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xendula · 10-06-2013, 09:59 AM

Helgetus, I just loaded two different German books and there is no hyphenation. I wonder if it depends on the coding for them, though? These were ePubs that I converted myself.
ETA: I just checked a regular Kindle book bought from Amazon, and there is still no hyphenation.

For anyone who is wondering why that matters, languages like German have very long compound words. There is a single German word for something like: "school backpack factory" or "parking lot management office".

10-06-2013, 09:59 AM	#726
xendula eBookworm Posts: 2,300 Karma: 4525746 Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: East Coast brrrrr Device: Kindle 4B/K ~ Nexus 7 ~ Kindle Paperwhite 1&2 ~ iPad Air	Helgetus, I just loaded two different German books and there is no hyphenation. I wonder if it depends on the coding for them, though? These were ePubs that I converted myself. ETA: I just checked a regular Kindle book bought from Amazon, and there is still no hyphenation. For anyone who is wondering why that matters, languages like German have very long compound words. There is a single German word for something like: "school backpack factory" or "parking lot management office". Last edited by xendula; 10-06-2013 at 10:07 AM.