Language "detection" when adding books

McGonigle · 07-13-2014, 03:12 PM

First; thank you very very much for Calibre. It is truly a great help and a marvellous program. I simply could not live without it.

I've learned many tricks on how to get the most out of it from lurking here for quite a while, seeking out answers to my questions by studying what has been written in past threads.

The answer to one question however has eluded me so far:

Sometimes, when adding a book, say something from Project Gutenberg, Calibre automatically but erroneously assumes that the language of the book is Danish. Probably something to do with me actually being located in Denmark, but I'd like to change that automatic assumption to english, as 99.9% of my reading is english.

Any way to do so?

theducks · 07-13-2014, 03:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by McGonigle

First; thank you very very much for Calibre. It is truly a great help and a marvellous program. I simply could not live without it.

I've learned many tricks on how to get the most out of it from lurking here for quite a while, seeking out answers to my questions by studying what has been written in past threads.

The answer to one question however has eluded me so far:

Sometimes, when adding a book, say something from Project Gutenberg, Calibre automatically but erroneously assumes that the language of the book is Danish. Probably something to do with me actually being located in Denmark, but I'd like to change that automatic assumption to english, as 99.9% of my reading is english.

Any way to do so?

The books metadata seems to lack 'Language' in the metadata, which is why it assumes the system language.

are you reading title (metadata) from the file name? That prevents the language metatag from being read.

Set a automatic tag. Preferences Adding books: Tags to apply when adding a book: Check Language

Then you can quickly review (search for that tag) books and possibly use Bulk metadata edit mode to update the Language

McGonigle · 07-14-2014, 06:26 AM

Thanks. Metadata are not taken from filename. I've applied the setting you suggest and will now observe for future developments when adding such books.

07-13-2014, 03:12 PM	#1
McGonigle Zealot Posts: 100 Karma: 1529376 Join Date: Jul 2014 Device: Kobo Libra Colour, Kobo Aura One, iPad 2018,	Language "detection" when adding books First; thank you very very much for Calibre. It is truly a great help and a marvellous program. I simply could not live without it. I've learned many tricks on how to get the most out of it from lurking here for quite a while, seeking out answers to my questions by studying what has been written in past threads. The answer to one question however has eluded me so far: Sometimes, when adding a book, say something from Project Gutenberg, Calibre automatically but erroneously assumes that the language of the book is Danish. Probably something to do with me actually being located in Denmark, but I'd like to change that automatic assumption to english, as 99.9% of my reading is english. Any way to do so?

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07-14-2014, 06:26 AM	#3
McGonigle Zealot Posts: 100 Karma: 1529376 Join Date: Jul 2014 Device: Kobo Libra Colour, Kobo Aura One, iPad 2018,	Thanks. Metadata are not taken from filename. I've applied the setting you suggest and will now observe for future developments when adding such books.

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