How to make a new dictionary?

[Nico Schwickard]

Hello guys,

I have searched far and wide on the website and this forum, but I cannot find how to make my own dictionary. The only guide I´ve found is Russian, which is impossible for me to read.

The dictionary has to be both english and chinese and has to include images.

[sandysta]

Hi Nico,
Here is something that you could find useful. I have added all my personal glossaries to GoldenDict following this method.
http://jalasthana.de/?p=828#toc-install ... -converter
Basically, it tells you how to create the files needed to create a Stardict dictionary (fortunately, a format compatible with GD).
I hope this helps!

[Tvangeste]

Hi Nico,

I'd recommend the DSL format. It is a very simple, text-based dictionary format that doesn't require any additional tooling at all.

Take a look here: viewtopic.php?f=5&t=1232

And here: https://github.com/VVSiz/SampleDSL

For images, all you need to do is to place the files in the same directory where the main *.DSL file resides and use something like this to include images into the articles:

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[s]image.jpg[/s]

[Nico Schwickard]

Thank you for your replies, this has helped me a lot. I have one more question tho, is it possible to make GoldenDict a web based dictionary? This would help me tremendously.

Thanks in advance!

[GuilC]

Hi Guys

Am a new user of Goldendict and I am quite enthusiastic about this application.
Now am trying to make my own dictionaries. For this, I use the "dsl method" with Notepad++. It works pretty well for english but I have some problems with language having special caracters, like in French. I get cyrillic caracters instead of the french letters.

How can I resolve this problem?

Thank you

GuilC

[Tvangeste]

How can I resolve this problem?

Hi there!

Make sure that your DSL file is a proper UTF-8 encoded file with UTF-8 BOM at the top.

What's Notepad++ says about your DSL file encoding (at the status bar, in the right bottom corner)?

[GuilC]

Thank you!
That was the point. I totally forgot to change, it was Ansi.
Thanks again.