07-06-2013, 04:02 PM | #1 |
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Additional Dictionaries for Kindle Paperwhite
Hi All,
I have just bought a Kindle Paperwhite and it seems to be a great reader. Only one major disappointment for me => Limited language support. I would love to have a Dutch dictionary (which was default on my Sony PRS-T1). I have contacted Amazon support but they say that they cannot help me. I have found a Dutch EPUB dictionary and after a whole day of trying, I have been able to convert it to mobi format (Calibre couldn't handle a file with so many indexes). However, my kindle does not recognize this file as a dictionary. Is there any way to change this? Or does anybody know how to find / add / create a dictionary in languages other than those supported by Amazon? I would be so grateful for your help! :-) Thanks! |
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Are there no Dutch dictionaries in the Kindle store?
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07-06-2013, 04:14 PM | #3 |
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Thanks for your quick reply.
Surprisingly, there are no Dutch dictionaries available on Amazon :-( There is one basic dictionary that translates English to Dutch but that is not what I would need. I would need Dutch explanatory dictionary or at least Dutch to English. But none available. Amazon Support also looked for me. |
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You might try posting in the German Amazon forum here....someone may be able to point you in the right direction. Good luck. Welcome to MR!
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<metadata> ... <x-metadata> ... <DictionaryInLanguage>nl</DictionaryInLanguage> <DictionaryOutLanguage>en</DictionaryOutLanguage> </x-metadata> </metadata> A minimal Dutch-English dictionary looks like this: Code:
<html> <body> <idx:entry> <b><idx:orth>boek <idx:infl> <idx:iform value="boeken"/> </idx:infl> </idx:orth> </b> <i>substantief</i> <br/> book (n) </idx:entry> <br/><br/> <hr/> </body> </html> Last edited by Doitsu; 07-07-2013 at 01:43 PM. |
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I haven't tried on Paperwhite.
But on the Kindles before (DX, Keyboard, ...) this has been working for me: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...85&postcount=2 You don't have to buy from Amazon of course. And here would be a Dutch dictionary, that should be working: http://www.amazon.de/An-Electronic-D...tch+dictionary Last edited by mgmueller; 07-07-2013 at 03:21 AM. |
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Also, the book you mention cannot be bought from Amazon. It says "This book is currently not available because there is a problem with the description, the content or formatting of the book" Last edited by Buddhaxe; 07-07-2013 at 01:14 PM. |
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Also, I found this post which looks like it could be a solution to my problem. Only, it requires me to execute a pearl script. I can't get it to work. Maybe any of you have tried the procedure mentioned already: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...81#post2562381 again to all for your kindness! |
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If you found an .epub version of a Dutch dictionary, it most likely already contains html tags and can therefore not be used as a source file for the tools mentioned in the other thread. In order to use your source file(s), you'd have to globally replace all tags until the structure more or less matches my example file. E.g. if the dictionary definitions are enclosed in <div></div>, you'd have replace <div> with <div><idx:entry> and </div> with </idx:entry></div>; you'd have to make sure that each headword is enclosed by <idx:orth></idx:orth> etc. |
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Thanks Doitsu. I will not try that suggested solution any further then as it seems to be very complicated.
Could you assist me with your earlier suggestion though? Or is there another solution to make my epub dictionary to work on my Kindle PW ? |
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(You cannot generate Kinde dictionaries with Calibre.) |
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Hi Doitsu, sorry for my limited understanding of these matters.
I extracted the epub in two different ways. I have one where it is divided in different folders (like content and METAINF), of which the content folder contains a lot of html files. If I edit one of the html files I see the following code for one word (and its explanation - not translation): Code:
<p class="ww"><sub>qaalbes</sub></p> <p><span class="gc">aa</span> <span class="gag">l·bes</span> <span class="gm">(</span><span class="gm">de</span><span class="gm">)</span> <br/>1. rode <span class="g6_s">bes</span> die in trossen aan een struik groeit <br/>♦ betekenisverwante termen <br/><span class="g5">hyperoniem: </span><span class="g6_s">bes</span> <br/><span class="g5">hyponiem(en): </span><span class="g6_s">wijnbes</span> <br/>2. struik van het geslacht Ribes waar rode bessen aan groeien <br/>♦ betekenisverwante termen <br/><span class="g5">hyperoniem: </span><span class="g6_s">heester</span> <br/></p> I have also managed to convert the epub into one big html file but there the code per word looks even more complicated: Code:
<p width="0" align="left"><font color="#FFFFFF"><sub>qaalbes</sub></font></p> <p width="0" align="left"><span><b><u>aa</u></b></span><span><b>l·bes </b></span> <span><i>(</i></span><span><i>de</i></span><span><i>)</i></span><br/>1. rode <span><font color="#472565">bes</font></span> die in trossen aan een struik groeit <br/>♦ betekenisverwante termen <br/><span><font color="#3B3B3B">hyperoniem: </font></span><span><font color="#472565">bes</font></span> <br/><span><font color="#3B3B3B">hyponiem(en): </font></span><span><font color="#472565">wijnbes</font></span> <br/>2. struik van het geslacht Ribes waar rode bessen aan groeien <br/>♦ betekenisverwante termen <br/><span><font color="#3B3B3B">hyperoniem: </font></span><span><font color="#472565">heester</font></span> <br/></p> How would I have to edit the examples above? I'm not experienced with programming but I'm trying to understand here After that I guess I could use a "replace all" command and then compile/convert the html with KindleGen. Last edited by Buddhaxe; 07-09-2013 at 03:15 PM. |
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<p width="0" align="left"><font color="#FFFFFF"><sub>aalbes</sub></font></p>
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<idx:orth value="aalbes" />
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It worked! Jeez, I'm so grateful for this! Thanks Doitsu!
Wooooohoooooo! Last edited by Buddhaxe; 07-10-2013 at 10:20 AM. |
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