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Originally Posted by susan_cassidy

If you want the dictionary to be used in a book encoded for English, yes, it has to be encoded as English.

Thanks. Luckily for me, both dictionaries I found were encoded in as English. I think they must have been created specifically for looking up non-English words in an English book.

Originally Posted by susan_cassidy

Yes, a dictionary with a prc file extension should work, but you don't ordinarily see them. Usually you see mobi or azw.

One is prc, the other mobi. I tried both, and both worked. Both are useful, since one has many more words, but only single word translations. The other has definitions, but far fewer words.

I also don't know why the top quote tag on this message isn't working, since it is the one I copy and pasted to the rest.

Originally Posted by susan_cassidy

Does your application work if the file extension is associated with that application? You probably wouldn't want to leave the pc that way, though, as you would normally want ePub to be associated with a reading app.

I don't use file extension associations, but launch applications from a terminal window.

Originally Posted by susan_cassidy

I have not heard of any changes to dictionary formatting since the Kindle 1.

I seem to have a penchant for finding misinformation on the internet. Multiple claims over the years that older dictionaries wouldn't work on whayever the new kindle was at that time.