Problem: Calibre converts non-English titles to English equivalents.

Fritz_Katz · 05-18-2021, 05:21 PM

Calibre converts non-English titles to English equivalents, without regards to options.

I'm adding a large number of books in the Russian language, for example:

"Стейнбек — О мышах и людях.fb2"

Calibre copies it to the library, but renames it to:

"O myshakh i liudiakh - Dzhon Ernst Stieinbiek.fb2"

I'm using Calibre-v.5.17.0

There is an option in: Calibre-> Preferences-> "Saving books to disk"->
[] "Convert non-English characters to English equivalents"
And I have made sure that this option in NOT checked.

Is this a bug? Or is there another option somewhere I need to check?

Thanks in advance!

Fritz_Katz · 05-18-2021, 05:29 PM

I just saw this thread, seems applicable to my problem:

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=328905

DNSB · 05-18-2021, 07:06 PM

That thread pretty much covers your issue. Basically, treat the calibre library as a black box and use calibre's tools to add/remove/export/whatever. The saving books to disk option is for the Save to disk export and does apply to importing books into the calibre library.

05-18-2021, 05:21 PM	#1
Fritz_Katz Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2021 Device: PC Tablet	Problem: Calibre converts non-English titles to English equivalents. Calibre converts non-English titles to English equivalents, without regards to options. I'm adding a large number of books in the Russian language, for example: "Стейнбек — О мышах и людях.fb2" Calibre copies it to the library, but renames it to: "O myshakh i liudiakh - Dzhon Ernst Stieinbiek.fb2" I'm using Calibre-v.5.17.0 There is an option in: Calibre-> Preferences-> "Saving books to disk"-> [] "Convert non-English characters to English equivalents" And I have made sure that this option in NOT checked. Is this a bug? Or is there another option somewhere I need to check? Thanks in advance!

05-18-2021, 05:29 PM	#2
Fritz_Katz Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2021 Device: PC Tablet	I just saw this thread, seems applicable to my problem: I just saw this thread, seems applicable to my problem: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=328905

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05-18-2021, 07:06 PM	#3
DNSB Bibliophagist Posts: 46,190 Karma: 168983734 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Vancouver Device: Kobo Sage, Libra Colour, Lenovo M8 FHD, Paperwhite 4, Tolino epos	That thread pretty much covers your issue. Basically, treat the calibre library as a black box and use calibre's tools to add/remove/export/whatever. The saving books to disk option is for the Save to disk export and does apply to importing books into the calibre library.

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