Dictionary lookup in iBooks 1.1: "Dictionary not available for this language" - Page 4

kovidgoyal · 07-02-2010, 12:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by buecherhans

How would the interface language influence English ebook conversion on a German or French or etc setting on Calibre? There are lot of countries out there that do not speak English as a first language and we create ebooks in our mother language and in English. Further, maybe in the hopfully not to far future we will have multible dictionaries on our iPads. I would prefer a manual setting.

I know, it's on the TODO list.

HarryT · 07-02-2010, 12:18 PM

Until Kovid is able to implement such a thing, it's perhaps worth noting that there is a manual setting if you use the command line "ebook-convert" tool, rather than the GUI.

buecherhans · 07-02-2010, 12:55 PM

is there a <meta> code that I can add to the header of the ebooks that I create?

I tried: <meta http-equiv="content-language" content="en" />
and it seams to work, while a code like
<meta name="DCTERMS.language" content="en" scheme="DCTERMS.RFC4646"/>
that was produced by OpenOffice conversion does not work to get the iPad dictionary to work.

My knowledge of (x)html metacodes is very limited. I want to be save for the future if I add some extra lines that I don't understand. I spend quite some time to produce a clean html code for some books and it paid off. Other lousy conversion code that worked on the Sony causes problems on the iPad.

So, I would appreciate if someone could give us some lines of html that would Calibre cause to use the right language setting. Reconverting is a pain but faster than other other procedures published in this thread. And hopefully also save for future devices.

HarryT · 07-02-2010, 12:57 PM

It's not an HTML issue; it's the "<dc:language>" tag in the OPF file (ie the metadata) of the book. There's nothing you can put in the HTML that will set that.

buecherhans · 07-02-2010, 01:04 PM

What than caused the re-converted ebooks to work after I added the meta code?

Just a new version of Calibre?

HarryT · 07-02-2010, 01:07 PM

Yes, the new version of Calibre.

GRiker · 07-02-2010, 01:46 PM

As of 0.7.6, the <dc:language> tag is dynamically written to the epub with the language setting of your calibre installation. That fixed the problem of epubs with 'UND' in iBooks 1.1, assuming your interface language is set to English. This occurs only when sending an epub to an iDevice.

This is in addition to the changes that Kovid described earlier affecting the <dc:language> tag when an epub is created by calibre.

G

guess32 · 07-04-2010, 05:18 AM

tyarieed

HarryT · 07-04-2010, 05:25 AM

Could you possibly upload it here? I just get asked to enter endless sequences of numbers by that site

.

Thanks.

HarryT · 07-04-2010, 06:12 AM

I've just reconverted a couple of my ePubs with Calibre 0.7.7 and am happy to report that they now have the correct "en" language tag, meaning that the iBooks dictionary once again works with them.

tyche · 07-04-2010, 08:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by guess32

Hello, for all that people that have many epubs to set the language (and for myself) I've made a little app to do the task in batch mode, only have to select the file name:

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=97051GFK

Forgot to tell that is advisable to make a backup before, at least the first times.

Thank you. This worked great and saved me a lot of time. I had epubs in and out of Calibre's directory and this fixed everything.

astrodad · 07-05-2010, 08:21 PM

How does one reconvert an epub already stored in calibre?

kjk · 07-05-2010, 10:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jplumey

How does one reconvert an epub already stored in calibre?

I think you can
a) Just resend the book to the Device or
b) reconvert the ePub to ePub, or
c) save to disk

HarryT · 07-06-2010, 12:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jplumey

How does one reconvert an epub already stored in calibre?

Simply right click and select "Convert ebook" from the popup menu.

astrodad · 07-06-2010, 04:49 PM

Oh ok. Converting an ePub to ePub wasn't intuitive to me but I'll give it a shot.

07-02-2010, 01:46 PM	#52
GRiker Comparer of the Ephemeris Posts: 1,496 Karma: 424697 Join Date: Mar 2009 Device: iPad	As of 0.7.6, the <dc:language> tag is dynamically written to the epub with the language setting of your calibre installation. That fixed the problem of epubs with 'UND' in iBooks 1.1, assuming your interface language is set to English. This occurs only when sending an epub to an iDevice. This is in addition to the changes that Kovid described earlier affecting the <dc:language> tag when an epub is created by calibre. G Last edited by GRiker; 07-02-2010 at 02:37 PM.

07-04-2010, 05:18 AM	#53
guess32 Member Posts: 10 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2010 Device: Sony PRS-500	tyarieed Last edited by guess32; 07-12-2010 at 11:16 AM.

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07-02-2010, 12:18 PM	#47
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,560 Karma: 93980341 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	Until Kovid is able to implement such a thing, it's perhaps worth noting that there is a manual setting if you use the command line "ebook-convert" tool, rather than the GUI.

07-02-2010, 12:55 PM	#48
buecherhans Enthusiast Posts: 28 Karma: 20 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Karlsruhe, Germany Device: iPad, iPhone	is there a <meta> code that I can add to the header of the ebooks that I create? I tried: <meta http-equiv="content-language" content="en" /> and it seams to work, while a code like <meta name="DCTERMS.language" content="en" scheme="DCTERMS.RFC4646"/> that was produced by OpenOffice conversion does not work to get the iPad dictionary to work. My knowledge of (x)html metacodes is very limited. I want to be save for the future if I add some extra lines that I don't understand. I spend quite some time to produce a clean html code for some books and it paid off. Other lousy conversion code that worked on the Sony causes problems on the iPad. So, I would appreciate if someone could give us some lines of html that would Calibre cause to use the right language setting. Reconverting is a pain but faster than other other procedures published in this thread. And hopefully also save for future devices.

07-02-2010, 12:57 PM	#49
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,560 Karma: 93980341 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	It's not an HTML issue; it's the "<dc:language>" tag in the OPF file (ie the metadata) of the book. There's nothing you can put in the HTML that will set that.

07-02-2010, 01:04 PM	#50
buecherhans Enthusiast Posts: 28 Karma: 20 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Karlsruhe, Germany Device: iPad, iPhone	What than caused the re-converted ebooks to work after I added the meta code? Just a new version of Calibre?

07-02-2010, 01:07 PM	#51
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,560 Karma: 93980341 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	Yes, the new version of Calibre.

07-04-2010, 05:25 AM	#54
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,560 Karma: 93980341 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	Could you possibly upload it here? I just get asked to enter endless sequences of numbers by that site . Thanks.

07-04-2010, 06:12 AM	#55
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,560 Karma: 93980341 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	I've just reconverted a couple of my ePubs with Calibre 0.7.7 and am happy to report that they now have the correct "en" language tag, meaning that the iBooks dictionary once again works with them.

07-05-2010, 08:21 PM	#57
astrodad Guru Posts: 962 Karma: 568242 Join Date: Dec 2007 Device: Kindle Oasis 3, Kindle Paperwhite 1, iPad, iPhone	How does one reconvert an epub already stored in calibre?

07-06-2010, 04:49 PM	#60
astrodad Guru Posts: 962 Karma: 568242 Join Date: Dec 2007 Device: Kindle Oasis 3, Kindle Paperwhite 1, iPad, iPhone	Oh ok. Converting an ePub to ePub wasn't intuitive to me but I'll give it a shot.