Hi! What’s not quite right with Roon?
· None of the above quite fits
None of the above quite fits
· App interface looks or behaves oddly
Tell us what's going on
· When a non-Latin language (e.g., Traditional Chinese or Japanese) is added to the "Languages for artist and album names" (Fluency) priority list, Roon aggressively translates global Western artists (e.g., Andrea Bocelli) into that language based on cloud metadata. This occurs even when the goal of enabling the language is solely to display native CJK (Chinese, Japanese, Korean) artists in their original scripts, not to transliterate Latin-script artists.
Currently, Fluency lacks a "Keep Native Script" rule, forcing an all-or-nothing translation behavior that corrupts the display of Western artist names.
Steps to Reproduce:
Navigate to Settings > General > Languages for artist and album names.
Add English, Chinese (Traditional), and Japanese to the active language list.
Search for or navigate to a globally recognized Western artist in your library (e.g., Andrea Bocelli).
Observe the primary artist name and album metadata.
Expected Behavior:
Roon should respect the native script of the artist's origin.
Native Japanese artists (e.g., 坂本龍一) should display in Kanji/Kana.
Native Chinese artists (e.g., 周杰倫) should display in Hanzi.
Native Western/Latin artists (e.g., Andrea Bocelli) should remain in their original Latin/English text, rather than being transliterated into Chinese characters (e.g., 安德烈·波伽利).
Actual Behavior:
Because a localized Chinese or Japanese cloud metadata string exists for the Western artist, Roon forces the translated alias (e.g., 安德烈·波伽利) as the primary display name, treating Fluency as a blanket translation tool rather than a native-script enabler. The only current workaround is to either manually lock individual artists to English or completely remove CJK languages from the Fluency list, which breaks the display for native Asian artists.
Impact:
Users with multilingual libraries cannot cleanly display native metadata. Enabling Asian languages to properly view Asian music inadvertently overwrites the original names of Western artists, creating a frustrating, mixed-language library experience.
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· The issue has nothing to do with my network.
