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rmreader · 12-11-2014, 09:23 AM

Hi Teom@n,

The way I converted files from http://www.babylon.com/free-dictionaries/ is using stardict-editor and penelope. I'm on linux, but I there is probably a Windows version too. You need to get a terminal window. Check the site if there are dictionaries (.BGL) that you can use and download them. Then:

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
# Now use penelope to convert to kobo format
# <from> and <to> are 2-letter language codes
python <directory of penelope>\penelope.py -p <idx name without extension> -f <from> -t <to> --output-kobo

Hope this helps.

12-11-2014, 09:23 AM	#51
rmreader Member Posts: 22 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2014 Location: Netherlands Device: Kobo Glo	Hi Teom@n, The way I converted files from http://www.babylon.com/free-dictionaries/ is using stardict-editor and penelope. I'm on linux, but I there is probably a Windows version too. You need to get a terminal window. Check the site if there are dictionaries (.BGL) that you can use and download them. Then: 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 # Now use penelope to convert to kobo format # <from> and <to> are 2-letter language codes python <directory of penelope>\penelope.py -p <idx name without extension> -f <from> -t <to> --output-kobo Hope this helps.