Language detection

detede · 04-27-2011, 12:32 PM

Hi,

Does anybody know how to specify in Calibre the language in which a book is written (the language, not the encoding), so the EPUB resulting will have the feature <dc:language> in the content.opf file properly set?

If I convert a book from an HTML lacking the lang property, the resulting EPUB has <dc:language>UND</dc:language> (undefined), and as a result there is no hyphenation in readers like Ibooks...

GABRIEL

ldolse · 04-27-2011, 09:05 PM

I actually thought Calibre could set this - I'm pretty sure the under the hood support is there, but you're correct that it doesn't seem to be in the GUI.

I'm not sure of a Calibre solution for you, but you should be able to use Sigil to edit arbitrary metadata quite easily.

kovidgoyal · 04-27-2011, 10:03 PM

Adding support for setting boko languages via the GUI is on the TODO list.

04-27-2011, 12:32 PM	#1
detede Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2010 Device: ipad	Language detection Hi, Does anybody know how to specify in Calibre the language in which a book is written (the language, not the encoding), so the EPUB resulting will have the feature <dc:language> in the content.opf file properly set? If I convert a book from an HTML lacking the lang property, the resulting EPUB has <dc:language>UND</dc:language> (undefined), and as a result there is no hyphenation in readers like Ibooks... GABRIEL

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ldolse Wizard Posts: 1,337 Karma: 123455 Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Malaysia Device: PRS-650, iPhone	I actually thought Calibre could set this - I'm pretty sure the under the hood support is there, but you're correct that it doesn't seem to be in the GUI. I'm not sure of a Calibre solution for you, but you should be able to use Sigil to edit arbitrary metadata quite easily.

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kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,871 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	Adding support for setting boko languages via the GUI is on the TODO list.

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