Hi abbytross, tho82 and others,
There are many gpl dictionaries at
http://abloz.com/huzheng/stardict-dic/freedict.de/. They can be converted directly using penelope. I also converted the english-hindi dictionary so you can try if this one is better or worse than the one tshering gave to abbytross and we can keep the best one.
Another place to get free dictionaries is
http://www.babylon.com/free-dictionaries/. It also has specialized dictionaries. You can convert the BGL file to stardict format using stardict-editor from stardict-tools. This is how to do that:
# start the program stardict-editor
# An editor will be opened where you need to browse and select you .BGL file(Babylon Dictionary)
# In the bottom of the opened application you select BGL file and click on Build button
# It will create a file with an extension .babylon.
# Next browse and select this file
# In the bottom of the opened application you select Babylon file and click on Build button
# That's it. It will create 3 files (.dict.dz, .idx, .ifo) in the current directory
# After that, you can convert to Kobo format using penelope.
I converted the Spanish-German dictionary found there. There was no German-Spanish dictionary, maybe someone else has it.
Kind regards,
Ruud Mulder