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%% The LaTeX Companion, 3ed
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%% Example 16-7-33 on page II-561 in "Sentence casing".
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%% Copyright (C) 2022 Frank Mittelbach
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\documentclass{tlc3exa}
\pagestyle{empty}
\setcounter{page}{6}
\setlength\textwidth{159.0pt}
%
  % Use biber program
  \setlength\parindent{0pt}

%StartShownPreambleCommands
\usepackage[ngerman,english]{babel}
\usepackage[style=authortitle]{biblatex}
\addbibresource{tlc.bib}
\DeclareFieldFormat[inproceedings]{citetitle}
   {\mkbibemph{\MakeSentenceCase*{#1}}}
%StopShownPreambleCommands

\begin{document}
\ldots\ \textcite{Southall} \ldots\\[3pt]
But when we switch to German, the citation changes
and is no longer altered:\\[3pt]
\selectlanguage{ngerman}\ldots\ \textcite{Southall}
\end{document}