diff --git a/tei2imxml.py b/tei2imxml.py
index d1e2b60..ac14aed 100755
--- a/tei2imxml.py
+++ b/tei2imxml.py
@@ -390,7 +390,10 @@ def format_authors(list_author_id, publang, xml_tree, translation_file):
         author_string = "{} {} {}".format(formatted_list[0], libeoaconvert.translate("and", publang, translation_file), formatted_list[1])
     elif len(formatted_list) > 2:
         author_string = ", ".join(formatted_list[0:-1])
-        author_string += " {} {}".format(libeoaconvert.translate("and", publang, translation_file), formatted_list[-1])
+        if publang == "en":
+            author_string += ", {} {}".format(libeoaconvert.translate("and", publang, translation_file), formatted_list[-1])
+        else:
+            author_string += " {} {}".format(libeoaconvert.translate("and", publang, translation_file), formatted_list[-1])
     return author_string
 # def format_authors ends here