American Anthropologist Association (AAA) citation style in LaTeX using BibLaTeX

Question

I'm writing a paper for my Anthropology class and the American Anthropologist Association citation style is required. I've been reading through the BibLaTeX documentation but I don't believe any of the described citation styles match my requirements.

Aside from building a custom citation style file, using something like custom-bib, is there a possible way I can achieve this citation style?

Answer 1

The style the American Anthropologist Association asks for is quite distinct from other styles currently available for biblatex, so there is quite some modification to be done.

Since the basic style seems to bet match a authoryear style, this is the basis style I chose: The style guide refers to the Chicago Manual of Style on some occasions, so we could have used biblatex-chicago, but since that is a style that already applies quite a number of modifications to the standard style, I felt more comfortable modifying authoryear. (Plus, biblatex-chicago did not seem to be much closer to the AAA style compared to authoryear).

We will heavily make use of the wonderful xpatch package.

The basis is the authoryear style; we need maxcitenames=1, the citation to "van Gennep" [Ex. 18 in the AAA guide] led me to suspect useprefix is appropriate.

\usepackage[style=authoryear,backend=biber,maxcitenames=1,useprefix]{biblatex}

The first thing we notice about the AAA style is the name format. We have to patch the macros printing author/editors to add a newline after the names.

\xpatchbibmacro{author}
  {\setunit{\addspace}}
  {\newline}
  {}
  {}
\xpatchbibmacro{bbx:editor}
  {\setunit{\addspace}}
  {\newline}
  {}
  {}
\xpatchbibmacro{bbx:translator}
  {\setunit{\addspace}}
  {\newline}
  {}
  {}

We always have the Oxford comma, and works by the same author are grouped.

\renewcommand*{\finalnamedelim}{\finalandcomma\addspace\bibstring{and}\space}
\renewcommand*{\bibnamedash}{\hspace{\leftmargin}}
\setlength{\bibnamesep}{\itemsep}

The date is indented slightly less than the other lines, also we allow for origdates in square brackets.

\xpatchbibmacro{date+extrayear}
  {\printtext[parens]}
  {\makebox[\bibhang][r]}
  {}
  {}

\DeclareFieldFormat{origdate}{\mkbibbrackets{#1}}
\xapptobibmacro{date+extrayear}
  {\printorigdate
   \bibsentence\nopunct}
  {}
  {}

Titles etc. are set as is (without quotation marks, italics and friends)

\DeclareFieldFormat*{title}{#1}
\DeclareFieldFormat*{subtitle}{#1}
\DeclareFieldFormat*{booktitle}{#1}
\DeclareFieldFormat*{booksubtitle}{#1}
\DeclareFieldFormat*{journaltitle}{#1}
\DeclareFieldFormat*{issuetitle}{\mkbibquote{#1\isdot}}
\DeclareFieldFormat[periodical]{issuetitle}{#1}
\DeclareFieldFormat*{maintitle}{#1}

The "in" is printed in italics, but does not come with a colon; no in for articles [Ex. 8 and 10, AAA style guide]

\renewcommand*{\intitlepunct}{\addspace\nopunct}
\renewbibmacro{in:}{%
  \ifentrytype{article}{}{\printtext[emph]{\bibstring{in}\intitlepunct}}}

For book series there is a comma between the series and the number. [Ex. 12, AAA style guide]

\renewbibmacro*{series+number}{%
  \printfield{series}%
  \setunit*{\addcomma\addspace}%
  \printfield{number}%
  \newunit}

Volume and number in articles are set "vol(num)" [Ex. 10, AAA style guide]

\renewbibmacro*{volume+number+eid}{%
  \printfield{volume}%
  \printfield[parens]{number}%
  \setunit{\addcomma\space}%
  \printfield{eid}}

Pages in articles are preceded by a colon and lose the "p."/"pp." prefix. [Ex. 10, AAA style guide]

\DeclareFieldFormat{pages}{%
  \ifentrytype{article}
    {#1}
    {\mkpageprefix[bookpagination]{#1}}%
}
\renewcommand*{\bibpagespunct}{%
  \ifentrytype{article}
    {\addcolon}
    {\addperiod\space}%
}

This is for theme issues and the like. We define a new bibstring themeissue. [Ex. 11, AAA style guide]

