How to convert .mobi dictionary to stardict?

[warface9991]

Hi

I really need your help as to how i can convert .mobi dictionary to stardict in order to use it in Koreader. I will add the link. If it is no bother for you to converting it please send me the converted link because i cannot use computer as you do. Thanks in advance.

Download link for .mobi dictionary: http://eb.lv/downloads/wn3inftr.mobi

[warface9991]

Doesn't anyone know?

[Owl_]

Originally Posted by warface9991

Doesn't anyone know?

The first and worst step is the conversion from mobi to .txt tabfile. Once you get the txt is done.
Anyway it is a long and complex matter. I did it for the wordnet En-it and many others.
In the best case scenario it will last three days

[warface9991]

Originally Posted by Owl_

The first and worst step is the conversion from mobi to .txt tabfile. Once you get the txt is done.
Anyway it is a long and complex matter. I did it for the wordnet En-it and many others.
In the best case scenario it will last three days

Can you share your dictionaries if it's not private matter?

[Owl_]

Originally Posted by warface9991

Can you share your dictionaries if it's not private matter?

The better ones have already been shared here (they are kobo multidictionaries)

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...&postcount=506

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...&postcount=507 (the best en-en sources available on the web and carefully woven)

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...&postcount=420

You will find anyway others in the same thread
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=232883

PS The main dictionaries' list in the first post has non been updated since the 2018-10-14 So, for the others you must search in the thread by yourself

[warface9991]

Originally Posted by Owl_

The better ones have already been shared here (they are kobo multidictionaries)

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...&postcount=506

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...&postcount=507 (the best en-en sources available on the web and carefully woven)

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...&postcount=420

You will find anyway others in the same thread
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=232883

PS The main dictionaries' list in the first post has non been updated since the 2018-10-14 So, for the others you must search in the thread by yourself

Thanks for your reply

[Markismus]

I've added a conversion from KindleUnpack'ed book.html to xdxf- and Stardict- and pocketbook-format to the pocketbookdic script on github.

I've only converted one dictionary with it, so feel free to test and post issues.

[Semwize]

Originally Posted by Markismus

so feel free to test and post issues.

If I do exe (using Perl2Exe). How then to convert book.html => stardict (or xdxf) I do not quite understand.

[Markismus]

I used strawberry Perl on windows. With perl2exe you probably run into trouble with the modules. If it runs you’re really lucky!

Anyway IIRC instead of ‘perl pocketbookdic.pl book.html’ you type ‘pocketbookdic.exe book.html’.

[Semwize]

Originally Posted by Markismus

If it runs you’re really lucky!

failing

Can't locate strict.pm in @INC

[Markismus]

As expected a module (pm-extension stands for Perl module) that wasn't included in creating the executable.
I looked into creating a fatpacked script that included all needed modules, so that it could be turned into a windows executable and into pp, but both were quite a lot of work: Much more than installing Strawberry Perl or even linux as a subsystem on windows 10.

[Semwize]

Originally Posted by Markismus

lot of work: Much more than installing Strawberry Perl or even linux as a subsystem on windows 10.

Yes you are right.

Command line arguments provided:
'book.html'
Found command line argument: book.html.
Assuming it is meant as the dictionary file name.
Operating system is MSWin32: Not linux, so I am assuming Windows!
Undefined subroutine &main::Debug called at pocketbookdic.pl line 1080.

How to fix?

[Markismus]

You found an old piece of code! Change the script to read debug(...). I changed the code for proper syntax highlighting in SublimeText3.

You’re using the script from github? Script is corrected.

It is for testing purposes only, so you can set the toggle at the start to

$isTestingOn = 0;

.

If you want you can insert a small xdxf-file there to do fast testing of the subroutine newConvertXDXFtoStardictXML. I should have disabled those tests and removed the alternative subroutines. Script is corrected.
After I have ironed out some codepage conversions, I will make a nice clean version of the script on github.

[Semwize]

It works (Win 7)
I got mobi => xdxf dictionary.

Now just don't have time, later I'll check how it works on Kobo.

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Edit:
works, I did not use StarDict Editor, I don’t know why you recommended it, makedict is faster

[Markismus]

makedict is deprecated according to its writer Soshial. It's no longer available from github.
There are now so many programs that can convert from xdxf-format that you can take your pick. Soshial himself suggests pyglossary.