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Originally Posted by OakIris
My Paperwhite came with firmware version 5.6.1.0.2 already installed, so I guess jailbreaking it isn't going to be an option. Doesn't seem quite as necessary as it was (to me) with my old Kindle, so hopefully I will not find any compelling reason to jailbreak it, since I won't be able to do so, lol.
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If you've synced your PW with your Amazon account via WiFi at least once, you should see a couple of top-notch monolingual/bilingual dictionaries for download on the Manage Your Contents and Devices page.
BTW, what language pair(s) are you interested in?
As
eschwartz has already pointed out, the folder location is pretty much irrelevant, as long as the dictionary is
valid¹ and located in the documents folder or a subfolder of the documents folder.
There are two easy ways to find out whether your dictionary actually is a dictionary:
- Download JMME, double-click the .jar file and open your Dictionary with it. Click Language.... If the value of the Input and Output language fields is "Unknown(0)," the "dictionary" is a regular book and won't work. If the Input and Output language fields are not zero, but contain the wrong language pair (e.g. Fr-En instead of En-Fr) change them and resave the file.
- Copy the dictionary to the documents folder on the Kindle and select the PW Home screen and select ≡ > Settings > Device Options > Language and Dictionaries > Dictionaries > language.
If you don't see your dictionary listed, it's not a valid dictionary.
[1] I know from past experience that many Kindle users accidentally re-convert working .mobi or .prc dictionaries with Calibre, which turns them into regular books, because you can't convert Kindle dictionaries with Calibre.