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1. Went to https://www.dict.cc and downloaded the one I wanted (NL->EN).
2. Removed some strange empty line between comments and translations (that should be in the format word \tab word) -- it rubbed the script in step 3 the wrong way.
3. Ran tab2opf.py on the .txt and that gave me a .opf and 3 .html files. Had to edit by hand the .opf to read like:

    <DictionaryInLanguage>nl</DictionaryInLanguage>
    <DictionaryOutLanguage>en</DictionaryOutLanguage>

(Perhaps some modern versions of tab2opf.py accept --source and --target but not mine).

4. Ran kindlegen on the .opf to generate a .mobi. kindlegen was mentioned but not available in the Amazon KDP web site, so I got the Kindle Previewer v3 instead and found kindlegen inside:

   /Applications/Kindle\ Previewer\ 3.app/Contents/MacOS/lib/fc/bin/kindlegen
    the_opf_file.opf -verbose -o nederlands_engels_woordenboek.mobi

I tried copying and running kindlegen from elsewhere and it did work :-)

5. Stuffed the produced .mobi in my kindle, and it worked! :-)
6. Some interesting links:

• http://rhystate.com/generating-a-kindle-compliant-ebook-with-kindlegen/
• http://www.klokan.cz/projects/stardict-lingea