\NewBibliographyString{%
  themeissue,
}
\DefineBibliographyStrings{american}{%
  themeissue = {theme issue},
}
\renewbibmacro*{issue}{%
  \iffieldundef{issuetitle}
    {}
    {\ifentrytype{article}
       {\bibstring{themeissue}%
        \setunit{\addcomma\space}}%
       {}%
     \printtext[issuetitle]{%
       \printfield[titlecase]{issuetitle}%
       \setunit{\subtitlepunct}%
       \printfield[titlecase]{issuesubtitle}}}}

\renewbibmacro*{journal+issuetitle}{%
  \usebibmacro{issue}%
  \setunit{\addcomma\space}%
  \usebibmacro{journal}%
  \setunit*{\addspace}%
  \iffieldundef{series}
    {}
    {\newunit
     \printfield{series}%
     \setunit{\addspace}}%
  \usebibmacro{volume+number+eid}%
  \setunit{\addspace}%
  \usebibmacro{issue+date}%
  \setunit{\addcolon\space}%
  \newunit}

\newbibmacro*{title+issuetitle}{%
  \usebibmacro{issue}%
  \newunit\newblock
  \iffieldundef{issuetitle}
    {}
    {\bibstring{themeissue}%
     \setunit{\addcomma\space}}%
  \usebibmacro{periodical}%
  \setunit*{\addspace}%
  \iffieldundef{series}
    {}
    {\newunit
     \printfield{series}%
     \setunit{\addspace}}%
  \printfield{volume}%
  \printfield[parens]{number}%
  \setunit{\addcomma\space}%
  \printfield{eid}%
  \setunit{\addspace}%
  \usebibmacro{issue+date}%
  \setunit{\addcolon\space}}

Maintitle and and volume are separated by a comma [Ex. 13, AAA style guide]

\xpatchbibmacro{maintitle+title}
  {\newunit\newblock}
  {\setunit{\addcomma\space}%
  }
  {}
  {}

\xpatchbibmacro{maintitle+booktitle}
  {\newunit\newblock}
  {\setunit{\addcomma\space}%
  }
  {}
  {}

Page references for in... entries need to be moved, so we remove them first and re-add them afterwards. [Ex. 8, AAA style guide]

\xpatchbibdriver{inbook}
  {\newunit\newblock
   \usebibmacro{chapter+pages}}
  {}
  {}
  {}

\xpatchbibdriver{inbook}
  {\printfield{volumes}}
  {\usebibmacro{chapter+pages}%
   \newunit\newblock
   \printfield{volumes}}
  {}
  {}

\xpatchbibdriver{incollection}
  {\newunit\newblock
   \usebibmacro{chapter+pages}}
  {}
  {}
  {}

\xpatchbibdriver{incollection}
  {\printfield{volumes}}
  {\usebibmacro{chapter+pages}%
   \newunit\newblock
   \printfield{volumes}}
  {}
  {}

The following (very nasty code) makes sure to print "Ditor, Eddie, ed." instead of "edited by Eddie Ditor". [Ex. 8, AAA style guide]

\renewbibmacro*{byeditor}{%
  \ifnameundef{editor}
    {}
    {\printnames[byeditor]{editor}%
     \setunit{\addcomma\space}%
     \usebibmacro{bytypestrg}{editor}{editor}%
     \newunit}%
  \usebibmacro{byeditorx}}

\renewbibmacro*{byeditorx}{%
  \ifnameundef{editora}
    {}
    {\printnames[byeditor]{editor}%
     \setunit{\addcomma\space}%
     \usebibmacro{bytypestrg}{editor}{editor}%
     \newunit}%
  \ifnameundef{editorb}
    {}
    {\printnames[byeditorb]{editorb}%
     \setunit{\addcomma\space}%
     \usebibmacro{bytypestrg}{editorb}{editor}%
     \newunit}%
  \ifnameundef{editorc}
    {}
    {\printnames[byeditorc]{editorc}%
     \setunit{\addcomma\space}%
     \usebibmacro{bytypestrg}{editorc}{editor}%
     \newunit}}

\renewbibmacro*{bytranslator}{%
  \ifnameundef{translator}
    {}
    {\printnames[bytranslator]{translator}%
     \setunit{\addcomma\space}%
     \bibstring{bytranslator}}}

\renewbibmacro*{byeditor+others}{%
  \ifnameundef{editor}
    {}
    {\printnames[byeditor]{editor}%
     \clearname{editor}%
     \setunit{\addcomma\space}%
     \usebibmacro{byeditor+othersstrg}%
     \newunit}%
  \usebibmacro{byeditorx}%
  \usebibmacro{bytranslator+others}}

