Umlauts in foreign languages

Book Reader · 06-09-2014, 05:22 PM

When converting RTF files some "umlauts", (marks ¨ placed over a vowels), are not converted properly. I'm trying to convert Hungarian text that has problems to convert two of its, (seven in total), characters with umlauts.

ő is displayed as õ
ű is displayed as û

Source file (RTF) the word: feltűnő is converted in all tried
Destination formats: (AZW3, EPUB, MOBI) as: feltûnõ

Umlauts are used in many other languages besides Hungarian such as French, German, Spanish and probably in many others. I'm a new user of Calibre but found no reference to this particular issue on the web, or the user forums here. Is there a solution to this problem?

Regards

kovidgoyal · 06-09-2014, 11:58 PM

http://manual.calibre-ebook.com/faq....r-smart-quotes

Also try saving your RTF as HTML in Word and then convert them html. RTF's unicode support is a typical Microsoft disaster.

Book Reader · 06-10-2014, 06:31 PM

Thank you, you're right. I have tried HTML and it does indeed converts these two problem characters right.

06-09-2014, 05:22 PM	#1
Book Reader Member Posts: 10 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2014 Device: Kindle DX	Umlauts in foreign languages When converting RTF files some "umlauts", (marks ¨ placed over a vowels), are not converted properly. I'm trying to convert Hungarian text that has problems to convert two of its, (seven in total), characters with umlauts. ő is displayed as õ ű is displayed as û Source file (RTF) the word: feltűnő is converted in all tried Destination formats: (AZW3, EPUB, MOBI) as: feltûnõ Umlauts are used in many other languages besides Hungarian such as French, German, Spanish and probably in many others. I'm a new user of Calibre but found no reference to this particular issue on the web, or the user forums here. Is there a solution to this problem? Regards

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06-09-2014, 11:58 PM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 44,565 Karma: 24495948 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	http://manual.calibre-ebook.com/faq....r-smart-quotes Also try saving your RTF as HTML in Word and then convert them html. RTF's unicode support is a typical Microsoft disaster.

06-10-2014, 06:31 PM	#3
Book Reader Member Posts: 10 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2014 Device: Kindle DX	Thank you, you're right. I have tried HTML and it does indeed converts these two problem characters right.

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