Index of Custom Dictionaries for Kobo eReader

[ps67]

Originally Posted by fendesa

Thanks anyway, it will mean I'll wait. The thing that I can not understand is that the basic kobo (at least as regards the Italian) has a really bad dictionary, it does not find 2 definitions on 3. Arrival from years of kindle, the kobo is a great reader and is a pity that those who produce it do not try to enrich the quality to compete with the kindle in an appropriate manner.

You can change the useless default dictionary with the one from this thread.

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=196931

Each time You synchronize Your Kobo You will get again the useless dictionary and You will have to insert the good dictionary again but with the patch "Change dicthtml strings to micthtml" and renaming the new dictionary from dicthtml-it.zip to micthtml-it.zip You will have no more that problem.

[fendesa]

Originally Posted by ps67

You can change the useless default dictionary with the one from this thread.

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=196931

Each time You synchronize Your Kobo You will get again the useless dictionary and You will have to insert the good dictionary again but with the patch "Change dicthtml strings to micthtml" and renaming the new dictionary from dicthtml-it.zip to micthtml-it.zip You will have no more that problem.

thanks @ ps67 I have already done but, unfortunately, the other dictionary in Italian continues to be of poor quality. Thank you anyway for the help.

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[thunderJ]

Hello, I can't find a dictionary English/Korean for the kobo! Can someone please help me!?!? I made a friend buy the device cause the possibility of having dictionary but there isn't the Korean one !!! GRAZIE MILLE
thanks to everyone

[Owl_]

Originally Posted by thunderJ

Hello, I can't find a dictionary English/Korean for the kobo! Can someone please help me!?!? I made a friend buy the device cause the possibility of having dictionary but there isn't the Korean one !!! GRAZIE MILLE
thanks to everyone

I've found this
Make me know if it works

[Owl_]

Originally Posted by fendesa

Thanks anyway, it will mean I'll wait. The thing that I can not understand is that the basic kobo (at least as regards the Italian) has a really bad dictionary, it does not find 2 definitions on 3. Arrival from years of kindle, the kobo is a great reader and is a pity that those who produce it do not try to enrich the quality to compete with the kindle in an appropriate manner.

I did a search on the web and the only one I found is this.
I ignore the name and author

[fendesa]

Thank you, it is always the Italian dictionary "Devoto Oli", unfortunately always with the same problems, 60% converts only the present indicative. Thank you anyway.

[Owl_]

I have done a chinese-english multidictionary for a friend but I haven't KOreader or the patch to test it (I know that the kobo normally can't read chinese fonts).
So if there's anyone that can test, he's welcome

[project failed - link removed]

thanks

[thunderJ]

Originally Posted by Owl_

I've found this
Make me know if it works

thank you very much, I'll try it!! hopefully it will work !!

[sairamraccha]

HI can one please help me for english to telugu dictionary for my KObo device. i am trying since one month but count find anywhere.. pardon me that i am not from IT background hence difficult for me.. i will be more thankful if any could help me please

[Question Mark]

Originally Posted by Owl_

I have done a chinese-english multidictionary for a friend but I haven't KOreader or the patch to test it (I know that the kobo normally can't read chinese fonts).
So if there's anyone that can test, he's welcome

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1tM...c4UKqGMoBa63W-

Open the chinese-english.zip file and you'll find the dicthtml-zh-en.zip that you must copy in the .kobo / dict folder of your ereader

thanks

Seems to be a problem downloading it. Coming in as an empty ot PART file which won't open. Also, did you want it checked out in Koreader or in nickel? Wasn't sure.

[Owl_]

Originally Posted by Question Mark

Seems to be a problem downloading it. Coming in as an empty ot PART file which won't open. Also, did you want it checked out in Koreader or in nickel? Wasn't sure.

I've just downloaded and opened the .zip
Koreader could be well

[Question Mark]

Originally Posted by Owl_

I've just downloaded and opened the .zip
Koreader could be well

Turns out the problem downloading the file was due to Firefox. Should have tried using Chrome when it didn't work with Firefox. With Chrome it downloaded right away.

Was able to unzip the file and copy it to .kobo / dict folder. However, the dictionary doesn't show up, even after a reboot of my KA1.

In order to get my sideloaded Japanese-English dictionaries working, I had to rename them to one of Kobo's other dictionaries. So when I want to look up Japanese kanji, I have to select the German dictionary, and when I want to look up words with hiragana, I have to select the Spanish dictionary.

Would you like me to try renaming your dictionary?

On another note, I haven't copied the file to Koreader's dict folder yet because, from what I recall, those dictionaries need to be in the stardict format.

Let me know if you would like me to proceed with any tests.

Incidentally, I'm running FW version 4.6.10075 on my KA1.

[Question Mark]

Well, as it happens, I did try renaming the file for one of the other Kobo installed dictionaries, but couldn't get it to work. Tried on a Chinese epub and on a Chinese kepub (converted through Calibre), but couldn't get it to work.

I know it is possible. At one point in time, I had a Chinese-English dictionary working on Kobo. I believe it was tshering's dictionary in the following thread: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=202182

However, I also remember having issues with fonts when reading in Chinese when using the Kobo software. And so, for reading in Chinese, I switched to Koreader on my Kobo.

Koreader is so much better for reading in Chinese. I believe I have 7 different Chinese stardict dictionaries installed (a mixture of Chinese-Chinese and Chinese-English).

However, these days, I prefer using my Onyx ereaders for reading. I have even found a method for making reading Japanese books work efficiently for me on them. So I think I will now be using my Kobos less and less.

[Owl_]

Originally Posted by Question Mark

Well, as it happens, I did try renaming the file for one of the other Kobo installed dictionaries, but couldn't get it to work. Tried on a Chinese epub and on a Chinese kepub (converted through Calibre), but couldn't get it to work.

I know it is possible. At one point in time, I had a Chinese-English dictionary working on Kobo. I believe it was tshering's dictionary in the following thread: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=202182

However, I also remember having issues with fonts when reading in Chinese when using the Kobo software. And so, for reading in Chinese, I switched to Koreader on my Kobo.

Koreader is so much better for reading in Chinese. I believe I have 7 different Chinese stardict dictionaries installed (a mixture of Chinese-Chinese and Chinese-English).

However, these days, I prefer using my Onyx ereaders for reading. I have even found a method for making reading Japanese books work efficiently for me on them. So I think I will now be using my Kobos less and less.

Perfect. I have the stardict files!

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Ygz...ew?usp=sharing

Would you mind to test it?

[Question Mark]

Originally Posted by Owl_

Perfect. I have the stardict files!

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Ygz...ew?usp=sharing

Would you mind to test it?

Just tested it out with Koreader on my KA1 and it works fine.

Interestingly, for some entries, it provides the pinyin pronunciation, but for others it doesn't. For some entries, it also provides the traditional character if the character it is looking up is in simplified form. That can be very handy, especially when reading classical Chinese.

And because this dictionary is in stardict format, I'll be able to use it on my Onyx devices as well. Always useful to have another dictionary. Thanks.