Theses, Books, Title pages ⇒ Masters-doctoral-thesis: apply a specific language to a specific chapter

[a_michaut]

Hi,

In the masters-doctoral-thesis template the language is chosen when the document class is called in the main.
This is applied to the whole thesis.
However, I would like to change the language just for one specific chapter. Is this possible?

Thanks for your help!

[Johannes_B]

Yes. Look at the babel documentation.

[Stefan Kottwitz]

Welcome to the forum!

That's the link: babel In the \usepackage options, add the language name, later in the document you can switch languages by the \selectlanguage command.

Stefan

[a_michaut]

Thanks a lot!
I was trying to use the \usepackage command but apparently, there's a conflict with the class document. However, just using the \selectlanguage command works fine!
Thanks!

[Johannes_B]

Package babel is already loaded by the document class, so an option clash is expected. Choose the languages you need in the documentclass options.
You might also want to take a look at https://github.com/johannesbottcher/MDT-Quick-Manual/

[Gyovy]

Thanks Johannes_B, Thanks for the contribution, I have applied it with a good result

Code: Select all

\newcaptionname{spanish}{\acknowledgementname}{Agradecimientos}
\newcaptionname{spanish}{\byname}{por}
\newcaptionname{spanish}{\authorshipname}{Declaraci\'on de autor\'ia}
\newcaptionname{spanish}{\constantsname}{Constantes f\'isicas}
\newcaptionname{spanish}{\symbolsname}{Lista de s\'imbolos}

[SvetWill]

I think it is possible to change the language for one particular chapter. I used this method when I was learning two foreign languages simultaneously. Half of the dissertation was in English, and a half was in Dutch. It was pretty tricky for me to switch from one language to another, but I used auxiliary materials. I used an online translator in the process. Unfortunately, the online translator did not always translate specific phrases correctly. So I ordered a dictionary from https://www.amazon.com/Dutch-Frequency- ... 9492637340. Thanks to this dictionary, I translated all the words and phrases correctly and made fewer mistakes.