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Originally Posted by barrow
Thanks Harry. You're right, the Kindle does let you change the default dictionary, so in effect there are already "replacement dictionaries" in foreign languages. However, making this change does not allow the new dictionary to be the "lookup dictionary", that thing you do "on the fly" when picking a word in the text. So in effect, it doesn't really allow you to change dictionary at all.
You can only ever use the lookup function in English.
For the record, I don't deny the right of Amazon to make it English only if they choose. It is their company, their language, their product, they can do whatever the hell they want. Good luck to them!
Interesting that the European produced (is it french?) Cybook offers multi-dictionary/language support, but the equivalent Amazon and Sony products from the States do not.
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Hello. I don't think that's true, if I understand correctly. I've built a romanian dictionary and when I put the cursor before a word the short definion appears, and if I press Enter the dictionary page with that word is open. Then Back takes me to the book. I don't have the Kindle with me but I can post a picture this week-end if you want. But it's true some dictionaries from internet are not built right (i.e. with inflections), so it is not working all the time like that. I have this problem with a French dictionary, I could build a better one but I don't have a database with definitions...
The only problem I see is when reading the short definition (using the 5-way cursor), the specific language characters don't display. This happens also if I put a specific language code in a book name.