Calibre converting file name to English?

Nightsky · 10-23-2011, 09:49 AM

Hi,
I am not quite sure I am posting this in the right group, but...

I got my Kindle yesterday and started to play with it.
I have a series of books in .txt in chinese.
Whenever I transfer them to kindle through Calibre, it converts all of the document name into English character...
Is there anyway that I can keep the Chinese name of this files?

Thanks

speakingtohe · 10-24-2011, 09:40 PM

Possibly the filename in the metadata is in English?

To check if this is so, open book in calibre viewer and click the little blue i on the side.

Helen

kovidgoyal · 10-24-2011, 09:43 PM

When sending to devices, filenames are always converted to ascii, filename safe characters. I suggest converting your txt files to MOBI, then the Kindle will not read metadata from the filename.

10-23-2011, 09:49 AM	#1
Nightsky Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2011 Device: kindle	Calibre converting file name to English? Hi, I am not quite sure I am posting this in the right group, but... I got my Kindle yesterday and started to play with it. I have a series of books in .txt in chinese. Whenever I transfer them to kindle through Calibre, it converts all of the document name into English character... Is there anyway that I can keep the Chinese name of this files? Thanks

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10-24-2011, 09:40 PM	#2
speakingtohe Wizard Posts: 4,812 Karma: 26912940 Join Date: Apr 2010 Device: sony PRS-T1 and T3, Kobo Mini and Aura HD, Tablet	Possibly the filename in the metadata is in English? To check if this is so, open book in calibre viewer and click the little blue i on the side. Helen

10-24-2011, 09:43 PM	#3
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,349 Karma: 27182818 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	When sending to devices, filenames are always converted to ascii, filename safe characters. I suggest converting your txt files to MOBI, then the Kindle will not read metadata from the filename.

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