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lordheeb · 12-23-2011, 09:36 AM

I've recently bought a K3 and have decided to try to use it to improve my French. I bought a French-English dictionary from Mobipocket, deDRMed it in Calibre, and copied it to my Kindle.

The file appears to be recognised by the Kindle as a dictionary (it's one of the choices available in the set default dictionary menu). However, the autolookup features don't work in French books purchased from Amazon. When I go into the dictionary itself, the autolookup feature does work (i.e. the Kindle searches for French words only within the dictionary).

I've been searching google for hours trying to get this to work and based on these futile efforts I suspect I need to change something in the metadata? Can anyone offer any help?

12-23-2011, 09:36 AM	#1
lordheeb Junior Member Posts: 9 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2011 Device: Kindle	Problems using French-English dictionary I've recently bought a K3 and have decided to try to use it to improve my French. I bought a French-English dictionary from Mobipocket, deDRMed it in Calibre, and copied it to my Kindle. The file appears to be recognised by the Kindle as a dictionary (it's one of the choices available in the set default dictionary menu). However, the autolookup features don't work in French books purchased from Amazon. When I go into the dictionary itself, the autolookup feature does work (i.e. the Kindle searches for French words only within the dictionary). I've been searching google for hours trying to get this to work and based on these futile efforts I suspect I need to change something in the metadata? Can anyone offer any help?