Comments on: Free and open Kindle formatted Spanish to English dictionary

By: Mak

Mak — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:56:49 +0000

Hi,

I have downloaded your dictionary and put it on my kindle 4, my kindle currently has 2 English dictionaries, one Spanish dictionary and your bi-lingual dictionary.

When I look into the home->menu->settings->dictionaries, I get 2 language options, one English and the other Spanish, your dictionary comes under the English option, and when I set it to default and try it on a Spanish ebook, the Spanish dictionary that I have kicks into action and started giving me Spanish explanation of the words instead of your dictionary giving me the translation as expected. Is there a way to move your dictionary into the Spanish option under home->menu->settings->dictionaries, I suspect if it is there and I set it to default it should work as expected, many thanks for your help in advance.

By: Kay

Kay — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 19:52:03 +0000

Dear EG,
Thanks so so much for making this great translator available. I was putting off buying a Kindle until they offered something like this, and when I found your site, I ordered a Kindle, and downloaded your dictionary (into the Documents folder, in case anyone needs to know) and it works perfectly, beautifully, and I’m several pages into my first ever Spanish novel.
Thank you thank you thank you.
You are my new hero!
kay

By: Bob Coss

Bob Coss — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 20:15:54 +0000

Thanks for the dictionary. FYI, I just purchased Marriam-Webster’s spanish dictionary from Amazon, and it works great as the dictionary for lookup while you are reading text.

Genae, To answer your question, If you are reading spanish books or texts you can move the cursor in front of the word, and the english translation will show up at the bottom of the screen automatically. This is the main reason I bought the Kindle too. WARNING!! This dictionary lookup does not work if you are reading a pdf document.

To change the dictionary on mine with version 2.5.3, you have to click on Home, Menu, select Settings, and then click on the menu again to get the “Change Primary Dictionary” option. I sure wish you could select a secondary dictionary too.

Bob

By: Genae K

Genae K — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 14:26:50 +0000

This may seem a silly question, but as a Kindle virgin, I need to know this before purchasing one. I am a Spanish language student and would like to get books in Spanish on Kindle…but….I would like the dictionary feature to give me the definitions in English, serving as my instant translator! This may be already possible, but I need to know. Anyone?

By: Matt

Matt — Sat, 07 Aug 2010 17:25:55 +0000

Hi Dave,

This sounds like a great tool. I’ve downloaded Don Quijote and am anxious to dive in with the dictionary at hand. I recently purchased the Kindle DX graphite running 2.5.5. However, when I download your app and place it on my Kindle via the USB, I’m not certain where it goes within the file folders listed:

Audible
Documents
Music
System

I’ve tried to move your app to various locations, but nothing results in a “Change Primary Dictionary” setting appearing in my Kindle–even after a re-start. All I see is Registration, Popular Highlights, Social Networks, Annotations Backup, Device Password, Device Name, Device E-mail, Personal Info, and Device Info.

Any guidance you can provide would be appreciated!

By: Annie

Annie — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 13:24:33 +0000

Hi Dave,

is it possible to use your dictionary with the Kindle app for the iphone (or ipad)?

By: maria

maria — Wed, 19 May 2010 16:45:55 +0000

Hi Dave, do you know any dictionary that can be used as default dictionary on kindle but which translates the other way round? I mean, is there any dictionary to translate english words into spanish, that can be used as default in kindle?
I am trying to find one in amazon, but I can’t find anything…

thanks for your answer!!

By: Dave

Dave — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 16:47:57 +0000

Thanks. As the disclaimer says, this is machine generated by pumping hundreds of thousands of words from machine generated lists through a script for machine generated translations. If the input word had an umlaut and the translator returned an answer, it showed up in the dictionary. For version 0.2 I might try to better filter on that. It’s a work in progress.

By: Raymond

Raymond — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 16:20:55 +0000

On second thought, I’ve been trying out your dictionary and—for a free one—it’s not bad. I wonder about some of the strange marks you have above of the letters, which do not exist in Spanish. You have caret signs, umlauts, etc.

By: Dave

Dave — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 16:09:05 +0000

I’m suspecting from the question that you’ve never actually tried this on a Kindle. A book with DRM on it can’t be set to your primary dictionary on the Kindle and you usually find this out after you’ve spent the money. That’s what happened to me, which is why I did this project.

By: Raymond

Raymond — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 15:34:56 +0000

Congratulations on this achievement! Very cool! However, why reinvent the wheel? Several Spanish-English dictionaries exist, both Mobipocket and Kindle style:

http://ebooks.addall.com/Search/ebooks.cgi?author=&title=spanish+dictionary&keyword=keyword+or+isbn&showadvanced=Y&order=PRICE&ordering=ASC&dispCurr=USD&formats=mobi&formats=kindle&sites=AmazonKindle&sites=AmazonPdf&sites=Audible&sites=Barnesandnoble&sites=Baen&sites=Booksonboard&sites=Cyberread&sites=Diesel&sites=Ebookmall&sites=Ebookscom&sites=Eharlequin&sites=Ereadable&sites=Fictionwise&sites=Harpercollins&sites=Powells&sites=Mobipocket&sites=Smashwords&sites=Sony&sites=AudibleUK&sites=BooksonboardUK&sites=Foyles&sites=HarpercollinsUK&sites=PenguinUK&sites=RbooksUK&sites=WhsmithUK&sites=Waterstones&sites=HarpercollinsAU&sites=Ebooksgratuits&sites=Feedbooks&sites=Gutenberg&sites=Manybooks&sites=MobileRead&Search=Search&.cgifields=sites