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I am trying to write my cv in greek and I noticed that the email wasn't in english but in greek. After that, I also noticed that the commands for changing languages don't work because the begin{document} command is after the email command. So, we want to write the email in english and the rest in greek. Here is my code:

documentclass[11pt,a4paper]{moderncv} 



moderncvstyle{classic}

moderncvcolor{blue} 

usepackage[american,greek]{babel}

usepackage{enumerate}

usepackage[scale=0.75]{geometry} 

usepackage[utf8x]{inputenc}



setlength{hintscolumnwidth}{22mm} 

setlength{makecvheadnamewidth}{100mm} 



newcommand{gr}{selectlanguage{greek}}

newcommand{am}{selectlanguage{american}}



%---------------------------------------------------------------------------

%   NAME AND CONTACT INFORMATION SECTION

%---------------------------------------------------------------------------



firstname{ΟΝΟΜΑ} % Your first name

familyname{ΕΠΩΝΥΜΟ} % Your last name



title{Βιογραφικό Σημείωμα}

address{Αθήνα, Ελλάδα}

mobile{(+30) 999999999}

email{  email_in_english@help.com }

photo[100pt][0pt]{123.jpg} 





%-------------------------------------------------------------------------



begin{document}

makecvtitle % Print the CV title



%---------------------------------------------------------------------------

%   EDUCATION SECTION

%---------------------------------------------------------------------------



section{Εκπαίδευση}



whatever..



end{document}

If I use email{am random@gmail.com gr} the code explodes. What should I do?

In the definition of command makecvhead (responsible to print the title with the email address) you have to change one line to:

        ifthenelse{isundefined{@email}}{}{makenewlineemailsymbolprotectamemaillink{@email}protectgr}% <============

See that I added protectam and protectgr to get the email in english language.

So with the complete code

documentclass[11pt,a4paper]{moderncv} 



moderncvstyle{classic} % head 1 body 1 foot 

moderncvcolor{blue} 

usepackage[american,greek]{babel}

usepackage{enumerate}

usepackage[scale=0.75]{geometry} 

usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}



setlength{hintscolumnwidth}{22mm} 

setlength{makecvheadnamewidth}{100mm} 



newcommand{gr}{selectlanguage{greek}}

newcommand{am}{selectlanguage{american}}



makeatletter

renewcommand*{makecvhead}{%

  % recompute lengths (in case we are switching from letter to resume, or vice versa)

  recomputecvlengths%

  % optional detailed information (pre-rendering)

  @initializebox{makecvheaddetailsbox}%

  if@details%

    defphonesdetails{}%

    collectionloop{phones}{% the key holds the phone type (=symbol command prefix), the item holds the number

      protected@edefphonesdetails{phonesdetailsprotectmakenewlinecsnamecollectionloopkey phonesymbolendcsnamecollectionloopitem}}%

    defsocialsdetails{}%

    collectionloop{socials}{% the key holds the social type (=symbol command prefix), the item holds the link

      protected@edefsocialsdetails{socialsdetailsprotectmakenewlinecsnamecollectionloopkey socialsymbolendcsnamecollectionloopitem}}%

    savebox{makecvheaddetailsbox}{%

      addressfontcolor{color2}%

      if@leftbegin{tabular}[b]{@{}r@{}}fi%

      if@rightbegin{tabular}[b]{@{}l@{}}fi%

        ifthenelse{isundefined{@addressstreet}}{}{makenewlineaddresssymbol@addressstreet%

          ifthenelse{equal{@addresscity}{}}{}{makenewline@addresscity}% if addresstreet is defined, addresscity and addresscountry will always be defined but could be empty

          ifthenelse{equal{@addresscountry}{}}{}{makenewline@addresscountry}}%

        phonesdetails% needs to be pre-rendered as loops and tabulars seem to conflict

        ifthenelse{isundefined{@email}}{}{makenewlineemailsymbolprotectamemaillink{@email}protectgr}% <============

        ifthenelse{isundefined{@homepage}}{}{makenewlinehomepagesymbolhttplink{@homepage}}%

        socialsdetails% needs to be pre-rendered as loops and tabulars seem to conflict

        ifthenelse{isundefined{@extrainfo}}{}{makenewline@extrainfo}%

      end{tabular}

    }fi%

  % optional photo (pre-rendering)

  @initializebox{makecvheadpicturebox}%

  savebox{makecvheadpicturebox}{%

    ifthenelse{isundefined{@photo}}%

      {}%

      {%

        if@left%

          hspace*{separatorcolumnwidth}fi%

        color{color1}%

        setlength{fboxrule}{@photoframewidth}%

        ifdim@photoframewidth=0pt%

          setlength{fboxsep}{0pt}fi%

        framebox{includegraphics[width=@photowidth]{@photo}}}%

        if@right%

          hspace*{separatorcolumnwidth}fi}%

  % name and title (pre-rendering)

