Believe me, no one wants to set off the rant you seem to have ready.
What I’m saying is simply that it’s completely irrelevant for the topic at hand whether you need to cite using a certain citation style, or whether you mostly write for yourself. And your prejudices against academics are especially irrelevant.
This is a help post where the goal is to help @CrashTestDummy cite as they need to cite.
Getting back on track, @CrashTestDummy, if you open Zotero’s settings, you can change the citation language under Export → Quick Copy → Item format → Language. This language choice will be reflected when you insert your citation using Zotero Integration’s “formatted citation” citation formats.
If you are using Zotero 6, the settings menu might be slightly different.