Kindle3 and Romanian language support

[mihaip]

Here is another reason to get it :I used the database from dexonline.ro and compiled a Romanian dictionary for Kindle.

http://mihai-pora.blogspot.com/2010/...ictionary.html

Note: the dictionary is standard Mobipocket .prc file, so it may work on other devices as well. I just tested it on kindle with the 2 books that you posted and worked well.

Cheers.

[masaki]

Originally Posted by mihaip

Here is another reason to get it :I used the database from dexonline.ro and compiled a Romanian dictionary for Kindle.

http://mihai-pora.blogspot.com/2010/...ictionary.html

Note: the dictionary is standard Mobipocket .prc file, so it may work on other devices as well. I just tested it on kindle with the 2 books that you posted and worked well.

Cheers.

Mihai,

[drac]

Originally Posted by mihaip

Here is another reason to get it :I used the database from dexonline.ro and compiled a Romanian dictionary for Kindle.

http://mihai-pora.blogspot.com/2010/...ictionary.html

Note: the dictionary is standard Mobipocket .prc file, so it may work on other devices as well. I just tested it on kindle with the 2 books that you posted and worked well.
Cheers.

Excellent work!

Now we need a way to make it work also for Kindle for PC. I've tried renaming the dexonline.prc file as B003ODIZL6_EBOK.azw (the Oxford American English dictionary found in Kindle for PC version 1.3.0.30884) but it didn't work.

Speaking of Kindle for PC, the two files I've posted are not displayed correctly on Windows XP anymore (was working a few months ago). Amazon decided to use "Georgia" as default font, and "Georgia" has incomplete support on Windows XP for Romanian language.

One solution is to completely remove the Georgia font from system, afterwards Kindle uses "Times New Roman" which is OK. I've done this by removing all "Georgia" entries from the following registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Fonts

One can substitute "Georgia" with another font by adding a "Georgia" entry in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\FontSubstitutes

Unfortunately this is a system wide font replace and will affect your Internet browsing experience since Georgia is used on many Internet web sites.

I've complained about this to Amazon. It would be nice to have an option to choose the font.

[sorin]

Originally Posted by mihaip

Here is another reason to get it :I used the database from dexonline.ro and compiled a Romanian dictionary for Kindle.

Very good job, thx. I transformed prc file in .azw via @kindle.free mail and then
I set it to be my default dictionary on Kindle 3 (Menu -> Settings -> Menu - Change Primary Dictionary)