\renewbibmacro*{bytranslator+others}{%
  \ifnameundef{translator}
    {}
    {\printnames[bytranslator]{translator}%
     \clearname{translator}%
     \setunit{\addcomma\space}%
     \usebibmacro{bytranslator+othersstrg}%
     \newunit}%
  \usebibmacro{withothers}}

\renewbibmacro*{bytypestrg}[2]{%
  \iffieldundef{#1type}
    {\bibstring{#2}}
    {\ifbibxstring{\thefield{#1type}}
       {\bibstring{\thefield{#1type}}}
       {\printtext{\thefield{#1type}}}}}
\makeatletter
\newbibmacro*{byeditor+othersstrg}{%
  \iffieldundef{editortype}
    {\def\abx@tempa{editor}}
    {\edef\abx@tempa{\thefield{editortype}}}%
  \let\abx@tempb=\empty
  \ifnamesequal{editor}{translator}
    {\appto\abx@tempa{tr}%
     \appto\abx@tempb{\clearname{translator}}}
    {}%
  \ifnamesequal{editor}{commentator}
    {\appto\abx@tempa{co}%
     \appto\abx@tempb{\clearname{commentator}}}
    {\ifnamesequal{editor}{annotator}
       {\appto\abx@tempa{an}%
        \appto\abx@tempb{\clearname{annotator}}}
       {}}%
  \ifnamesequal{editor}{introduction}
    {\appto\abx@tempa{in}%
     \appto\abx@tempb{\clearname{introduction}}}
    {\ifnamesequal{editor}{foreword}
       {\appto\abx@tempa{fo}%
        \appto\abx@tempb{\clearname{foreword}}}
       {\ifnamesequal{editor}{afterword}
          {\appto\abx@tempa{af}%
           \appto\abx@tempb{\clearname{afterword}}}
          {}}}%
  \ifbibxstring{\abx@tempa}
    {\printtext{\bibstring{\abx@tempa}}\abx@tempb}
    {\usebibmacro{bytypestrg}{editor}{editor}}}

\newbibmacro*{bytranslator+othersstrg}{%
  \def\abx@tempa{translator}%
  \ifnamesequal{translator}{commentator}
    {\appto\abx@tempa{co}%
     \clearname{commentator}}
    {\ifnamesequal{translator}{annotator}
       {\appto\abx@tempa{an}%
        \clearname{annotator}}
       {}}%
  \ifnamesequal{translator}{introduction}
    {\appto\abx@tempa{in}%
     \clearname{introduction}}
    {\ifnamesequal{translator}{foreword}
       {\appto\abx@tempa{fo}%
        \clearname{foreword}}
       {\ifnamesequal{translator}{afterword}
          {\appto\abx@tempa{af}%
           \clearname{afterword}}
          {}}}%
  \bibstring{\abx@tempa}}
\makeatother

Full MWE

\documentclass[american]{article}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage{filecontents}
\usepackage{lmodern}
\usepackage{babel}
\usepackage{csquotes}
\usepackage{xpatch}
\usepackage[style=authoryear,backend=biber,maxcitenames=1,useprefix]{biblatex}
\usepackage{hyperref}

