Pocketbook dictionary format revisted

[Markismus]

Yes, you do need the stardict binaries for the conversion. Usually it is as simple as 'apt-get install stardict', iirc, or 'pacman -S stardict'. The binaries are then available at the commandline for use.

[EastEriq]

I see. I imagine not stardict, but stardict-tools. The problem is that the binaries are available for Ubuntu 18 and 22, but not for 20. I had a quick try, but predictably the available packages for 18 and 22 don't install on 20. If I was really serious about I could look into compiling the source code, but...

[Ayko]

Hey @Markismus thank you for your hard work. I did take a look at your hosted files. There is already a En - Ger Pons dictionary but couldn't find any Ger-Eng Pons dictionary. I wonder if anyone already converted the Ger - En one yet?
(PONS Premium German -English Dictionary PONS)

[Markismus]

The newer PONS has a lot of frills that can't be interpreted by the script. I've uploaded the 2016 Pons premium de-en, though.

[Kenhano]

Originally Posted by Markismus

I have a working Perl script and it's on github. It converts mobi- (KindleUnpacked html), cvs-, Stardict- and dxdf-format to Pocketbook dic-format and Stardict formats.

I've succesfully converted Liddell-Scott-Jones, Oxford's Learners dictionary, Duden (de-de), an latin-english dictionary, Nouveau Littre 2011, the Oxford English Dictionary 2nd Ed.and Wordnet.

The results in both xdxf- (human readable) and dic- (binary) format are here. (The xdxf-files can be converted with convert.exe to the dic-files. If you want to tweak your dictionary, this is the place to do it.)

You will also need

1. pocketbook converter binary and its language configuration files. I've zipped them in the uploaded PockebookDic.zip.
2. Install Perl
3. Instal Stardict-tools (If you want to convert from Stardict ifo-,dict- and idx-files.)

See github for further info.

The zip-file attached contains the newest converter.exe patched by ezdiy from post #6.

I need you help. How can I use the Stardict Editor to convert from ifo,dict and idx files? And what for a file is the new file? Please help me? thx

[Markismus]

@pattila97 I've uploaded the converted English-Hungarian dictionary from jDictionary 2009, 67262 words (from the Stardict tar-ball) to pCloud. I think you can do better in terms of dictionary quality, but can't really assess the quality of the Hungarian descriptions.

[Markismus]

Originally Posted by Kenhano

I need you help. How can I use the Stardict Editor to convert from ifo,dict and idx files? And what for a file is the new file? Please help me? thx

Read the manuals, please.

Stardict editor converts between text, xml- and binary- Stardict format. So it only converts to and from csv-format to and from Stardict format.