Turkish dictionaries for e-reader

[playful]

Would anyone know where to find a Turkish dictionary for e-readers? Ultimately I'll use it in Stardict format but it could be in any format, will convert.

From or to Turkish, from or to English (or French or Spanish).

- the ones on Huzheng's site don't work
- there used to be a free Babylon one but the link is dead

[Fiat_Lux]

Originally Posted by playful

Would anyone know where to find a Turkish dictionary for e-readers? Ultimately I'll use it in Stardict format but it could be in any format, will convert.

From or to Turkish, from or to English (or French or Spanish).

- the ones on Huzheng's site don't work
- there used to be a free Babylon one but the link is dead

Are you looking for a dictionary to translate English<->Turkish, or a dictionary that lists Turkish works and their definitions, or a dictionary to check Turkish spelling?

[Sarmat89]

Turkish dictionaries for e-readers are not really feasible due to the insane morphology.

[Doitsu]

Originally Posted by playful

From or to Turkish, from or to English (or French or Spanish).

Wikiddict has small En->Tr, Fr->Tr and Es->Tr Startdict dictionaries.

[playful]

> Are you looking for a dictionary to translate English<->Turkish

This.

> Wikiddict has small En->Tr

Thank you for the tip. The two I've looked at don't work as the html inside the dict file is insane and has nothing to do with the dict format, but if I can understand the structure I'll convert it to a proper dict.

Maybe a solution would be to find a good dictionary as a regular ebook, and to parse it to convert it to dict format. From what I'm seeing on Amazon though there are very few dictionaries as ebook and from the "look inside" they seem quite basic (a few thousand words).

[nezih]

Originally Posted by playful

> Are you looking for a dictionary to translate English<->Turkish

This.

> Wikiddict has small En->Tr

Thank you for the tip. The two I've looked at don't work as the html inside the dict file is insane and has nothing to do with the dict format, but if I can understand the structure I'll convert it to a proper dict.

Maybe a solution would be to find a good dictionary as a regular ebook, and to parse it to convert it to dict format. From what I'm seeing on Amazon though there are very few dictionaries as ebook and from the "look inside" they seem quite basic (a few thousand words).

@playful

Here is a monolingual Turkish dictionary that I have created: https://github.com/anezih/guncel-tur...-kobo-stardict

For the Babylon one, you can convert the MOBI dictionary at http://eb.lv to StarDict via this script: https://github.com/anezih/mobi2stardict

Other than those, I can send you some bidirectional dictionaries (EN<->TR, FR<->TR) such as: https://github.com/anezih/fono-sozluk-stardict

[playful]

Originally Posted by nezih

@playful

Teşekkür ederim, Nezih, çok ilginç!
I usually use pyGlossary for conversion, among other things, so that shouldn't be a problem.

> I can send you some bidirectional dictionaries (EN<->TR, FR<->TR)

YES, super interested!

Will PM you. :-)

[nezih]

Originally Posted by playful

Teşekkür ederim, Nezih, çok ilginç!
I usually use pyGlossary for conversion, among other things, so that shouldn't be a problem.

> I can send you some bidirectional dictionaries (EN<->TR, FR<->TR)

YES, super interested!

Will PM you. :-)

PM sent.

[luisboris]

Originally Posted by nezih

@playful

Here is a monolingual Turkish dictionary that I have created: https://github.com/anezih/guncel-tur...-kobo-stardict

For the Babylon one, you can convert the MOBI dictionary at http://eb.lv to StarDict via this script: https://github.com/anezih/mobi2stardict

Other than those, I can send you some bidirectional dictionaries (EN<->TR, FR<->TR) such as: https://github.com/anezih/fono-sozluk-stardict

Hi there, I've sent you a PM regarding this one.

[snsdg]

After a short research/reading on the internet for myself, I found two ways to convert dictionary files to MOBI. Both involve two stages - one to intermediate temporary/raw files and the second from the raw files to MOBI.

