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b1hgaa88 · 06-16-2011, 05:52 PM

The consensus seems to be—no you can't. The reason I assumed you could ("Yes I can") was that Calibre uses dict.org for its reader*, and dict.org has all kinds of other dictionaries you can choose on their site (http://www.dict.org/), e.g. the German-English Freedict Dictionary. It would surely be a simple matter to make the switch if one knew how (maybe through style sheets??).

*From the Calibre FAQ "You can lookup the meaning of words in the current book by right clicking on a word. calibre uses the publicly available dictionary server at dict.org to lookup words. The definition is displayed in a small box at the bottom of the screen."

06-16-2011, 05:52 PM	#9
b1hgaa88 Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2011 Device: Kindle	The consensus seems to be—no you can't. The reason I assumed you could ("Yes I can") was that Calibre uses dict.org for its reader, and dict.org has all kinds of other dictionaries you can choose on their site (http://www.dict.org/), e.g. the German-English Freedict Dictionary. It would surely be a simple matter to make the switch if one knew how (maybe through style sheets??). From the Calibre FAQ "You can lookup the meaning of words in the current book by right clicking on a word. calibre uses the publicly available dictionary server at dict.org to lookup words. The definition is displayed in a small box at the bottom of the screen."