translate kindle vocabulary

Translate your Kindle Vocabulary Builder from the source language into your native language with Google Translate or DeepL.

Copy the vocab.db file from your Kindle, it's stored in /Volumes/Kindle/system/vocabulary/vocab.db if you mount it on a Mac
clone this repo and install the packages

pip install -U -r requirements.txt

usage

Google Translate should work out of the box, for DeepL you need an API key (they offer a free tier for up to 500k characters per month)

For DeepL you need to set the API key as an environment variable DEEPL_API_KEY. Like so:

export DEEPL_API_KEY=ABC1234
python application.py -e deepl -l de -i vocab.db -o dictionary.db

help menu:

usage: application.py [-h] -l LANG [-i INPUT] [-o OUTPUT] [-e ENGINE]

Translate your Kindle Vocabulary.

options:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -l LANG, --lang LANG  Language to translate to (DE, EN, FR, etc.)
  -i INPUT, --input INPUT
                        Location of your vocab.db file
  -o OUTPUT, --output OUTPUT
                        Location of your output dictionary file
  -e ENGINE, --engine ENGINE
                        choose between deepl and google

pew/kindle-vocab

translate kindle vocabulary

usage