Issue with german translation of CLI tools

Manichean · 10-24-2010, 07:10 AM

I noticed an issue with the german translation of Calibre's CLI tools. Whenever an Umlaut (ä, ö, ü, and what are those things called in english?) is present, the text gets mangled. For example (from the help text of calibredb):

Code:

Wann immer Sie Argumente an calibredb.exe weitergeben, die Leerzeichen beinhalte
n, setzen Sie diese Argumente in AnfÃ¼hrungsstriche.

This should be:

Code:

Wann immer Sie Argumente an calibredb.exe weitergeben, die Leerzeichen beinhalte
n, setzen Sie diese Argumente in Anführungsstriche.

To me, this looks like the CLI tools use a different codepage than Calibre itself does, or Python on the command line doesn't support Umlaute.

Is this something that can or should be fixed in the code, or should I edit the CLI translation strings to not contain any Umlaute?

Edit to add: I looked for the specific strings in Launchpad, they're correct there.

user_none · 10-24-2010, 10:18 AM

Most likely the terminal emulator you are using does not support unicode characters.

Manichean · 10-24-2010, 10:42 AM

The terminal emulator, in that case, being the windows CLI interface... but you're right, I didn't think of that.

kovidgoyal · 10-24-2010, 11:27 AM

Definitely a terminal emulator issue. Unfortunately, character encoding on windows is enough of a black art that I can't tell you how to fix it. I do recall at some point in the distant past being able to get my windows system to be purely utf-8 Iincluding the console) instead of the mess of codepages, but I realy cannot recall how.

Manichean · 10-24-2010, 11:52 AM

Okay, what I gather from this is, that, code- and translationwise, no action is needed. Thanks all for the answers.

10-24-2010, 07:10 AM	#1
Manichean Wizard Posts: 3,130 Karma: 91256 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Germany Device: Cybook Gen3	Issue with german translation of CLI tools I noticed an issue with the german translation of Calibre's CLI tools. Whenever an Umlaut (ä, ö, ü, and what are those things called in english?) is present, the text gets mangled. For example (from the help text of calibredb): Code: Wann immer Sie Argumente an calibredb.exe weitergeben, die Leerzeichen beinhalte n, setzen Sie diese Argumente in AnfÃ¼hrungsstriche. This should be: Code: Wann immer Sie Argumente an calibredb.exe weitergeben, die Leerzeichen beinhalte n, setzen Sie diese Argumente in Anführungsstriche. To me, this looks like the CLI tools use a different codepage than Calibre itself does, or Python on the command line doesn't support Umlaute. Is this something that can or should be fixed in the code, or should I edit the CLI translation strings to not contain any Umlaute? Edit to add: I looked for the specific strings in Launchpad, they're correct there.

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10-24-2010, 10:18 AM	#2
user_none Sigil & calibre developer Posts: 2,487 Karma: 1063785 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Florida, USA Device: Nook STR	Most likely the terminal emulator you are using does not support unicode characters.

10-24-2010, 10:42 AM	#3
Manichean Wizard Posts: 3,130 Karma: 91256 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Germany Device: Cybook Gen3	The terminal emulator, in that case, being the windows CLI interface... but you're right, I didn't think of that.

10-24-2010, 11:27 AM	#4
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,330 Karma: 27182818 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	Definitely a terminal emulator issue. Unfortunately, character encoding on windows is enough of a black art that I can't tell you how to fix it. I do recall at some point in the distant past being able to get my windows system to be purely utf-8 Iincluding the console) instead of the mess of codepages, but I realy cannot recall how.

10-24-2010, 11:52 AM	#5
Manichean Wizard Posts: 3,130 Karma: 91256 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Germany Device: Cybook Gen3	Okay, what I gather from this is, that, code- and translationwise, no action is needed. Thanks all for the answers.

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