Dictionary manipulation

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Dictionary manipulation

Compilation is documented elsewhere, for Interactive dictionaries and Web dictionaries.

Dictionary scripts

• General dtds and scripts are in giella-core/dicts/scripts (yes, in scripts)
• Dictionary specific dtds are in dict-LANG1-LANG2/dtd
• Dictionary-specific scripts are in dict-LANG1-LANG2/scripts

Changing dictionary direction

Changing from LANG1LANG2 to LANG2LANG1: Script is in giella-core/dicts/upside2down/

1. Collect all LANG1 files into one with giella-core/dicts/scripts/merge_giella_dicts.py (previously giella-core/dicts/scripts/collect-dict-parts.xsl)
2. Run the conversion with the command below (exchange sjdrus with whatever)

java -Xmx2048m net.sf.saxon.Transform -it:main gt_sd2td.xsl inFile=all-merged-pos_sjdrus.xml
java -Xmx2048m net.sf.saxon.Transform -it:main gt_mergeEntry_pos_td.xsl inFile=outDir/all-merged-pos_sjdrus_rus.xml

Last updated: September 25, 2026 Edit on GitHub