Answers.Body: <p>Apologies for replying as an answer, I have no sufficient reputation to comment.</p>
  
  <p>I am the creator of Penelope. I thought about this for a bit, but the main problem is that I am continuously asked to "convert" materials that are clearly pirated from copyrighted, commercial dictionaries --- which I always refuse --- and hosting them onto a public web site would yield to legal issues.</p>
  
  <p>Probably the best option would be creating a thread in MobileRead, but clearly only for public domain or CC-licensed materials.</p>
  
  <p>EDIT: I created such thread: <a href="http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?p=2755188" rel="nofollow">http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?p=2755188</a></p>
  
  <p>EDIT 2: I posted directions on how to install custom dictionaries on Kobo devices in the Penelope GitHub README: <a href="https://github.com/pettarin/penelope" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/pettarin/penelope</a></p>
  
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Body: <p>I'd like to load some custom dictionaries on my Kobo Glo, since the preloaded ones sometimes lack many words.</p>
  
  <p>The monolingual ones seems to be fairly complete, but I find the ones used for translation to be far from comprehensive.</p>
  
  <p>I know that there is a tool called <a href="http://www.albertopettarin.it/penelope.html">Penelope</a>, aimed at converting between various dictionary formats, but the job seems especially tricky for Kobo ones, since it requires many dependencies.</p>
  
  <p>If someone has successfully used it to create Kobo-compatible dictionaries, can please point out if there is some place where they can be downloaded?</p>
  
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Comments.Text: You can find a few custom dictionaries [here](http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=196925).
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Comments.Text: is this what you are looking for? http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=196931
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Comments.Text: No, these are the direct links to the standard Kobo dictionaries, if one prefer to get them that way instead of directly downloading them on the device via wi-fi.
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Tags: <customization><kobo><kobo-glo><dictionaries>
Title: Where can I find custom dictionaries for my Kobo Glo?
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ThreadText: # Where can I find custom dictionaries for my Kobo Glo?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2013-12-20)
  
  I'd like to load some custom dictionaries on my Kobo Glo, since the preloaded ones sometimes lack many words.
  
  The monolingual ones seems to be fairly complete, but I find the ones used for translation to be far from comprehensive.
  
  I know that there is a tool called [Penelope](http://www.albertopettarin.it/penelope.html), aimed at converting between various dictionary formats, but the job seems especially tricky for Kobo ones, since it requires many dependencies.
  
  If someone has successfully used it to create Kobo-compatible dictionaries, can please point out if there is some place where they can be downloaded?
  
  **Tags:** customization, kobo, kobo-glo, dictionaries
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_2**: is this what you are looking for? http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=196931  
  > **username_0**: No, these are the direct links to the standard Kobo dictionaries, if one prefer to get them that way instead of directly downloading them on the device via wi-fi.  
  > **username_1**: You can find a few custom dictionaries [here](http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=196925).  
  
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  ### Answer by username_3 on 2014-01-06. Score: 5 | Accepted answer
  
  Apologies for replying as an answer, I have no sufficient reputation to comment.
  
  I am the creator of Penelope. I thought about this for a bit, but the main problem is that I am continuously asked to "convert" materials that are clearly pirated from copyrighted, commercial dictionaries --- which I always refuse --- and hosting them onto a public web site would yield to legal issues.
  
  Probably the best option would be creating a thread in MobileRead, but clearly only for public domain or CC-licensed materials.
  
  EDIT: I created such thread: <http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?p=2755188>
  
  EDIT 2: I posted directions on how to install custom dictionaries on Kobo devices in the Penelope GitHub README: <https://github.com/pettarin/penelope>
  
  
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