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1gangleri
Dear friends;
catalog.php?author=singerisaacbashevis&view=gangleri&shelf=list&sort=title&sort=title http://www.librarything.com/catalog.php?author=singerisaacbashevis&view=gang... is an example of books in various languages.
One can see that
#1 the German article Das is not handeled in Das Erbe : Roman
#2 the Dutch article De is not handeled in De dood van Methusalem : verhalen
#3 the Spanish article El is not handeled in El Spinoza de la calle Market
#4 the Italian article L' is not handeled in L' ultimo demone e altri racconti
#5 the *indefinite* Italian article Un is not handeled in Un amico di Kafka
What is the exact syntax to influence the sort order? Where such indications should be used?
#a for definite and indefinite articles only?
#b also for prepositions ?
#c for filed identifiers imported from some sources as in exampl http://www.librarything.com/catalog.php?author=schaechtermordkhe&view=gangle... work/4760965/details/22859166 http://www.librarything.com/work/4760965/details/22859166
« 880-01 Der eynheyòtlekher Yidisher oysleyg » ?
On Ubuntu 7.10 I can generate with a German keybord the character ¬ with AltGr+^ . Would « ¬ » be an appropriate character to indicate the start of the sort key?
Please compare with topic: topic/82508 http://www.librarything.com/topic/82508 « what is the syntax to distinguish a title from a subtitle and consecutive subtitles »
Thanks for any advice! Regards Reinhardt
catalog.php?author=singerisaacbashevis&view=gangleri&shelf=list&sort=title&sort=title http://www.librarything.com/catalog.php?author=singerisaacbashevis&view=gang... is an example of books in various languages.
One can see that
#1 the German article Das is not handeled in Das Erbe : Roman
#2 the Dutch article De is not handeled in De dood van Methusalem : verhalen
#3 the Spanish article El is not handeled in El Spinoza de la calle Market
#4 the Italian article L' is not handeled in L' ultimo demone e altri racconti
#5 the *indefinite* Italian article Un is not handeled in Un amico di Kafka
What is the exact syntax to influence the sort order? Where such indications should be used?
#a for definite and indefinite articles only?
#b also for prepositions ?
#c for filed identifiers imported from some sources as in exampl http://www.librarything.com/catalog.php?author=schaechtermordkhe&view=gangle... work/4760965/details/22859166 http://www.librarything.com/work/4760965/details/22859166
« 880-01 Der eynheyòtlekher Yidisher oysleyg » ?
On Ubuntu 7.10 I can generate with a German keybord the character ¬ with AltGr+^ . Would « ¬ » be an appropriate character to indicate the start of the sort key?
Please compare with topic: topic/82508 http://www.librarything.com/topic/82508 « what is the syntax to distinguish a title from a subtitle and consecutive subtitles »
Thanks for any advice! Regards Reinhardt
2lorax
Hi Reinhardt,
You can use a double vertical bar "|" to indicate where to sort titles. (There can't be a blanket identifier of articles, since a sequence of characters that is an article in one language can also be a word in another; compare "Die" in English and German, for instance.)
So in your case you would simply enter the title as "Das ||Erbe" or "Un ||Amico...". You can also use this technique to short-circuit automatic recognition of English-language articles , e.g. "||A is for Alibi".
You can use a double vertical bar "|" to indicate where to sort titles. (There can't be a blanket identifier of articles, since a sequence of characters that is an article in one language can also be a word in another; compare "Die" in English and German, for instance.)
So in your case you would simply enter the title as "Das ||Erbe" or "Un ||Amico...". You can also use this technique to short-circuit automatic recognition of English-language articles , e.g. "||A is for Alibi".
