I have been using the achicago
package and the babel
package for spanish language. When I employ the two, references with multiple authors are shown in the citations like (Mukange and Manamela) but it should (Mukange y Manamela) with a "Y", because the thesis is in Spanish. The same happens when the authors are listed in the bibliography.
Is there a way to change the "and" when authors are listed in a citation and in the bibliography for its equivalent in other languages?
Best Answer
Some BibTeX styles use
\biband
, or similar, instead of "and". You can have a look into the.bbl
file to see if this is the case, and then renew that command to "y" in the main document.If, instead, the BibTeX style writes a literal "and" in the
.bbl
, you are out of luck. In this case I would recommend you to create a customized BibTeX style usingcustom-bib
. To do so, run the command:and then answer a lot of questions about how do you want your bibliography. Give the answers that are consistent with the Chicago style you used to use. When asked about the "and", choose the
\biband
option. After all questions have been answered, you'll get a.bst
file, which is the custom style you should use (\bibliographystyle
).