Display Manga Titles In Preferred Language [Planned]

[WindOcean]

Here's the problem:
I do not speak Japanese, and remembering Japanese titles is really really hard for me.

Solution:
Give me the setting to display titles preferably in the language I chose (maybe even by user rating).

For example:
Instead of

Honzuki no Gekokujou ~Shisho ni Naru Tame ni wa Shudan wo Erandeiraremasen~ Dai 2-bu 「Hon no Tamenara Miko ni Naru!」

The english title I can actually recognize

Ascendance of a Bookworm ~I'll do anything to become a librarian~ Part 2 「I'll become a Shrine Maiden for Books!」

 

[doppler]

I wonder if I am the odd one here. My preference is English in chapter releases. But my tittle preference is romanji.

I have read enough romanji tittles to understand them (to some degree). Or at least I think I do. Hope this split is in the works too.

 

[MilkDrinker]

I wonder if I am the odd one here. My preference is English in chapter releases. But my tittle preference is romanji.

I have read enough romanji tittles to understand them (to some degree). Or at least I think I do. Hope this split is in the works too.

I'm with ya. Takes me a moment to recognize localized titles Mangadex shows me that I know by their Romanji names. Hope this feature won't make the experience worse. Though as long as it's preferred language and not forced into localization mode it'll be fine I hope.

 

[Kwijo]

I imagine it is even more annoying (or incomprehensible) for most of these readers to see English titles for works from Asia:





A lot of those are official localized titles too, with equal claim on the main title spot given the way the rules are written now. Who wins? It's a mess of a system.

We have enough data fields already that we could eliminate the main title field entirely. We have the original language flag, and the title in original (romaji) language. We have the alternative language titles. If there are multiple alternative titles in the same language, the system already has logic to pick one. All that's left is to implement the preference system with fallback priority order. There are a couple of ways to migrate the legacy main titles. It isn't too far off.

It already works with the description field. There is no main description. Which description you see is based on user preference.

I hope user-level title language preference is near the front of the roadmap.

 

[DrBuns]

As @RogueKitsune said, it's a planned future feature that'll come along with other localisation changes.

Broadly - one primary title per language, infinite alt titles per language, user chooses what languages they want to see.

Any news on this update?

 

[RogueKitsune]

Any news on this update?

Still planned, but not going to be implemented anytime soon.

 

[somad3232]

Can't it be a setting like what Anilist did, they allowed you to choose wether the title language is romaji, english, or native. And to be honest I loathed that this site using hardcoded priority for what title language is used.

 

[WindOcean]

Romaji is really the worst. Native speakers and foreigners alike cannot comprehend* it. Why is the default romaji then?

*I mean it is harder if you know hiragana etc and equally non understandable for non Japanese speakers.

Btw, English is a world language while romaji Japanese is not. Why not prefer English for now?

 

[gruevy]

Really hope you get around to this one soon, it's a feature I really, really want

 

[Ryougi]

Apologies for digging up a months-old thread, but is that feature still planned? I'm asking because this thread has been opened for almost two years, and nothing has changed aside from Soon™.

I could be wrong, but I think I remember that some titles used to be in English rather than Romaji (maybe it was just temporary).

I don't even know why people chose Romaji? I mean, I think most people coming on this website wants to read translations for their native languages, so it doesn't make a lot of sense to not have the mangas' name not in our native language (or at least, have the option to choose to, even if it's a binary choice like "Have all titles in X language" OR "Have all titles in Romaji").

Especially when a lot of Mangas now have these ENDLESS titles (that are basically just a mini summary of their stories), which are not recognizable if you don't speak Japanese. Look at these, for example:

• Boukensha ni Naritai to Miyako ni Deteitta Musume ga S Rank ni Natteta
• Isekai de Cheat Skill wo Te ni Shita Ore wa, Genjitsu Sekai wo mo Musou Suru ~Level Up wa Jinsei wo Kaeta~
• Akuninzura Shita B-kyuu Boukensha - Shujinkou to Sono Osananajimi-tachi no Papa ni Naru

How can you glance at these names to remember what do they correspond to? Especially when some are monthly released, or not frequently updated.

Please, make this feature happen.

 

[kouyo]

Apologies for digging up a months-old thread, but is that feature still planned? I'm asking because this thread has been opened for almost two years, and nothing has changed aside from Soon™.

Still planned, MangaDex development is quite slow compared to other sites because it's volunteer effort, we don't have a lot of people to work on it.

 

[Ryougi]

Still planned, MangaDex development is quite slow compared to other sites because it's volunteer effort, we don't have a lot of people to work on it.

Sure, no problem, thanks for at least responding!