[Tex/LaTex] Two abstracts needed in apa6

Question

I am supposed to write a manuscript based on apa6. Unfortunately I am located in Germany, so my professor wants to have 2 (!) abstracts – one in English ("Abstract" – as implemented in apa6 already) and an additional one, called "Zusammenfassung" (literal translation into German).

Does anybody have an idea how to get this done? I really don't want to manually insert a page…

Answer 1

The class has no provision for multiple abstracts. However you can still put another abstract, stretching a bit the \abstract command.

Add the option ngerman for babel,

\usepackage[ngerman,american]{babel}

and then type the abstract as

\abstract{This is the abstract in English.
  \begin{otherlanguage}{ngerman}
% \par\medskip
% \section{\normalfont\normalsize\abstractname}
  \noindent Die Zusammenfassung.\par
  \end{otherlanguage}}

Depending on the style chosen, the word “Abstract” appears or not. Without a minimal example of your setup it's difficult to chose between the possibility.

If “Abstract” appears in the document, then uncomment the second line, otherwise uncomment the \par\medskip line.

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For keywords you can follow a similar path.

1. Add

   \addto\captionsngerman{%
     \providecommand{\keywordsname}{}%
     \renewcommand{\keywordsname}{Schl\"usselw\"orter}}
   

   to your document preamble, after \usepackage[ngerman,american]{babel}

2. Specify your keywords as

   \keywords{Keyword one, keyword two
     \par\medskip
     \indent
     \begin{otherlanguage}{ngerman}
     \textit{\keywordsname:} Schl\"usselwort eins, Schl\"usselwort zwei
     \end{otherlanguage}
   }