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Old 02-03-2014, 08:44 PM   #1
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Index of Custom Dictionaries for Kobo eReader

Hi, I am Alberto Pettarin, the creator of Penelope, a tool for creating/merging/converting dictionaries, including the Kobo format.

Since I am overloaded by requests like "can you convert this dictionary X for my Kobo?", I start this thread to collect links to custom dictionaries for Kobo eReaders.

Please respect the copyright laws, and NEVER EVER post about converted dictionaries that infringe them. (Also, do not attempt at mailing me asking for converting copyrighted material, I will not help you on that.)

Instructions on how to install a custom dictionary on your Kobo can be found in the README of the GitHub repo: https://github.com/pettarin/penelope

Hyphenation dictionaries (to improve justified text display, not to give definitions or translations) can be found in this thread maintained by JSWolf.

Click on the following button to see the list of dictionaries:

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

Albanian - English by Samwize (0.47 MB)

Arabic - English by rmreader (1.9 MB)

Bulgarian by Semwize (5.52 MB)
Bulgarian - English by ashandarey (2.77 MB)

Chinese - English by tshering (8.31 MB)

Croation - English by oren64 (3.55 MB)

Czech - English by unaj41 (4.15 MB)

Danish - English by myshkin (0.1 MB)

Dutch - English by rmreader (1.76 MB)
Dutch - French by rmreader (0.5 MB)
Dutch - German by rmreader (0.5 MB)

English by ShellShock based on Chambers1908 (3.65 MB)
English by ShellShock based on Websters1913 (11.07 MB)
English by oren64 based on WordNet (13.71 MB)
English by oren64 based on GCDI (14.45 MB)
English by oren64 based on Wiktionary (18.61 MB)
English by Owl_ based on WordNet (12.02 MB)
English by Owl_ based on Manwë
English (Middle English 12th to 16th century) by prgdm (0.54 MB)

English - Albanian by Semwize (0.46 MB)
English - Arabic by rmreader (6.05 MB)
English - Arabic by Semwize (4.15 MB)
English - Arabic by Owl_ (7.48 MB)
English - Bulgarian by ashandarey (3.29 MB)
English - Chinese by Semwize (2.6 MB)
English - Chinese by Owl_ (13.68 MB)
English - Chinese by Owl_ (14.39 MB)
English - Croation by oren64 (3.37 MB)
English - Czech by unaj41 (6.22 MB)
English - Dutch by rmreader (4.07 MB)
English - Estonian by Semwize (0.21 MB)
English - Finnish by oren64 (0.08 MB)
English - French by oren64 (8.28 MB)
English - French by Owl_ (17.18 MB)
English - German by Owl_ (6.44 MB)
English - Greek by embryo (1.38 MB)
English - Hebrew by Owl_ (6.96 MB)
English - Hindi by tshering (1.27 MB)
English - Hindi by rmreader (1.40 MB)
English - Hindi by Owl_ (1.29 MB)
English - Hindi by Owl_ (2.27 MB)
English - Hungarian by oren64 (1.92 MB)
English - Indonasian by oren64 (2.08 MB)
English - Italian by rmreader (4.74 MB)
English - Italian by __taori__ (5.30 MB)
English - Italian by Owl_ (WordNet)
English - Italian by Owl_ (Elrond)
English - Japanese by petit-noise.net (11.5 MB)
English - Japanese by Owl_ (6.12 MB)
English - Korean by Owl_ (2.54 MB)
English - Latin by rmreader (0.2 MB)
English - Latvian by Semwize (3.70 MB)
English - Lithuanian by oren64 (0.34 MB)
English - Malayalam by Toolpost (2.79 MB)
English - Polish by RobertW (2.02 MB)
English - Polish by oren64 (0.90 MB)
English - Polish by Owl_ (6.83 MB)
English - Portuguese by Owl_ (16.70 MB)
English - Romanian by Owl_ (13.57 MB)
English - Romanian by Semwize (3.86 MB)
English - Russian by Owl_ (16.11 MB)
English - Russian by HaterAce (31.00 MB)
English - Serbian by indiffereddie (0.8 MB)
English - Slovak by helour (1.42 MB)
English - Slovene by 123kajote (0.8 MB)
English - Spanish by Semwize (7.12 MB)
English - Spanish by Owl_ (16.53 MB)
English - Swedish by Danell (1.81 MB)
English - Swedish by Owl_ (4.17 MB)
English - Thai by Owl_ (15.11 MB)
English - Turkish by oren64 (7.68 MB)
English - Turkish by Owl_ (14.05 MB)
English - Ukrainian by ivp (1.42 MB)
English - Vietnamese by tatun2112 (13.92 MB)
English - Vietnamese by huuduc1kk2 (18.66 MB)

French by tropoy (5.41 MB)
French - Arabic by Semwize (0.80 MB)
French - Dutch by rmreader (0.4 MB)
French - German by rmreader (1.52 MB)
French - English by oren64 (5.94 MB)
French - Japanese by Gnom (0.6 MB)

German by Semwize (16.82 MB)
German by Owl_ (11.09 MB)
German by Moonbase59 (42.50 MB)
German - Arabic by Semwize (0.29 MB)
German - Dutch by rmreader (1.2 MB)
German - English by AntiWiddershins (9.59 MB)
German - English by Owl_ (32 MB)
German - French by foulke (4.79 MB)
German - Italian by rmreader (0.5 MB)
German - Italian by Owl_ (2.70 MB)
German - Polish by User_Name (1.62 MB)
German - Russian by Semwize (4.41 MB)
German - Turkish by Semwize (0.41 MB)

