Thanks for the heads-up. Will try everything and report back in a few days 
*fingers crossed*
Installed Lingvo 12. Did what the "Readme (before use)" in each dictionary .rar file said. AND got rid of the unnecessary [trn] and [/trns] elements (DSLcompiler didn't accept them). Then used DSLcompiler installed with Lingvo 12. Successfully converted .dsl to .lsd and added the dictionary to Lingvo 12 under (Chinese) and voila ! I have a Lingvo that translates Japanese !
Even added the dictionary to Lingvo x5 and it works ! ^^
*fingers crossed*
Installed Lingvo 12. Did what the "Readme (before use)" in each dictionary .rar file said. AND got rid of the unnecessary [trn] and [/trns] elements (DSLcompiler didn't accept them). Then used DSLcompiler installed with Lingvo 12. Successfully converted .dsl to .lsd and added the dictionary to Lingvo 12 under (Chinese) and voila ! I have a Lingvo that translates Japanese !
Even added the dictionary to Lingvo x5 and it works ! ^^
Edited: 2013-10-11, 3:59 pm