\begin{filecontents*}{\jobname.bib}
@book{castles,
  author    = {Castles, Stephen},
  title     = {Here for Good},
  date      = {1990},
  location  = {London},
  publisher = {Pluto Press},
}
@book{bonacich,
  author    = {Bonacich, Edna and John Modell},
  title     = {The Economic Basis of Ethnic Solidarity},
  subtitle  = {Small Business in the Japanese American Community},
  date      = {1975},
  location  = {Berkeley},
  publisher = {University of California Press},
}
@book{gallimore:a,
  author    = {Gallimore, Ronald},
  title     = {A Christmas Feast},
  date      = {1983},
  location  = {New York},
  publisher = {Oxford University Press},
}
@book{gallimore:b,
  author    = {Gallimore, Ronald},
  title     = {Holiday Gatherings in the Pacific Northwest},
  date      = {1983},
  location  = {Berkeley},
  publisher = {University of California Press},
}
@incollection{gallimore:c,
  author    = {Gallimore, Ronald},
  title     = {Qualitative Methods in Research on Teaching},
  date      = {1960},
  booktitle = {Handbook of Research on Teaching},
  edition   = {3},
  editor    = {Margaret C. Wittrock},
  pages     = {119–162},
  location  = {New York},
  publisher = {Macmillan},
}
@incollection{gallimore:d,
  author    = {Gallimore, Ronald},
  title     = {Qualitative Methods in Research on Teaching},
  date      = {1962},
  origdate  = {1960},
  booktitle = {Handbook of Research on Teaching},
  edition   = {Rev. edition},
  editor    = {Margaret C. Wittrock},
  pages     = {119–162},
  location  = {New York},
  publisher = {Macmillan},
}
@inbook{rohlen,
  author        = {Rohlen, Thomas P.},
  date          = {1993},
  title         = {Education: Policies and Prospects},
  booktitle     = {Koreans in Japan},
  booksubtitle  = {Ethnic Conflicts and Accommodation},
  editor        = {Cameron Lee and George De Vos},
  pages         = {182-222},
  location      = {Berkeley},
  publisher     = {University of California Press},
}
@inbook{price,
  author        = {Price, T. Douglas},
  date          = {1984},
  title         = {Issues in Paleolithic and Mesolithic Research},
  booktitle     = {Hunting and Animal Exploitation in the Later Paleolithic and Mesolithic of Eurasia},
  editor        = {Gail Larsen Peterkin and Harvey M. Bricker and Paul Mellars},
  pages         = {241–244},
  series        = {Archeological Papers of the American Anthropological Association},
  number        = {4},
  location      = {Arlington, VA},
  publisher     = {American Anthropological Association},
}

@article{moll,
  author        = {Moll, Luis C.},
  date          = {2000},
  title         = {Writing as Communication},
  subtitle      = {Creating Strategic Learning Environments for Students},
  journal       = {Theory into Practice},
  volume        = {25},
  number        = {3},
  pages         = {202–208},
}
@article{heriot,
  author        = {Heriot, M. Jean},
  date          = {1996},
  title         = {Fetal Rights versus the Female Body: Contested Domains},
  journal       = {Medical Anthropology Quarterly},
  issuetitle    = {The Social Production of Authoritative Knowledge in Pregnancy and Childbirth},
  volume        = {10},
  number        = {2},
  pages         = {176–194},
}
@book{singh,
  author    = {Singh, Balwant},
  date      = {1994},
  title     = {Independence and Democracy in Burma, 1945–1952: The Turbulent Years},
  series    = {Michigan Papers on South and Southeast Asia},
  number    = {40},
  location  = {Ann Arbor},
  publisher = {University of Michigan Press},
}

@collection{cluttbrock:1,
  editor      = {Clutton-Brock, Juliet and Caroline Grigson},
  date        = {1986},
  maintitle   = {Animals and Archaeology},
  volume      = {1},
  title       = {Hunters and Their Prey},
  series      = {BAR International Series},
  number      = {163},
  location    = {Oxford},
  publisher   = {British Archaeological Reports},
}
@collection{giard,
  editor      = {Luce Giard},
  translator  = {Timothy J. Tomasik},
  date        = {1998},
  maintitle   = {The Practice of Everyday Life},
  volume      = {2},
  edition     = {Rev. edition},
  title       = {Living and Cooking},
  location    = {Minneapolis},
  publisher   = {University of Minnesota Press},
}
@collection{diskin,
  editor      = {Martin Diskin},
  date        = {1970},
  title       = {Trouble in Our Backyard},
  subtitle    = {Central America in the Eighties},
  location    = {New York},
  publisher   = {Pantheon Books},
}
@phdthesis{damato,
  author      = {D’Amato, John},
  date        = {1989},
  title       = {\enquote{We Cool, Tha’s Why}: A Study of Personhood and Place in a Class of Hawaiian Second Graders},
  institution = {Department of Education, University of Hawai‘i},
}
@book{vangennep:rep,
  author        = {van Gennep, Arnold},
  title         = {The Rites of Passage},
  date          = 1960,
  origdate      = {1908},
  translator    = {Michaela Vizedom and Mari Caffee},
  publisher     = {University of Chicago Press},
  location      = {Chicago},
}
\end{filecontents*}
\addbibresource{biblatex-examples.bib}
\addbibresource{\jobname.bib}


\xpatchbibmacro{author}
  {\setunit{\addspace}}
  {\newline}
  {}
  {}
\xpatchbibmacro{bbx:editor}
  {\setunit{\addspace}}
  {\newline}
  {}
  {}
\xpatchbibmacro{bbx:translator}
  {\setunit{\addspace}}
  {\newline}
  {}
  {}
\renewcommand*{\finalnamedelim}{\finalandcomma\addspace\bibstring{and}\space}
\renewcommand*{\bibnamedash}{\hspace{\leftmargin}}
\setlength{\bibnamesep}{\itemsep}

