Foreign Dictionaries for Kindle 2

Kraebber · 03-15-2009, 03:41 PM

Whcih foreign language dictionaries work??

astra · 03-20-2009, 05:07 PM

So many replies. Apparently, zero?

wallcraft · 03-20-2009, 07:06 PM

Probably none, see New dictionary.

thibaulthalpern · 03-20-2009, 07:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kraebber

Whcih foreign language dictionaries work??

English

Sorry, just wanted to point out English is a foreign language for some of us

GJN · 03-20-2009, 08:35 PM

Hopefully, being able to use a foreign dictionary will someday become a Kindle feature. It'd sure help me in reading French or German texts.

Woofer · 03-25-2009, 07:48 AM

Depending on your needs, there's quite a few foreign dictionaries available on the Internet that can be converted fairly easily to .mobi. A good resource for this is the StarDict project.

For example, my default dictionary on the kindle right now is the XMLittré, a 19th Century French dictionary that works better than modern dictionaries for all the Dumas and de Maupassant I'm reading right now.

Dual-language (like French-English) dictionaries are a bit rarer, though. And, unfortunately, I don't really understand the copyright on a lot of this stuff well enough to feel comfortable posting conversions of them. For example, there's a bunch of free dual-language dictionaries at http://www.microsoft.com/reader/down...tionaries.aspx, but I don't think conversions of them can be distributed.

wallcraft · 03-25-2009, 09:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Woofer

Dual-language (like French-English) dictionaries are a bit rarer, though. And, unfortunately, I don't really understand the copyright on a lot of this stuff well enough to feel comfortable posting conversions of them.

I agree that posting dictionaries can be problematic, but a tutorial using a particular freely available dual-language example file (such as those from MicroSoft) would be very helpful. See I would pay $100 for an English-Portuguese dictionary.. for a similar request.

There is a tutorial of this kind for English dictionaries, see Converting Encarta Dictionaries to Mobipocket Tutorial. Also: How to create your own mobipocket dictionary for any language:.

kevindorsey · 03-25-2009, 04:35 PM

Using browser to direct yourself to dictionaries online should work.

Blog Kindle · 11-20-2010, 03:49 AM

These Kindle Dictionaries work

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03-20-2009, 05:07 PM	#2
astra The Introvert Posts: 8,307 Karma: 1000077497 Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: United Kingdom Device: Sony Reader PRS-650 & 505 & 500	So many replies. Apparently, zero?

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wallcraft reader Posts: 6,975 Karma: 5183568 Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Mississippi, USA Device: Kindle 3, Kobo Glo HD	Probably none, see New dictionary.

03-20-2009, 08:35 PM	#5
GJN Guilty Bystander Posts: 104 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Florida Device: MacBook Pro, Kindle, iPad, and other gadgets	Hopefully, being able to use a foreign dictionary will someday become a Kindle feature. It'd sure help me in reading French or German texts.

03-25-2009, 07:48 AM	#6
Woofer Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2008 Device: None yet	Depending on your needs, there's quite a few foreign dictionaries available on the Internet that can be converted fairly easily to .mobi. A good resource for this is the StarDict project. For example, my default dictionary on the kindle right now is the XMLittré, a 19th Century French dictionary that works better than modern dictionaries for all the Dumas and de Maupassant I'm reading right now. Dual-language (like French-English) dictionaries are a bit rarer, though. And, unfortunately, I don't really understand the copyright on a lot of this stuff well enough to feel comfortable posting conversions of them. For example, there's a bunch of free dual-language dictionaries at http://www.microsoft.com/reader/down...tionaries.aspx, but I don't think conversions of them can be distributed.

03-25-2009, 04:35 PM	#8
kevindorsey Evangelist Posts: 488 Karma: 258 Join Date: Mar 2009 Device: kindle	Using browser to direct yourself to dictionaries online should work.

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