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Can someone make a script converting jmdict (jap->eng) to supported dictionary format? Or may be we can get jmdict support in goldendict?
http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~jwb/jmdict.html

Jp-En:
http://ko.sourceforge.jp/projects/sfnet ... Jp_En.zip/

there are also both Jp-En and En-Jp for StarDict
http://www.liquidx.net/stardict-jmdict/
but I can't make it work with GoldenDict though - it doesn't see them during scan.

anyone has idea how to add them?

nonsens112 wrote:Jp-En:
http://ko.sourceforge.jp/projects/sfnet ... Jp_En.zip/

This one loads just fine.

nonsens112 wrote:there are also both Jp-En and En-Jp for StarDict
http://www.liquidx.net/stardict-jmdict/
but I can't make it work with GoldenDict though - it doesn't see them during scan.

anyone has idea how to add them?

These dictionaries missing two other files (*.ifo and *.syn). GoldenDict can't load them without such files:

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Stardict's dictionary reading failed: jmdict-en-ja.ifo, error: No corresponding .syn file was found for jmdict-en-ja.ifo

thanks for reply.

created empty jmdict-en-ja.syn and the following jmdict-en-ja.ifo:

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StarDict's dict ifo file
version=2.4.2
wordcount=204464
synwordcount=0
idxfilesize=2392622
bookname=JMDict (En-Jp)
sametypesequence=x


now it loads and seems to be working.

nonsens112 wrote:thanks for reply.
now it loads and seems to be working.

Excellent! The author of the dictionary probably needs to be notified about those missing files, so he could update the package.

Issue created: https://github.com/goldendict/goldendict/issues/6

nonsens112 wrote:Jp-En:
http://ko.sourceforge.jp/projects/sfnet ... Jp_En.zip/

This is good, but old jmdict snapshot and it isn't updated. Original JMdict gets new entries and corrections everyday. Comparing that to current status, JMdict has additional 10000 entries.

nonsens112 wrote:there are also both Jp-En and En-Jp for StarDict
http://www.liquidx.net/stardict-jmdict/
but I can't make it work with GoldenDict though - it doesn't see them during scan.

Those dict files are very old, about 9 years old. And the script didn't work for me.

So, I wrote a new script. It uses almost everything JMdict has (unlike previous examples ) and converts to DSL.
New JMdict card in GD: http://img36.imageshack.us/img36/9900/jmdictdsl.png
Converted dsl.dz and script: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=A7OLLNRT

zlkndu,

Thank you so much for your script. It seems that it can be used to extract not only Jap-Eng dictionary but also other languages. Could you please explain how I can use it to get a Japanese -> English + Russian dictionary?

JMdict is mainly Jp->Eng dictionary. Trying to get anything else comes with flaws, namely all special information associated with translations describes english part. If you don't mind that:

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self.__skipflag = False

with

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self.__skipflag = True

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elif name == 'gloss' and attrs['xml:lang'] != 'eng':
    self.__skipflag = True

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elif name == 'gloss' and (attrs['xml:lang'] == 'eng' or attrs['xml:lang'] == 'rus'):
    self.__skipflag = False

This will display russian translations among english words.

I found this great version here: http://simonwiles.net/projects/jmdict/.