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Kindle Translation Feature / Tool
On several Kindle devices when you long press on a word in a book, it loads up a Dictionary definition, a Wikipedia article snippet and a Translation tool.
In the Translation tool there are only a small handful amount of languages to translate to and from. I am seeking a way to add languages to this tool if at all possible. As of right now, there seems to be no official method to do so. Amazon Kindle Support told me that it could be done "using USB and developer options." When I questioned the support agent on this he gave me no further information saying he was not permitted to give me that info. And referred me to google. I've been searching around on google and am not find much at all. I see someone asking the question on reddit from 7 years ago and someone saying it cannot be done as the languages are on Amazon's servers. Is there by chance anybody here that may know of a way to add languages to this translation tool? I am specifically looking to add Greek and Hebrew. |
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For some reason, Greek exists as a translation option on kindle for Android. Have been waiting for it at my kindle paperwhite but nothing still...
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I contacted Customer Support and they claim that the instant Translation Lookup tool utilizes bing.com/translate. Which is strange because Bing has Greek and many other languages that do not show up on the Kindle.
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