Changing the language metadata

Loonie · 07-22-2011, 11:00 AM

Hi there,

I'm new at using Calibre, and I can't seem to find how to change the language metadata of a book.
I am french, my Calibre interface is in french and it sets french as the language of my books when I convert them into mobi files for reading on my kindle, even if the metadata of the original file says it's english.
The problem is, I like to read in english to improve my english, but because the metadata says it's a french book, the built-in dictionnary feature of my kindle looks up the words in the french dictionnary... which is not very helpful ^^

Thank you in advance !

Loonie

Loonie · 07-23-2011, 02:37 PM

Actually I found a workaround : I switch the language of the whole Calibre interface to english before converting english books. That way, it automatically changes their language metadata into english.
I still wish there was a field in the metadata options for language.

07-22-2011, 11:00 AM	#1
Loonie Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2011 Device: Kindle Wi-Fi	Changing the language metadata Hi there, I'm new at using Calibre, and I can't seem to find how to change the language metadata of a book. I am french, my Calibre interface is in french and it sets french as the language of my books when I convert them into mobi files for reading on my kindle, even if the metadata of the original file says it's english. The problem is, I like to read in english to improve my english, but because the metadata says it's a french book, the built-in dictionnary feature of my kindle looks up the words in the french dictionnary... which is not very helpful ^^ Thank you in advance ! Loonie

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07-23-2011, 02:37 PM	#2
Loonie Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2011 Device: Kindle Wi-Fi	Actually I found a workaround : I switch the language of the whole Calibre interface to english before converting english books. That way, it automatically changes their language metadata into english. I still wish there was a field in the metadata options for language.

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