fabio and Weiss, Andrew},
  journal = {American Economic Review},
  month = apr,
  shorttitle = {Does Financial Liberalization Improve the Allocati},
  title = {{Does Financial Liberalization Improve the Allocation of Investment?: Micro Evidence from Developing Countries}},
  url = {http://ideas.repec.org/p/idb/wpaper/4295.html},
  volume = {47},
  number = {2},
  year = {2002}
}
@book{belyj1919a,
  Address = {München},
  Author = {Bjäly, Andrej},
  Publisher = {Georg Müller},
  Title = {Petersburg},
  Year = {1919},
  language = {german},
  hyphenation = {german},
}
@book{belyj1919b,
  Address = {\textgerman{München}},
  Author = {\textgerman{Bjäly}, \textgerman{Andrej}},
  Publisher = {\textgerman{Georg Müller}},
  Title = {{\textgerman{Petersburg}}},
  Year = {1920},
  language = {german},
  hyphenation = {german},
}
@book{belyj1913a,
  Address = {\textrussian{Москва}},
  Author = {\textrussian{Белый}, \textrussian{Андрей}},
  Publisher = {\textrussian{Наука}},
  Title = {\textrussian{Петербург}},
  Year = {1981},
  language = {russian},
  hyphenation = {russian},
}
@book{belyj1913b,
  Address = {Москва},
  Author = {\textrussian{Белый}, \textrussian{Андрей}},
  Publisher = {Наука},
  Title = {Петербург},
  Year = {1982},
  language = {russian},
  hyphenation = {russian},
}

\end{filecontents}
\addbibresource{\jobname.bib}

\usepackage{hyperref}
\hypersetup{%
  colorlinks=true, 
  citecolor=blue} 

\begin{document}

\textgerman{\cite{belyj1919a}}
\cite{belyj1919b},
\cite{belyj1913b}, 
\textrussian{\cite{belyj1913a}}, 
\cite{Attanasio2010}
\citep{Galindo2002}
(see, for example, \citealp{Attanasio2010})

For \emph{russian} and \emph{german} languages the author first name is not processed as it should\ldots

\printbibliography

\end{document}

Best Answer

You're forgetting to define a main font; don't use \text... in the bibliographic entries. Don't try mixing Latin Modern and Linux Libertine, they're visually incompatible with each other. If you want a Computer Modern style font, use the CMUnicode fonts.

% !TEX TS-program = arara
% !TEX encoding = UTF-8 Unicode

% arara: xelatex: { shell: true }
% arara: biber
% arara: xelatex: { shell: true }

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{xcolor}

\usepackage[no-math]{fontspec}
\defaultfontfeatures{Ligatures=TeX}
\setmainfont{Linux Libertine O}
\newfontfamily\greekfont[Script=Greek,Scale=MatchUppercase]{Linux Libertine O}
\newfontfamily\cyrillicfont{Linux Libertine O}

\usepackage{polyglossia}                                
\setdefaultlanguage[variant=british]{english}
\setotherlanguages{latin,greek,russian,polish,german}

\usepackage{csquotes}
\usepackage[
  natbib=true,
  style=authoryear-comp,
  hyperref=true,
  backend=biber,
  maxbibnames=99,
  firstinits=true,
  uniquename=init,
  maxcitenames=2,
  parentracker=true,
  url=false,
  doi=false,
  isbn=false,
  eprint=false,
  backref=true,
  ]{biblatex}