\xpatchbibmacro{date+extrayear}
  {\printtext[parens]}
  {\makebox[\bibhang][r]}
  {}
  {}

\DeclareFieldFormat{origdate}{\mkbibbrackets{#1}}
\xapptobibmacro{date+extrayear}
  {\printorigdate
   \bibsentence\nopunct}
  {}
  {}

\DeclareFieldFormat*{title}{#1}
\DeclareFieldFormat*{subtitle}{#1}
\DeclareFieldFormat*{booktitle}{#1}
\DeclareFieldFormat*{booksubtitle}{#1}
\DeclareFieldFormat*{journaltitle}{#1}
\DeclareFieldFormat*{issuetitle}{\mkbibquote{#1\isdot}}
\DeclareFieldFormat[periodical]{issuetitle}{#1}
\DeclareFieldFormat*{maintitle}{#1}
\renewcommand*{\intitlepunct}{\addspace\nopunct}
\renewbibmacro{in:}{%
  \ifentrytype{article}{}{\printtext[emph]{\bibstring{in}\intitlepunct}}}

\renewbibmacro*{series+number}{%
  \printfield{series}%
  \setunit*{\addcomma\addspace}%
  \printfield{number}%
  \newunit}

\renewbibmacro*{volume+number+eid}{%
  \printfield{volume}%
  \printfield[parens]{number}%
  \setunit{\addcomma\space}%
  \printfield{eid}}

\DeclareFieldFormat{pages}{%
  \ifentrytype{article}
    {#1}
    {\mkpageprefix[bookpagination]{#1}}%
}
\renewcommand*{\bibpagespunct}{%
  \ifentrytype{article}
    {\addcolon}
    {\addperiod\space}%
}

\NewBibliographyString{%
  themeissue,
}
\DefineBibliographyStrings{american}{%
  themeissue = {theme issue},
}
\renewbibmacro*{issue}{%
  \iffieldundef{issuetitle}
    {}
    {\ifentrytype{article}
       {\bibstring{themeissue}%
        \setunit{\addcomma\space}}%
       {}%
     \printtext[issuetitle]{%
       \printfield[titlecase]{issuetitle}%
       \setunit{\subtitlepunct}%
       \printfield[titlecase]{issuesubtitle}}}}

\renewbibmacro*{journal+issuetitle}{%
  \usebibmacro{issue}%
  \setunit{\addcomma\space}%
  \usebibmacro{journal}%
  \setunit*{\addspace}%
  \iffieldundef{series}
    {}
    {\newunit
     \printfield{series}%
     \setunit{\addspace}}%
  \usebibmacro{volume+number+eid}%
  \setunit{\addspace}%
  \usebibmacro{issue+date}%
  \setunit{\addcolon\space}%
  \newunit}

\newbibmacro*{title+issuetitle}{%
  \usebibmacro{issue}%
  \newunit\newblock
  \iffieldundef{issuetitle}
    {}
    {\bibstring{themeissue}%
     \setunit{\addcomma\space}}%
  \usebibmacro{periodical}%
  \setunit*{\addspace}%
  \iffieldundef{series}
    {}
    {\newunit
     \printfield{series}%
     \setunit{\addspace}}%
  \printfield{volume}%
  \printfield[parens]{number}%
  \setunit{\addcomma\space}%
  \printfield{eid}%
  \setunit{\addspace}%
  \usebibmacro{issue+date}%
  \setunit{\addcolon\space}}

\xpatchbibmacro{maintitle+title}
  {\newunit\newblock}
  {\setunit{\addcomma\space}%
  }
  {}
  {}

\xpatchbibmacro{maintitle+booktitle}
  {\newunit\newblock}
  {\setunit{\addcomma\space}%
  }
  {}
  {}

\xpatchbibdriver{inbook}
  {\newunit\newblock
   \usebibmacro{chapter+pages}}
  {}
  {}
  {}

\xpatchbibdriver{inbook}
  {\printfield{volumes}}
  {\usebibmacro{chapter+pages}%
   \newunit\newblock
   \printfield{volumes}}
  {}
  {}

\xpatchbibdriver{incollection}
  {\newunit\newblock
   \usebibmacro{chapter+pages}}
  {}
  {}
  {}

