If it is not easily doable with the current software, may I suggest it as a possible enhancement?
I mean, please, Kovid Goyal and friends, add new "Custom Columns" types if you feel like it useful:
They would behave exactly like their parent types so, as example, with my
#translator field I would also get:
- It's associated, and internally managed, #translator_sort field
- The right behaviour of & as union of several people names.
- The right "Manage Translators" option and dialogue (with it's two columns) when you right-click over it on tag browser.