# Strange slug translation of "ä"

**URL:** <https://forum.getkirby.com/t/strange-slug-translation-of-a/1493>\
**Category:** Questions\
**Tags:** v2\
**Created:** [June 30, 2015, 11:59am UTC](https://forum.getkirby.com/t/strange-slug-translation-of-a/1493 "2015-06-30T11:59:36Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![mattwolff](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/forum.getkirby.com/mattwolff/32/5457_2.png) [@mattwolff](https://forum.getkirby.com/u/mattwolff)\
**Post date:** [May 26, 2018, 9:25pm UTC](https://forum.getkirby.com/t/strange-slug-translation-of-a/1493/21 "2018-05-26T21:25:16Z")

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I’m working with some people in Iceland and we were having trouble translating thorn (Þ, þ) in our URLs. The character would be simply omitted. I added the following to my config.php file.

```
str::$ascii = a::merge(str::$ascii,
  array(
    '/Þ/' => 'Th',
    '/þ/' => 'th',
  )
);

```

It looks like while eth (Ð, ð) is supported, thorn appears to be missing from the array.

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**Author:** ![caplod](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/forum.getkirby.com/caplod/32/5211_2.png) [@caplod](https://forum.getkirby.com/u/caplod)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2019, 6:21am UTC](https://forum.getkirby.com/t/strange-slug-translation-of-a/1493/22 "2019-09-13T06:21:12Z")

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I want to reopen that thread.  
In Kirby 3 the odd conversion is:

äÄ =\> a  
öÖ =\> o  
…

but should that not be like this?

äÄ =\> ae  
öÖ =\> oe

How can we implement this?

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**Author:** ![texnixe](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/forum.getkirby.com/texnixe/32/5754_2.png) [@texnixe](https://forum.getkirby.com/u/texnixe)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2019, 6:23am UTC](https://forum.getkirby.com/t/strange-slug-translation-of-a/1493/23 "2019-09-13T06:23:45Z")

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> [@caplod](#):
>
> How can we implement this?

You can set the slug language in your config: [slugs | Kirby CMS](https://getkirby.com/docs/reference/system/options/slugs)

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**Author:** ![caplod](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/forum.getkirby.com/caplod/32/5211_2.png) [@caplod](https://forum.getkirby.com/u/caplod)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2019, 6:26am UTC](https://forum.getkirby.com/t/strange-slug-translation-of-a/1493/24 "2019-09-13T06:26:09Z")

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Great. Missed that option!

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**Author:** ![distantnative](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/forum.getkirby.com/distantnative/32/11319_2.png) [@distantnative](https://forum.getkirby.com/u/distantnative)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2025, 5:23pm UTC](https://forum.getkirby.com/t/strange-slug-translation-of-a/1493/25 "2025-02-06T17:23:07Z")

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