Arabic dictionary (wordwise)

[Aboyaman]

I have made some modifications to wordwise dictionary to display Arabic definitions.
Please tell me if you are interested in this project?
Here is the example

[Doitsu]

Originally Posted by Aboyaman

I have made some modifications to wordwise dictionary to display Arabic definitions.
Please tell me if you are interested in this project?
Here is the example

Can you post the tools/scripts that you used to generate the .kll file in the .sdr folder or describe the steps for manually creating it?

[Aboyaman]

I didnt use any tools/scripts. The only thing I did is modifying the wordwise.klld database file=short_def column, by changing base64 sentence from Arabic to English

[Doitsu]

Originally Posted by Aboyaman

The only thing I did is modifying the wordwise.klld database file=short_def column, by changing base64 sentence from Arabic to English

If I understood you correctly, you bought a WordWise enabled English book and changed the base64 obfuscated English definitions in the unencrypted .kll sqlite file in the .sdr folder from English to Arabic.

While it's certainly helpful to know that English WordWise definitions can be replaced with definitions in other languages, it'd be even more helpful if someone found out how WordWise definitions are marked in the actual .azw3 books.

I looked into this some time ago and created my own .azw3 version of "A Tale of Two Cities" from a PD source, changed the ASIN of my book to match the ASIN of the commercial book (which is free).
However, when I replaced the commercial edition with my edition, WordWise no longer worked.
It's therefore very likely that WordWise-enabled books have a special EXTH metadata entry and/or that the .kll file also stores the binary location of each word.

[Aboyaman]

The only modification you have to do is in /system/kll/wordwise.en.en.klld file
not the .sdr file
.sdr file contains "positions" of words and sense.id only
The meaning of the word that appears above the word is generated from /system/kll/wordwise.en.en.klld.

[esso]

Great work
Could you please explain how to make it or even share the file
Thx

[thatworkshop]

Good find.
Many more languages will be coming.

[Aboyaman]

I hope we will find programmers who can make things easier for making more wordwise dictionaries

[PoP]

This is an old thread, I know, but I was intrigued and wanted to document.

I used this DB Browser for SQLite and this BASE64 Decoder to peek into the wordwise kll.en.en.klld data base.


For example the line #14523 of the senses table

decodes to:

long_def:
dG8gdHJ5IHRvIGdldCBzb21ldGhpbmcgeW91IHdhbnQgYnkgdG Fsa2luZyB0byB0aGUgcGVvcGxlIHdobyBtYWtlIGRlY2lzaW9u cw==
to try to get something you want by talking to the people who make decisions

short-def:
dG8gdHJ5IHRvIGdldCBieSBpbmZsdWVuY2U=
to try to get by influence

xample_sentence:
U2hlIGhhcyBiZWd1biBsb2JieWluZyBmb3IgYW4gaW50ZXJ2aW V3LiBbPXRyeWluZyB0byBnZXQgYW4gaW50ZXJ2aWV3XQ==
She has begun lobbying for an interview. [=trying to get an interview]

A data base approach which is quite more involved than simple <ruby> tagging ... I will gladly leave it to more ambitious reverse engineers

BTW I also have the CC-CEDICT.kll.zh.pn.klld SQLite data base in my system/kll directory, does anyone know where it comes from? Or which book caused it to be downloaded?

[Doitsu]

Originally Posted by PoP

BTW I also have the CC-CEDICT.kll.zh.pn.klld SQLite data base in my system/kll directory, does anyone know where it comes from? Or which book caused it to be downloaded?

CEDICT is an Open Source Chinese-English dictionary. Maybe Amazon converted it to its own format.
Did you ever change the GUI to Chinese and/or did you download a Chinese language Kindle book for testing purposes?

[PoP]

Originally Posted by Doitsu

CEDICT is an Open Source Chinese-English dictionary. Maybe Amazon converted it to its own format.
Did you ever change the GUI to Chinese and/or did you download a Chinese language Kindle book for testing purposes?

I never changed the GUI to Chinese but I precisely sideloaded *that* CEDICT mobi -- along with a Chinese book -- to test searches.

I never downloaded the klld file though!

On further inspection, the klld is not related to wordwise at all. It looks like the dictionary itself in a different format. Strange

[PoP]

Just to conclude on my post on kll.zh.pn.klld. I finally got a better understanding, Here in this thread.