\xpatchbibdriver{incollection}
  {\printfield{volumes}}
  {\usebibmacro{chapter+pages}%
   \newunit\newblock
   \printfield{volumes}}
  {}
  {}

\renewbibmacro*{byeditor}{%
  \ifnameundef{editor}
    {}
    {\printnames[byeditor]{editor}%
     \setunit{\addcomma\space}%
     \usebibmacro{bytypestrg}{editor}{editor}%
     \newunit}%
  \usebibmacro{byeditorx}}

\renewbibmacro*{byeditorx}{%
  \ifnameundef{editora}
    {}
    {\printnames[byeditor]{editor}%
     \setunit{\addcomma\space}%
     \usebibmacro{bytypestrg}{editor}{editor}%
     \newunit}%
  \ifnameundef{editorb}
    {}
    {\printnames[byeditorb]{editorb}%
     \setunit{\addcomma\space}%
     \usebibmacro{bytypestrg}{editorb}{editor}%
     \newunit}%
  \ifnameundef{editorc}
    {}
    {\printnames[byeditorc]{editorc}%
     \setunit{\addcomma\space}%
     \usebibmacro{bytypestrg}{editorc}{editor}%
     \newunit}}

\renewbibmacro*{bytranslator}{%
  \ifnameundef{translator}
    {}
    {\printnames[bytranslator]{translator}%
     \setunit{\addcomma\space}%
     \bibstring{bytranslator}}}

\renewbibmacro*{byeditor+others}{%
  \ifnameundef{editor}
    {}
    {\printnames[byeditor]{editor}%
     \clearname{editor}%
     \setunit{\addcomma\space}%
     \usebibmacro{byeditor+othersstrg}%
     \newunit}%
  \usebibmacro{byeditorx}%
  \usebibmacro{bytranslator+others}}

\renewbibmacro*{bytranslator+others}{%
  \ifnameundef{translator}
    {}
    {\printnames[bytranslator]{translator}%
     \clearname{translator}%
     \setunit{\addcomma\space}%
     \usebibmacro{bytranslator+othersstrg}%
     \newunit}%
  \usebibmacro{withothers}}

\renewbibmacro*{bytypestrg}[2]{%
  \iffieldundef{#1type}
    {\bibstring{#2}}
    {\ifbibxstring{\thefield{#1type}}
       {\bibstring{\thefield{#1type}}}
       {\printtext{\thefield{#1type}}}}}
\makeatletter
\newbibmacro*{byeditor+othersstrg}{%
  \iffieldundef{editortype}
    {\def\abx@tempa{editor}}
    {\edef\abx@tempa{\thefield{editortype}}}%
  \let\abx@tempb=\empty
  \ifnamesequal{editor}{translator}
    {\appto\abx@tempa{tr}%
     \appto\abx@tempb{\clearname{translator}}}
    {}%
  \ifnamesequal{editor}{commentator}
    {\appto\abx@tempa{co}%
     \appto\abx@tempb{\clearname{commentator}}}
    {\ifnamesequal{editor}{annotator}
       {\appto\abx@tempa{an}%
        \appto\abx@tempb{\clearname{annotator}}}
       {}}%
  \ifnamesequal{editor}{introduction}
    {\appto\abx@tempa{in}%
     \appto\abx@tempb{\clearname{introduction}}}
    {\ifnamesequal{editor}{foreword}
       {\appto\abx@tempa{fo}%
        \appto\abx@tempb{\clearname{foreword}}}
       {\ifnamesequal{editor}{afterword}
          {\appto\abx@tempa{af}%
           \appto\abx@tempb{\clearname{afterword}}}
          {}}}%
  \ifbibxstring{\abx@tempa}
    {\printtext{\bibstring{\abx@tempa}}\abx@tempb}
    {\usebibmacro{bytypestrg}{editor}{editor}}}

\newbibmacro*{bytranslator+othersstrg}{%
  \def\abx@tempa{translator}%
  \ifnamesequal{translator}{commentator}
    {\appto\abx@tempa{co}%
     \clearname{commentator}}
    {\ifnamesequal{translator}{annotator}
       {\appto\abx@tempa{an}%
        \clearname{annotator}}
       {}}%
  \ifnamesequal{translator}{introduction}
    {\appto\abx@tempa{in}%
     \clearname{introduction}}
    {\ifnamesequal{translator}{foreword}
       {\appto\abx@tempa{fo}%
        \clearname{foreword}}
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