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Old 07-15-2013, 03:50 AM   #20
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Originally Posted by Ansileran View Post
Free is nice, but availability is a must ^^. Some people write these dictionaries afterall...
Unlike some other readers whose dictionaries cannot be changed, installing a dictionary on a Kindle is as easy as transferring a Kindle book. (There's no jailbreak or firmware update required.) It's also relatively easy to create a custom dictionary from a tab delimited word list. The tricky part is finding a free word list with enough coverage.

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Originally Posted by Ansileran View Post
On the Kindle, I would be concerned about storage space. If you read in five languages, you might want a monolingual dictionary on each language plus a translation dictionary back to your own language. That's 9 dictionaries. With the limited storage space on the Kindle, you should better stick to books in two languages only...
The size of the default monolingual dictionaries is only 15 to 20 MB per dictionary, leaving ample space for other books. I have an old K3 and haven't encountered any space issues even though I've lots of dictionaries and ebooks installed.
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