Thread: Conversion loses Umlaute (ü, ö, ä)
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Old 07-09-2016, 07:11 PM   #3
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Originally Posted by ILB View Post
Hello,
I´ve got a few epub in german (where umlauts are present) but if I convert it with "convert books" to mobi (to read it on my kindle) ä changes to a, ü to u and ö to o.
That makes it very difficult to read.
Since the umlauts are included in the original documents - how can I keep this in the conversion?

Thanks
ILB

enclosed an example epub with umlauten
Be sure the Books Language is set properly (DE) in the metadata

did you review (and adjust) the conversion options ?
(Conversion:mobi or AZW3) Look and Fee:Text (tab): (not ticked) Transliterate Unicode to ASCII

AZW3 is the better (modern) choice unless you have a really old (K1,K2)Kindle
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