Automatically transliterate titles?

MarjaE · 02-23-2019, 05:08 PM

Does anyone know of a tool to automatically transliterate titles?

(Preferably allowing user tweaks, since I'm using slightly-modified BGN/PCGN transliteration.)

It's a pain trying to retype each title, it's a *lot* of typing, I can't always fit the original and the transliteration into one screen, and I can't see what I've just typed with the cursor blinking.

I want a consistent style when I cite sources, and I want it to be readable on devices which only support the Roman alphabet.

ilovejedd · 02-23-2019, 07:09 PM

Calibre has a built-in transliterate function. You can do a bulk metadata edit search and replace (Regular Expression mode) either to replace the existing title or copy the transliterated title to a new custom column.

Code:

{title:'transliterate($)'}

I think that's the template you use. I'm on an iPad so can't confirm right now.

ilovejedd · 02-23-2019, 07:23 PM

P.S. I don't think the function itself is customizable unless you run Calibre from source and modify the source code.

However, if you do the replacements in batches of 10 or less, you can preview the transliterated titles in the bulk s/r dialog to decide which titles need further "massaging" or modify the template to include additional regex replacement.

https://manual.calibre-ebook.com/gen..._ref.html#id78

MarjaE · 02-23-2019, 08:01 PM

Thank you, but that's not working for me. And I can't see what I'm doing or what I've typed in that dialogue with the blinding cursor.

02-23-2019, 05:08 PM	#1
MarjaE Guru Posts: 937 Karma: 53902736 Join Date: Jun 2015 Device: multiple	Automatically transliterate titles? Does anyone know of a tool to automatically transliterate titles? (Preferably allowing user tweaks, since I'm using slightly-modified BGN/PCGN transliteration.) It's a pain trying to retype each title, it's a lot of typing, I can't always fit the original and the transliteration into one screen, and I can't see what I've just typed with the cursor blinking. I want a consistent style when I cite sources, and I want it to be readable on devices which only support the Roman alphabet.

02-23-2019, 07:09 PM	#2
ilovejedd hopeless n00b Posts: 5,110 Karma: 19597086 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: in the middle of nowhere Device: PW4, PW3, Libra H2O, iPad 10.5, iPad 11, iPad 12.9	Calibre has a built-in transliterate function. You can do a bulk metadata edit search and replace (Regular Expression mode) either to replace the existing title or copy the transliterated title to a new custom column. Code: {title:'transliterate($)'} I think that's the template you use. I'm on an iPad so can't confirm right now.

02-23-2019, 08:01 PM	#4
MarjaE Guru Posts: 937 Karma: 53902736 Join Date: Jun 2015 Device: multiple	Thank you, but that's not working for me. And I can't see what I'm doing or what I've typed in that dialogue with the blinding cursor. Last edited by MarjaE; 02-23-2019 at 08:04 PM.

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02-23-2019, 07:23 PM	#3
ilovejedd hopeless n00b Posts: 5,110 Karma: 19597086 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: in the middle of nowhere Device: PW4, PW3, Libra H2O, iPad 10.5, iPad 11, iPad 12.9	P.S. I don't think the function itself is customizable unless you run Calibre from source and modify the source code. However, if you do the replacements in batches of 10 or less, you can preview the transliterated titles in the bulk s/r dialog to decide which titles need further "massaging" or modify the template to include additional regex replacement. https://manual.calibre-ebook.com/gen..._ref.html#id78

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