  @initializelength{makecvheaddetailswidth}settowidth{makecvheaddetailswidth}{usebox{makecvheaddetailsbox}}%

  @initializelength{makecvheadpicturewidth}settowidth{makecvheadpicturewidth}{usebox{makecvheadpicturebox}}%

  ifthenelse{lengthtest{makecvheadnamewidth=0pt}}% check for dummy value (equivalent to ifdimmakecvheadnamewidth=0pt)

    {setlength{makecvheadnamewidth}{textwidth-makecvheaddetailswidth-makecvheadpicturewidth}}%

    {}%

  @initializebox{makecvheadnamebox}%

  savebox{makecvheadnamebox}{%

    begin{minipage}[b]{makecvheadnamewidth}%

      if@leftraggedrightfi%

      if@rightraggedleftfi%

      namestyle{@firstname @lastname}%

      ifthenelse{equal{@title}{}}{}{\[1.25em]titlestyle{@title}}%

    end{minipage}}%

  % rendering

  if@left%

    usebox{makecvheadnamebox}%

    hfill%

    llap{usebox{makecvheaddetailsbox}}% llap is used to suppress the width of the box, allowing overlap if the value of makecvheadnamewidth is forced

    usebox{makecvheadpicturebox}fi%

  if@right%

    usebox{makecvheadpicturebox}%

    rlap{usebox{makecvheaddetailsbox}}% llap is used to suppress the width of the box, allowing overlap if the value of makecvheadnamewidth is forced

    hfill%

    usebox{makecvheadnamebox}fi%

  \[2.5em]%

  % optional quote

  ifthenelse{isundefined{@quote}}%

    {}%

    {{centeringbegin{minipage}{quotewidth}centeringquotestyle{@quote}end{minipage}\[2.5em]}}%

  par}% to avoid weird spacing bug at the first section if no blank line is left after makecvhead

makeatother



%---------------------------------------------------------------------------

%   NAME AND CONTACT INFORMATION SECTION

%---------------------------------------------------------------------------



firstname{ΟΝΟΜΑ} % Your first name

familyname{ΕΠΩΝΥΜΟ} % Your last name



title{Βιογραφικό Σημείωμα}

address{Αθήνα, Ελλάδα}

mobile{(+30) 999999999}

email{random@gmail.com}

%email{am random@gmail.com gr} 

photo[100pt][0pt]{example-image} 





%-------------------------------------------------------------------------



begin{document}



makecvtitle % Print the CV title



%---------------------------------------------------------------------------

%   EDUCATION SECTION

%---------------------------------------------------------------------------



section{Εκπαίδευση}



whatever..



end{document}

you get the wished result:

The emaillink macro used internally by moderncv accepts an optional argument, but email doesn't.

Here's a way to make email accept the optional argument, so separating the aspects; this way, we can add typesetting instructions to the “printed” address, while stating an ASCII email address.

documentclass[11pt,a4paper]{moderncv} 



moderncvstyle{classic}

moderncvcolor{blue} 

usepackage[american,greek]{babel}

usepackage{enumerate}

usepackage[scale=0.75]{geometry} 

usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}

usepackage{letltxmacro,xpatch}



setlength{hintscolumnwidth}{22mm} 

setlength{makecvheadnamewidth}{100mm} 



newcommand{gr}{selectlanguage{greek}}

newcommand{am}{selectlanguage{american}}



makeatletter

LetLtxMacromcvemaillinkemaillink

renewcommandemail[2]{%

  ifrelaxdetokenize{#1}relax

    edef@email{[unexpanded{#2}]{detokenize{#2}}}%

  else

    edef@email{[unexpanded{#2}]{detokenize{#1}}}%

  fi

}

renewcommand{emaillink}[1]{expandaftermcvemaillink#1}

makeatother



%---------------------------------------------------------------------------

%   NAME AND CONTACT INFORMATION SECTION

%---------------------------------------------------------------------------



firstname{ΟΝΟΜΑ} % Your first name

familyname{ΕΠΩΝΥΜΟ} % Your last name



title{Βιογραφικό Σημείωμα}

address{Αθήνα, Ελλάδα}

mobile{(+30) 999999999}

email[email_in_english@help.com]{textlatin{email_in_english@help.com}}

photo[100pt][0pt]{example-image} 



%-------------------------------------------------------------------------



begin{document}



makecvtitle % Print the CV title



%---------------------------------------------------------------------------

%   EDUCATION SECTION

%---------------------------------------------------------------------------



section{Εκπαίδευση}



whatever..



end{document}