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Old 08-20-2011, 05:06 AM   #1
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[Old Thread] Calibre 0.8.15 - Languages Metadata Field

got a question regarding the new Languages Metadata Field...

I already created one myself - but as Custom Field i have to Switch the Tabs in the Metadata Editor - so yours is easier.

So: is there a way to Copy my existing Metadata Entries of my Language Field to the new Languages Field?? I used "Text with a fixed set of permitted Values".

Also: is there a way to limit the languages in the new field??? I only need 4 (English, French, Swedish, German) - so it´s much easier to choose them because there are no other ones starting with the same Letter (so just Typing E,F,S or G is enough).

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Old 08-20-2011, 08:08 AM   #2
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Same to me and easy job:
Sort your list by your custom language field and mark all books with the same language. Then right click --> edit metadada --> edit metadata in bulk. In the sheet basic metadata you will find the field languages. Select the language and apply the changes.
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Old 08-20-2011, 10:05 PM   #3
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There's no way to restrict the list of languages, short of editing the source code.
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Old 08-21-2011, 08:29 AM   #4
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Is it possible to add the language : Nederlands
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Old 08-21-2011, 11:32 AM   #5
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The list of languages comes from the ISO 639 standard.
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Old 08-21-2011, 12:41 PM   #6
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Is it possible to add the language : Nederlands
Surely that is a country rather than a language? Would not the relevant languages be something like Dutch or Flemish?
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Old 08-22-2011, 02:41 AM   #7
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When I import books into Calibre, it fills the language field, but most of the time, it's wrong. Is there a way not to fill out this field automatically, but only manual? It takes me more time to remove all the wrong info than adding the right info. And I only want to use the field for English books anyway, so when adding a book in another language, I want the field to be empty.


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Surely that is a country rather than a language? Would not the relevant languages be something like Dutch or Flemish?
By the way: 'Nederlands' is not the country, but the word for Dutch in Dutch. The country is 'Nederland'. And they don't speak Flemish in the Netherlands. They speak Flemish in Belgium.
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Old 08-22-2011, 02:54 AM   #8
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If Kovid follows ISO 639 as he says, there should be an entry for Dutch.
From ISO639: dut/nla nl Dutch

I don't know if he uses the english names for the languages or the names from the native language itself. In the first case it would be 'Dutch', in the second 'Nederlands'.
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Would not the relevant languages be something like Dutch or Flemish?
"Dutch" is the english version of the original "Nederlands".
It cannot be right to mention all languages in the english version.

Please take the language "Nederlands" in the list, or give a possibility for a user defined language.
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Old 08-22-2011, 11:07 AM   #10
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Language names are displayed in the language you select for the user interface.
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Old 08-22-2011, 11:11 AM   #11
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By the way: 'Nederlands' is not the country, but the word for Dutch in Dutch. The country is 'Nederland'. And they don't speak Flemish in the Netherlands. They speak Flemish in Belgium.
Maybe you can say that here in Belgium we 'speak' Flemish, but I think you have to agree that we write Dutch.
Of course there are some differences, some different expressions, a different accent. But please... don't make it appear that we don't understand each other without a translator, as if we use different dictionaries...

Just like there is no 'German' and 'Austrian' in the list, there should be only 'Dutch' (or 'Nederlands') in the list , not 'Dutch' and 'Flemish'.
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YES, thank you Kovid. I have "german" as main language and now i found Niederländisch.
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Old 08-24-2011, 12:43 PM   #13
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First of all, thanks for this useful addition!
As Ababakar has already mentioned, most users will only be using a small number of different languages. It would be really nice, if the most recently used languages would be shown on top of the list. There is a similar feature for font selection in a large variety of programs and I think it would be a great time saver.
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Old 08-24-2011, 12:54 PM   #14
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Instead of browsing through the list, type the first few letters of the language, much faster.
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Old 08-26-2011, 02:04 AM   #15
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Anything on the automatically filled in language? Can I turn that off?
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