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It is perhaps a dirty hack, but I redefine the "editor" string in biblatex manually with \DefineBibliographyStrings{nynorsk}{editor = {(styr\adddot)}}, which will give me both the Norwegian word for "editor" and a parenthesis around the word.

With the parenthesis, though, I feel there's no need for the comma following the editor name. The same question has been asked before, but the accepted solution doesn't change anything for me (see the MWE below).

My question is, how can I remove the comma after the editor name?

\documentclass{article}

\usepackage[style = authoryear-comp, sorting = nyt, language = nynorsk, sortlocale = nn_NO, backend = biber]{biblatex}

\usepackage{xpatch}
    \xpatchbibmacro{date+extradate}{\printtext[parens]}{\setunit*{\addperiod\space}\printtext}{}{} % remove parenthesis around year in bibliography
    \xpatchbibmacro{bbx:editor}{\addcomma\space}{\addspace}{}{} % <- this doesn't change anything

\DefineBibliographyStrings{nynorsk}{editor = {(styr\adddot)}}

\usepackage{filecontents}
\begin{filecontents*}{\jobname.bib}

@BOOK{ordbogoverdetdanskesprog,
    TITLE = "Ordbog over det danske sprog",
    YEAR = "1919--56",
    EDITOR = "H. Juul-Jensen",
    LOCATION = "K{\o}benhavn",
    PUBLISHER = "Gyldendal"}

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

\begin{document}

\nocite{*}
\printbibliography

\end{document}

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Sverre
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1 Answers1

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The punctuation between the editor name and the type string is controlled by the context-sensitive delimiter editortypedelim.

It is more idiomatic to add the parentheses around the editor type string with the field format editortype.

The MWE also redefines the counterparts for `translator.

\documentclass{article}

\usepackage[backend = biber,
  style = authoryear-comp,
  language = nynorsk, sortlocale = nn_NO]{biblatex}

\DefineBibliographyStrings{nynorsk}{editor = {styr\adddot}}

\DeclareFieldFormat{editortype}{\mkbibparens{#1}}
\DeclareDelimFormat{editortypedelim}{\addspace}

\DeclareFieldAlias{translatortype}{editortype}
\DeclareDelimAlias{translatortypedelim}{editortypedelim}

\usepackage{xpatch}
\xpatchbibmacro{date+extradate}
  {\printtext[parens]}
  {\setunit*{\addperiod\space}\printtext}
  {}{}

\usepackage{filecontents}
\begin{filecontents*}{\jobname.bib}
@book{ordbogoverdetdanskesprog,
  title       = {Ordbog over det danske sprog},
  date        = {1919/1956},
  editor      = {H. Juul-Jensen},
  editora     = {Verner Dahlerup},
  editoratype = {founder},
  location    = {København},
  publisher   = {Gyldendalske boghandel. Nordisk forlag},
  volumes     = {28},
}
\end{filecontents*}
\addbibresource{\jobname.bib}

\begin{document}
\nocite{*}
\printbibliography
\end{document}

Juul-Jensen, H. (styr.). 1919–56. Ordbog over det danske sprog. København: Gyldendal.

With biblatex-ext there is an easier way to get rid of the parentheses around the year, see How to (properly) remove the parentheses around the year in authoryear style? (v3).

moewe
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