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![]() Thanks for the helpful thread! I've used the tips here to make my own Chinese-English dictionary. I converted CEdict over to the correct format, got rid of the traditional characters since I don't want them and I'm not sure how they would affect the functionality of the dictionary. I also changed the pinyin with numbers to pinyin with tone marks because I prefer tone marks. It seems to be good, but I don't know until I try it on a Kindle and my Kindle is not working right now ![]() So is there anyone with a Kindle 3 that could test out my dictionary for me? ![]() just check out the attached .mobi file, set it as your default dictionary on the kindle, and let me know if it works with the instant lookup. |
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I could test for you some german-german dictionary, if you would be so kind to make it
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I'd be happy to test future versions for you as well! Keep up the good work! edit: If anyone else has made a Chinese-English dictionary, please post it! Help us non-computer savvy users! Last edited by buffboy; 12-16-2010 at 01:59 AM. Reason: asking for other users to post |
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I've created a Chinese-English dictionary which you can find at http://hewgill.com/hanzidict/. Unfortunately, I haven't discovered how to make this work as an actual Kindle dictionary (that you can use to look up Chinese characters in other books). However, it works as a traditional radical-order dictionary.
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I followed the instructions and got my dictionary .txt file. However, when I run the python script I get the following error
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Edit: I got it to work by uninstalling Python 3 and installing 2.7... Last edited by wattsmart; 12-31-2010 at 03:40 PM. Reason: Problem Solved! |
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Dont know if this post is helpful, it lists some CN-EN dict's and has instructions on how to make them the default Kindle dict
http://mrhaoji.com/blog/resources-for-kindle.html |
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cyrrilic dictionary
thanks for the helpful post. I'm almost there, but hit a snag:
trude@trude-laptop:~/Documents/dictionary$ python2.6 tab2opf.py ukr_eng_dic.txtfeff#NAME #INDEX_LANGUAGE #CONTENTS_LANGUAGE Traceback (most recent call last): File "tab2opf.py", line 240, in <module> dt, dd = r.split('\t',1) ValueError: need more than 1 value to unpack trude@trude-laptop:~/Documents/dictionary$ I'll attach the .txt file if you need to look at it. Many thanks ![]() |
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Try python 2.7. Should work.
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I am having the same problem that intruder1960 is having.
C:\mobdic project>c:\python27\python.exe tab2opf.py csw.txt Traceback (most recent call last): File "tab2opf.py", line 240, in <module> dt, dd = r.split('\t',1) ValueError: need more than 1 value to unpack Please help. I am trying to create a custom English-English dictionary. Thanks. |
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Sorry forgot to mention that I am using Python 2.7 on Windows XP. Thanks.
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Check if there is an empty line anywhere (check at the end!), or one with just a description but no keyword, or just a keyword but no description. (Disclaimer: Python is my "native" programming language). |
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In the .OPF file, there is, in the <metadata>
<dc:Language>en</dc:Language> Then in the <x-metadata> there is <DictionaryInLanguage>en</DictionaryInLanguage> <DictionaryOutLanguage>en</DictionaryOutLanguage> Now to make a translation dictionary, from some other language to english, it is pretty clear I need to change the DictionaryInLanguage, but what should the <dc:Language> be set to? The source language, or English? I think I've tried both, but still, I can't get the Kindle to look up words using my generated dictionary. So what else could be going wrong? The dictionary displays fine when I browse it. |
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i'd like a Swedish-English dictionary (niche, i know), and I can't find one anywhere - the only one on amazon doesn't seem to work with the functionality it should - ie. being able to look up words in the text of an ebook. There's a GNU dictionary
http://folkets-lexikon.csc.kth.se/fo...ets_public.xml which can provide an xml file, but it's not a comma del text file, as some of the software discussed here appears to require. I wonder if there's anyone who can point to how I might go about compiling this xml list into a functional ebook that can be used on the kindle in the same way that the english dictionary that comes free (with the K3) does. I am a complete beginner, btw. I've got a Mac, should that make any difference, and a K3. Advice would be super, Thanks! |
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