Thursday, December 29, 2016

How to convert lingvo dictionary to mobi dictionary for kindle paperwhite

How to convert lingvo dictionary to mobi dictionary for kindle paperwhite

We are going to use both ubuntu and windows!!!!

1. Convert lingvo dictionary (.lsd) to the old version (.dsl)

+ In ubuntu, install lsdreader program: https://github.com/sv99/lsdreader
   * Download lsdreader here
   * Extract it to somewhere, for example Downloads.
   * Open terminal: sudo pip install lingvoreader  (Or pip install lingvoreader)
   * On terminal, go to the folder of lsdreader, then: python setup.py sdist

+ Convert .lsd to .dsl:
   * Create a new folder DICT somewhere, for example Desktop, then copy dictionary (file .lsd) to that folder.
   * Open terminal: lsdreader -i path_to_dictionary  then enter
   * After that we get a .dsl file (DICT.dsl)

2. Convert .dsl to .opf

+ In ubuntu, install ruby : http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/downloads/
+ Download program dsl2mobi here and extract it to a folder.
+ Open terminal: ruby path_to_folder/dsl2mobi.rb -i path_to_folder/DICT.dsl
+ After that we will get 4 files: .html, .opf, .css, .jpg
+ Copy all those files to windows

3. Convert .opf to .mobi

+ In windows, download mobigen here (We can do this by kindlegen in ubuntu but it is more slowly). Copy that file mobigen to folder of 4 files above.
+ Open cmd: go to that folder of 4 files: mobigen DICT.opf  then enter
+ You will get the mobi file. Copy it to kindle and use!!

Sources:
a. https://github.com/sv99/lsdreader
b. https://github.com/Tvangeste/dsl2mobi


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