Wow, Pleco is a great tool. I'm a new user/customer, and I'm already on the forums to make trouble. :wink:
Actually, I'm old-school in that I learned Chinese using the Yale Romanization system. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yale_romanization Yale seems to have fallen out of favor, but to me, it still makes the most sense for a native English speaker. It's burned into my brain, and helps me "keep the pronunciation rules" when I study. I am familiar with CC-CEDICT http://www.mdbg.net/chindict/chindict.php?page=cedict and have taken a copy of it, and changed from PinYin in it to Yale Romanization. I took the results of that and made a custom input method for my MacBook, and am very pleased with the result. I used the instructions listed here: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=Mac/10.6/en/8952.html
Sooooo...my question is this: Can I make my own custom dictionary for Pleco using CC-CEDICT? I already have working code that will parse CC-CEDICT and replace PinYin with Yale. From what I understand, I should be able to take my custom dictionary and upload it to Pleco on my iPhone. Then I should be able to import it as a dictionary. Is this correct? If so, in what format does my custom dictionary need to be? Can Pleco directly import CC-CEDICT in its native format (if so, then my question is answered), or do I need to change it up a bit?
Thanks!
Actually, I'm old-school in that I learned Chinese using the Yale Romanization system. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yale_romanization Yale seems to have fallen out of favor, but to me, it still makes the most sense for a native English speaker. It's burned into my brain, and helps me "keep the pronunciation rules" when I study. I am familiar with CC-CEDICT http://www.mdbg.net/chindict/chindict.php?page=cedict and have taken a copy of it, and changed from PinYin in it to Yale Romanization. I took the results of that and made a custom input method for my MacBook, and am very pleased with the result. I used the instructions listed here: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=Mac/10.6/en/8952.html
Sooooo...my question is this: Can I make my own custom dictionary for Pleco using CC-CEDICT? I already have working code that will parse CC-CEDICT and replace PinYin with Yale. From what I understand, I should be able to take my custom dictionary and upload it to Pleco on my iPhone. Then I should be able to import it as a dictionary. Is this correct? If so, in what format does my custom dictionary need to be? Can Pleco directly import CC-CEDICT in its native format (if so, then my question is answered), or do I need to change it up a bit?
Thanks!