German epub files using » and « instead of " " for quotations

peterbacon · 01-17-2021, 04:31 PM

I have no idea where to begin for fixing this.

Example:
»Du willst also deinen Plan ausführen?«
»Allerdings. Ich habe mich vor Monaten dazu entschlossen und meine Meinung nicht geändert.«

It looks like this both on Calibre ebook viewer and Onyx Boox Note 2.

I appreciate the help

davidfor · 01-17-2021, 08:36 PM

The reading applications and device should be showing whatever is in the book. And according to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quotation_mark#German, that is a valid way of doing quotes in German. If you want something different, you will need to edit it and change to the desired quotation marks. It should be a simple find-and-replace.

01-17-2021, 04:31 PM	#1
peterbacon Junior Member Posts: 8 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2015 Device: Boox Note2	German epub files using » and « instead of " " for quotations I have no idea where to begin for fixing this. Example: »Du willst also deinen Plan ausführen?« »Allerdings. Ich habe mich vor Monaten dazu entschlossen und meine Meinung nicht geändert.« It looks like this both on Calibre ebook viewer and Onyx Boox Note 2. I appreciate the help

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01-17-2021, 08:36 PM	#2
davidfor Grand Sorcerer Posts: 24,905 Karma: 47303824 Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Sydney, Australia Device: Kobo:Touch,Glo, AuraH2O, GloHD,AuraONE, ClaraHD, Libra H2O; tolinoepos	The reading applications and device should be showing whatever is in the book. And according to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quotation_mark#German, that is a valid way of doing quotes in German. If you want something different, you will need to edit it and change to the desired quotation marks. It should be a simple find-and-replace.

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