\usepackage{filecontents}
\begin{filecontents}{\jobname.bib}
@article{Attanasio2010,
  abstract = {This paper provides a critical survey of the large literature on the life cycle model of consumption, both from an empirical and a theoretical point of view. It discusses several approaches that have been taken in the literature to bring the model to the data, their empirical successes and failures. Finally, the paper reviews a number of changes to the standard life cycle model that could help solve the remaining empirical puzzles.},
  author = {Kaminsky, Graciela Laura and Schmukler, Sergio L.},
  journal = {NBER Working Paper},
  month = feb,
  shorttitle = {Consumption and saving},
  title = {{Consumption and saving: models of intertemporal allocation and their implications for public policy}},
  url = {http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract\_id=1558816 http://www.nber.org/papers/w15756},
  volume = {756},
  number = {12},
  year = {2010}
}
@article{Galindo2002,
  author = {Galindo, Arturo and Schiantarelli, Fabio and Weiss, Andrew},
  journal = {American Economic Review},
  month = apr,
  shorttitle = {Does Financial Liberalization Improve the Allocati},
  title = {{Does Financial Liberalization Improve the Allocation of Investment?: Micro Evidence from Developing Countries}},
  url = {http://ideas.repec.org/p/idb/wpaper/4295.html},
  volume = {47},
  number = {2},
  year = {2002}
}
@book{belyj1919a,
  Address = {München},
  Author = {Bjäly, Andrej},
  Publisher = {Georg Müller},
  Title = {Petersburg},
  Year = {1919},
  language = {german},
  hyphenation = {german},
}
@book{belyj1919b,
  Address = {München},
  Author = {Bjäly, Andrej},
  Publisher = {Georg Müller},
  Title = {Petersburg},
  Year = {1920},
  language = {german},
  hyphenation = {german},
}
@book{belyj1913a,
  Address = {Москва},
  Author = {Белый, Андрей},
  Publisher = {Наука},
  Title = {Петербург},
  Year = {1981},
  language = {russian},
  hyphenation = {russian},
}
@book{belyj1913b,
  Address = {Москва},
  Author = {Белый, Андрей},
  Publisher = {Наука},
  Title = {Петербург},
  Year = {1982},
  language = {russian},
  hyphenation = {russian},
}

\end{filecontents}
\addbibresource{\jobname.bib}

\usepackage{hyperref}
\hypersetup{%
  colorlinks=true, 
  citecolor=blue} 

\begin{document}

\cite{belyj1919a},
\cite{belyj1919b},
\cite{belyj1913b}, 
\cite{belyj1913a}, 
\cite{Attanasio2010}
\citep{Galindo2002}
(see, for example, \citealp{Attanasio2010})

For \emph{russian} and \emph{german} languages the author first name is not processed as it 
should\ldots

\printbibliography

\end{document}

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This is what I get after replacing the font declarations with

\setmainfont{CMU Serif}

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[Tex/LaTex] German APA reference: origyear field is incomplete (needs reprinttitle)

For the original question, the modification required is:

\renewbibmacro*{title}{%
  \ifthenelse{\iffieldundef{title}\AND\iffieldundef{subtitle}}
    {}
    {\printtext[title]{%
        \printfield[apacase]{title}%
        \setunit{\subtitlepunct}%
        \printfield[apacase]{subtitle}}%
     \setunit{\addspace}%
     \printfield{titleaddon}%
     \iffieldequalstr{entrytype}{book}%
       {\setunit{\addspace}\usebibmacro{bookaddinfo}}%
       {}%
     \ifthenelse{%
       \ifnameundef{author}\AND%
       \(\ifnameundef{editor}\AND\NOT\boolean{bbx:editorinauthpos}\)\AND%
       \ifnameundef{producer}\AND%
       \ifnameundef{director}\AND%
       \ifnameundef{writer}}
        {\newunit\newblock
         \usebibmacro{labelyear+extrayear}}
        {}}}

\DeclareFieldFormat{origyear}{%
 \mkbibparenss{\bibcpstring{origyear}~\thefield{origyear}%
 \iffieldundef{origtitle}
   {}%
   {\addcolon\addspace\printfield{origtitle}}}%
 }

\newbibmacro*{origyear}{%
  \ifthenelse{
      \NOT\iffieldundef{labelyear}
      \AND\NOT\iffieldsequal{labelyear}{origyear}
    \OR
      \NOT\iffieldsequal{title}{origtitle}}
    {\printfield{origyear}}
    {}%
}

\DefineBibliographyStrings{german}{%
   origyear = {Original erschienen}
}

This can be inserted in the preamble of your document.

For the extended version one has either to introduce new fields (this can be done,by modifying the data model, or by using the BibLaTeX facilities for related).

EDIT 1 and EDIT 2 To accommodate the case where the author of the original publication is different the first step is to modify the data model, this can be done with:

\begin{filecontents}{biblatex-dm.cfg}
\DeclareDatamodelFields[type=list, datatype=name,skipout=false]{origauthor}
\DeclareDatamodelEntryfields{origauthor}  
\end{filecontents}

This generates a file called biblatex-dm.cfg in the current directory with the instruction about how to extend BibLaTeX data model.