Greek - English by Semwize (2.41 MB)

Hebrew - English by oren64 (4.42 MB)

Icelandic - English by Bilingual (0.38 MB)

Indonasian - English by oren64 (1.34 MB)

Italian by Owl_ (11.03 MB)
Italian - English by __taori__ (2.44 MB)
Italian - English by Owl_ (6.68 MB)
Italian - French by Semwize (1.53 MB)
Italian - German by rmreader (1.93 MB)

Irish - English by Semwize (0.90 MB)

Japanese - English by tshering
Japanese - English by Owl_
Japanese - English by cessen (38.00 MB)

Latin - English by Venerandi.com (10.8 MB)
Latin - English by rmreader (10.77 MB)
Latin - English by Semwize (1.53 MB)
Latin - English by Semwize (5.23 MB)
Latin - French by Semwize (6.75 MB)

Latvian - English by Semwize (2.37 MB)

Lojban by Idawin (0.5 MB)

Polish by San Zamoyski
Polish - English by Semwize (5.42 MB)

Romanian by alt10 (18.80 MB)
Romanian by Semwize (18.20 MB)
Romanian by boca-kun (20.47 MB)
Romanian - English by Semwize (0.11 MB)

Russian by Semwize (12.11 MB)
Russian - English by rmreader (1.06 MB)
Russian - French by rmreader (3.56 MB)
Russian - Spanish by Semwize (8.56 MB)

Slovak - English by helour (1.21 MB)
Slovene - English by 123kajote (0.8 MB)

Spanish - French by Semwize (1.00 MB)
Spanish - German by rmreader (1.31 MB)
Spanish - Portuguese by Owl_ (0.24 MB)
Spanish - Russian by oren64 (4.47 MB)
Spanish - Russian by Semwize (8.27 MB)

Swedish by Danell (1.28 MB)
Swedish - English by Danell (2.2 MB)

Turkish by Taner
Turkish - English by Owl_ (2.50 MB)
Turkish - Ottoman by Taner

Ottoman - Turkish by Taner

Vietnamese - English by huuduc1kk2 (8.61 MB)

Welsh - English by Semwize (0.48 MB)



Now it is your turn! Please post in this thread, if you made or got to know about custom made dictionaries.

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Old 02-03-2014, 10:53 PM   #2
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You are welcome. The Latin-English link is correct, it is just outside MR forum. I clarified it in the first post.
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Apologies for bumping the thread up, but I would like to ask some mod to consider stick this thread.

If you are a regular user, please flag this post, in order to get a mod look at this message. (Dear mod: if you make the thread sticky, delete this post, thanks!)

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I should have mentioned that I have done it already, (and it is not clear to me who is the mod of this section), that is why I posted the previous message.
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I have a great dictionary that i would like to convert to kobo dictionary.
Anyone around have penelope working and willing to help?
Or will I have to install it myself?

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Hi,

if your input dictionary:

1) is in public domain, CC licensed, or the like,
2) is in one of the input formats supported by Penelope,

you can mail me a link to a file locker/Dropbox/etc. where you uploaded your input file(s). Otherwise, you need to set your own box up.

PS: you also posted in the wrong thread. Please do not reply here, thanks.
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Added to the above list, thank you.
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This dictionary is evidently made for an earlier firmware. I am no sure whether this works on more recent firmwares. If not, decompress the content (html-files and "word") and zip it.

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Hi,

I have created a utility to convert open source dictionaries for usage with e-book readers. It can be found here:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/edict/

You can find the source code and the Windows executable there and additionally one English German Dictionary for the Kobo readers that was created out of the Beolingus file that can be found at http://ftp.tu-chemnitz.de/pub/Local/...g/de-en-devel/.
This file has ~138000 entries and is much more comprehensive as the built-in English German dictionary. I've been using it for some time now and am quite satisfied.

In the current version there is also support for the TEI-format. You can find lots of files to convert here:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/freedict/

Future plans are to support more e-reader formats and more dictionary formats. I already had a look at the Cybook Odyssey format and at the Stardict format, but during summertime (and additionally soccer worldcup ) development will be rather slow, so have a look later this year...

The program was developed in C++ using the free MS Visual Studio Express 2013 development environment. The marisa and the zip library are linked into the program so it should run standalone without installing further utilities on any Windows PC. It was actually written without Windows dependencies, so it should compile under Linux too, but I've never tried and will probably never do...

Documentation is still rather limited, to create a dictionary from the above mentioned Beolingus file the syntax would be:
e-dict.exe -d C:\pathtofile\de-en.txt -t 0

to create a dictionary from a TEI file:
e-dict.exe -d C:\pathtofile\de-en.tei -t 1

the created dictionary file will be named dicthtml.zip. Rename it as neccessary and transfer it to your Kobo. This process is extensively described in the forum here and other locations...

Hope you like it, maybe some of you decide to help me with further development or documentation which would be very welcome!

P.S. Why this tool, when Penelope is already around?
Well, good point...but easily explained: I started development before i stumbled upon Penelope...
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Hi HerbD,

congratulations for willing to delve into the hell of dictionaries for ereader

I strongly suggest you to open another thread (moving there the post above), so your project might get more attention than being buried here, since this thread is about something else.

Note: I tried compiling your code on my Debian machine with g++, and it does not compile out-of-the-box, due to (missing) SDKDDKVer.h, which seems to be MS VC++ stuff.
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