Required software:

pyGlossary (for both options):

https://github.com/ilius/pyglossary/releases or https://github.com/glowinthedark/pyglossary/releases

Kindle Previewer (for the first option) (terrible program):

https://www.amazon.com/Kindle-Previe...de=21381691011

KindleGen (for the second option):

https://cloud.freemdict.com/index.php/s/X93k2wPB9JR7kby or https://cloud.mail.ru/public/r5sN/TZbEcVM4R

The first stage in both options is done with pyGlossary: ​​open the dictionary file you want to convert with pyGlossary, and as target format specify Mobipocket (.mobi) E-Book. Specify a name for the desired target file that must be different from the name of the source file (otherwise you will get an error). In both options, the raw files will appear in a temporary folder with the name you specified for the target file.

Option 1:

Install Kindle Previewer. Run the program. In the settings (in the View -> Preferences drop-down menu), set the main device type to Kindle E-Reader with Portrait orientation. After you have opened the source file, set the desired name and location of the target file / temporary folder, and specified the Mobipocket (.mobi) E-Book format, press the Convert button. A folder with the name you specified in pyGlossary should appear in the location you specified. There are two subfolders in it - META-INF and OEBPS. There is a file named Content.opf in the OEBPS folder. Open the Kindle Previewer program you installed. Press the Open Book button. Find the Content.opf file and open it. Wait for the program to finish working, then in the drop-down menu, press File -> Export and export the file in Books (.mobi) format (the second option). You have received a file named content.mobi - rename it as you wish.

Option 2:

Unzip the downloaded KindleGen somewhere (you only need the executable file kindlegen.exe). Open pyGlossary, then ​​open in the program the dictionary file you want to convert, and as target format specify Mobipocket (.mobi) E-Book. Specify a name for the desired target file that must be different from the name of the source file. Open the Options menu next to the Convert button. There, open Write Options. Open the folder where you unzipped the kindlegen.exe file and copy it. Paste it in the Kindlegen path (path to kindlegen executable) field. Click the OK button. Click the Convert button. After the programs finish working, the converted file will be in the OEBPS subfolder of the temporary folder you specified, under the name content.mobi. Move it wherever you want and rename it as you like.

If you want convert .mobi (=.prc - just rename .prc to .mobi) to StarDict (.IFO) format, so use this converter:

https://github.com/anezih/mobi2stardict/releases

I found a solution for creating dictionaries for PocketBook in .dic format from practically any dictionary too. From DSL or XDXF format using this converter:

https://cloud.freemdict.com/index.php/s/azSZaAzFtoMrfYY or https://cloud.mail.ru/public/X8PZ/t8Zh4WJTt

And from StarDict to XDXF format using this one, then again using the above:

https://cloud.freemdict.com/index.php/s/mQN9QnX33qMJttH or https://cloud.mail.ru/public/MPBu/GQt8EMQmz

You can convert to StarDict or other converter-compatible format using pyGlossary:

https://github.com/ilius/pyglossary/releases / fork: https://github.com/glowinthedark/pyglossary/releases

Dictionaries you can find here: https://cloud.freemdict.com/index.php/s/pgKcDcbSDTCzXCs or here (mirror): https://cloud.mail.ru/public/M9fm/aDxp6vv1R

Additional links: https://cloud.mail.ru/public/UVGg/o4gVwsUCy

[snsdg]

KindleGen's are here: https://cloud.mail.ru/public/NmAH/RfQNaygUg

[nezih]

Originally Posted by snsdg

KindleGen's are here: https://cloud.mail.ru/public/NmAH/RfQNaygUg

Here is an Archive.org link of kindlegen: https://web.archive.org/web/20190817...cId=1000765211

I'm the author of MobiDict.Avalonia and wonder why do people upload a program that is already available through Github to some random cloud

[Doitsu]

Originally Posted by nezih

Here is an Archive.org link of kindlegen: https://web.archive.org/web/20190817...cId=1000765211

I'm the author of MobiDict.Avalonia and wonder why do people upload a program that is already available through Github to some random cloud

There's no need to download KindleGen from third-party websites, Amazon still bundles KindleGen with KindlePreviewer. It's in the following folder:

%localappdata%\Amazon\Kindle Previewer 3\lib\fc\bin

Kindle Previewer 3.101.0 comes with:

Amazon kindlegen(Windows) V2.9 build 0000-kdevbld