Notice that BibLaTeX provides a titleaddon field and this could be used to the extra information for the title ("Die Liebe" in the OP).

Eventually, one could add a field titletranslation for the selfmade translation, i.e., one can include the following two lines in the datamodel file.

\DeclareDatamodelField[type=field, datatype=literal,skipout=false]{titletranslation}
\DeclareDatamodelEntryfields{titletranslation}

Another possibility is to use an "unused" field, for example, reprinttitle. In what follow I'm going to use this option.

The next step is to modify the appropriate bibmacros. In this case, title and origyear for the formatting of the title (and related information about the original publication)

\renewbibmacro*{title}{%
  \ifthenelse{\iffieldundef{title}\AND\iffieldundef{subtitle}}
    {}
    {\printtext[title]{%
        \printfield[apacase]{title}%
        \setunit{\subtitlepunct}%
        \printfield[apacase]{subtitle}}%
     \setunit{\addspace}%
     \printfield{titleaddon}%
     \setunit{\addspace}%
     \printfield{reprinttitle}%
     \iffieldequalstr{entrytype}{book}%
       {\setunit{\addspace}\usebibmacro{bookaddinfo}}%
       {}%
     \ifthenelse{%
       \ifnameundef{author}\AND%
       \(\ifnameundef{editor}\AND\NOT\boolean{bbx:editorinauthpos}\)\AND%
       \ifnameundef{producer}\AND%
       \ifnameundef{director}\AND%
       \ifnameundef{writer}}
        {\newunit\newblock
         \usebibmacro{labelyear+extrayear}}
        {}}}

For originyear the first thing to do is to define the format. To this we check that originauthor is defined, and we set the punctuation accordingly:

\DeclareFieldFormat{origyear}{%
 \mkbibparens{\bibcpstring{origyear}~\thefield{origyear}%
 \ifnameundef{origauthor}
   {}
   {\addspace\bibstring{as}\addspace\printnames[FirstLast]{origauthor}}%
 \iffieldundef{origtitle}
   {}%
   {\ifnameundef{origauthor}
     {\setunit{\addcolon\addspace}}
     {\setunit{\addcomma\addspace}}%
     \printfield{origtitle}}}%
 }

Then we have to consider the cases when we have to output the information about the original publication (here the condition is that either the year, or the title, or the author(s) is different).

\renewbibmacro*{origyear}{%
  \ifthenelse{
      \NOT\iffieldsequal{labelyear}{origdateyear}
    \OR
      \NOT\iffieldsequal{title}{origtitle}
    \OR
      \NOT\ifnamesequal{author}{origauthor}
    }
    {\printfield{origyear}}
    {}%
}

Caveat A problem with the above solution is that not all bib entry types include instructions to format the information about the original publication using the above method. A more robust technique would be to use the facilities provided by BibLaTeX to handle related publications.

The last step is to use the appropriate value for the localisation strings origyear and as.

\NewBibliographyString{origyear,as}
\DefineBibliographyStrings{ngerman}{%
   origyear = {Original erschienen},
   as = {als}
} 

\DefineBibliographyStrings{american}{%
   as = {as} 
}

Finally, to change the rendering of names, we have to modify the formatting instructions for apaauthor

\DeclareNameFormat{FirstLast}{%
 \ifthenelse{\value{listcount}=\maxprtauth\AND\value{listcount}<\value{listtotal}}
    {\addcomma\addspace\ldots}
    {\ifthenelse{\value{listcount}>\maxprtauth\AND\value{listcount}<\value{listtotal}}
      {}
      {\iffirstinits
        {\usebibmacro{name:first-last}{#1}{#4}{#5}{#7}}
        {\usebibmacro{name:first-last}{#1}{#3}{#5}{#7}}}}
  \ifmorenames{\andothersdelim\bibstring{andothers}}{}}

[Tex/LaTex] Multilingual bibliography using XeTeX, biblatex and polyglossia

The authors should know better but as far as I know Biblatex does not officially support polyglossia (unfortunately). I use Babel with xecyr which seems to work fine, although I've not tested it thoroughly.

UPDATE: Polyglossia support has been added to Biblatex since ver.2.8.

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