Thread: Missing author substitution ('Unknown') handling in other languages
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Old 05-03-2021, 02:57 AM   #1
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Missing author substitution ('Unknown') handling in other languages
Hi, when a file (epub, etc) misses an author field, Calibre substitutes the missing value with "Unknown".
This value is stored as such in the database.

1) How is this database entry handled for non-english languages?
For, say, German locale, is the database value also stored as "Unknown" and afterwards translated using gettext for the GUI?
Or is it stored as "Unbekannt" and never translated?

The context is dealing with an external device DB, where authors can be NULL.
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