lsd2dsl is a decompiler for ABBYY Lingvo’s and Duden proprietary dictionaries.

The following Lingvo versions are supported

Application User System Abbreviations
Lingvo x6 152001 151005 155001
Lingvo x5 142001 141004 145001
Lingvo x3 132001 131001
Lingvo 12 120001
Lingvo 11 110001

In addition, audio archives (.lsa) are also supported.

Decompiling an LSD file produces the following output

  • dictionary itself (.dsl)
  • (optional) description in one or more languages (.ann)
  • (optional) icon (.bmp)
  • (optional) images and other data that are referenced from articles (.dsl.files.zip)

Decompiling an LSA file produces a single directory containing .wav audio files.

The following Duden versions have been tested

File Type Versions
INF 1, 100, 101, 103, 111, 114, 200, 201, 202, 203, 204, 205, 206, 212, 213, 216, 219, 221, 224, 225, 226, 227, 228, 290, 300, 302, 303, 311, 400, 403, 410, 418, 500
HIC 4, 5, 6

Console and GUI versions are available.

The project is hosted on github.

The latest windows binaries are available here.