diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0fe102d6f..9130c370e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ Format-specific Requirements
 
     `sudo pip3 install python-lzo`
 
--   **Reading from Babylon BGL**: Python 3.4 or 3.5 is recommended
+-   **Reading from Babylon BGL**: Python 3.4 to 3.6 is recommended
 
 
 **Other Requirements for Mac OS X**
diff --git a/pyglossary/plugin_lib/py36/__init__.py b/pyglossary/plugin_lib/py36/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb
diff --git a/pyglossary/plugin_lib/py36/gzip_no_crc.py b/pyglossary/plugin_lib/py36/gzip_no_crc.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..30feb0fc0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pyglossary/plugin_lib/py36/gzip_no_crc.py
@@ -0,0 +1,577 @@
+"""Functions that read and write gzipped files.
+
+The user of the file doesn't have to worry about the compression,
+but random access is not allowed."""
+
+# based on Andrew Kuchling's minigzip.py distributed with the zlib module
+
+import logging
+log = logging.getLogger('root')
+
+import struct, sys, time, os
+import zlib
+import builtins
+import io
+import _compression
+
+__all__ = ["GzipFile", "open", "compress", "decompress"]
+
+FTEXT, FHCRC, FEXTRA, FNAME, FCOMMENT = 1, 2, 4, 8, 16
+
+READ, WRITE = 1, 2
+
+def open(filename, mode="rb", compresslevel=9,
+         encoding=None, errors=None, newline=None):
+    """Open a gzip-compressed file in binary or text mode.
+
+    The filename argument can be an actual filename (a str or bytes object), or
+    an existing file object to read from or write to.
+
+    The mode argument can be "r", "rb", "w", "wb", "x", "xb", "a" or "ab" for
+    binary mode, or "rt", "wt", "xt" or "at" for text mode. The default mode is
+    "rb", and the default compresslevel is 9.
+
+    For binary mode, this function is equivalent to the GzipFile constructor:
+    GzipFile(filename, mode, compresslevel). In this case, the encoding, errors
+    and newline arguments must not be provided.
+
+    For text mode, a GzipFile object is created, and wrapped in an
+    io.TextIOWrapper instance with the specified encoding, error handling
+    behavior, and line ending(s).
+
+    """
+    if "t" in mode:
+        if "b" in mode:
+            raise ValueError("Invalid mode: %r" % (mode,))
+    else:
+        if encoding is not None:
+            raise ValueError("Argument 'encoding' not supported in binary mode")
+        if errors is not None:
+            raise ValueError("Argument 'errors' not supported in binary mode")
+        if newline is not None:
+            raise ValueError("Argument 'newline' not supported in binary mode")
+
+    gz_mode = mode.replace("t", "")
+    if isinstance(filename, (str, bytes, os.PathLike)):
+        binary_file = GzipFile(filename, gz_mode, compresslevel)
+    elif hasattr(filename, "read") or hasattr(filename, "write"):
+        binary_file = GzipFile(None, gz_mode, compresslevel, filename)
+    else:
+        raise TypeError("filename must be a str or bytes object, or a file")
+
+    if "t" in mode:
+        return io.TextIOWrapper(binary_file, encoding, errors, newline)
+    else:
+        return binary_file
+
+def write32u(output, value):
+    # The L format writes the bit pattern correctly whether signed
+    # or unsigned.
+    output.write(struct.pack("<L", value))
+
+class _PaddedFile:
+    """Minimal read-only file object that prepends a string to the contents
+    of an actual file. Shouldn't be used outside of gzip.py, as it lacks
+    essential functionality."""
+
+    def __init__(self, f, prepend=b''):
+        self._buffer = prepend
+        self._length = len(prepend)
+        self.file = f
+        self._read = 0
+
+    def read(self, size):
+        if self._read is None:
+            return self.file.read(size)
+        if self._read + size <= self._length:
+            read = self._read
+            self._read += size
+            return self._buffer[read:self._read]
+        else:
+            read = self._read
+            self._read = None
+            return self._buffer[read:] + \
+                   self.file.read(size-self._length+read)
+
+    def prepend(self, prepend=b''):
+        if self._read is None:
+            self._buffer = prepend
+        else:  # Assume data was read since the last prepend() call
+            self._read -= len(prepend)
+            return
+        self._length = len(self._buffer)
+        self._read = 0
+
+    def seek(self, off):
+        self._read = None
+        self._buffer = None
+        return self.file.seek(off)
+
+    def seekable(self):
+        return True  # Allows fast-forwarding even in unseekable streams
+
+class GzipFile(_compression.BaseStream):
+    """The GzipFile class simulates most of the methods of a file object with
+    the exception of the truncate() method.
+
+    This class only supports opening files in binary mode. If you need to open a
+    compressed file in text mode, use the gzip.open() function.
+
+    """
+
+    # Overridden with internal file object to be closed, if only a filename
+    # is passed in
+    myfileobj = None
+
+    def __init__(self, filename=None, mode=None,
+                 compresslevel=9, fileobj=None, mtime=None):
+        """Constructor for the GzipFile class.
+
+        At least one of fileobj and filename must be given a
+        non-trivial value.
+
+        The new class instance is based on fileobj, which can be a regular
+        file, an io.BytesIO object, or any other object which simulates a file.
+        It defaults to None, in which case filename is opened to provide
+        a file object.
+
+        When fileobj is not None, the filename argument is only used to be
+        included in the gzip file header, which may include the original
+        filename of the uncompressed file.  It defaults to the filename of
+        fileobj, if discernible; otherwise, it defaults to the empty string,
+        and in this case the original filename is not included in the header.
+
+        The mode argument can be any of 'r', 'rb', 'a', 'ab', 'w', 'wb', 'x', or
+        'xb' depending on whether the file will be read or written.  The default
+        is the mode of fileobj if discernible; otherwise, the default is 'rb'.
+        A mode of 'r' is equivalent to one of 'rb', and similarly for 'w' and
+        'wb', 'a' and 'ab', and 'x' and 'xb'.
+
+        The compresslevel argument is an integer from 0 to 9 controlling the
+        level of compression; 1 is fastest and produces the least compression,
+        and 9 is slowest and produces the most compression. 0 is no compression
+        at all. The default is 9.
+
+        The mtime argument is an optional numeric timestamp to be written
+        to the last modification time field in the stream when compressing.
+        If omitted or None, the current time is used.
+
+        """
+
+        if mode and ('t' in mode or 'U' in mode):
+            raise ValueError("Invalid mode: {!r}".format(mode))
+        if mode and 'b' not in mode:
+            mode += 'b'
+        if fileobj is None:
+            fileobj = self.myfileobj = builtins.open(filename, mode or 'rb')
+        if filename is None:
+            filename = getattr(fileobj, 'name', '')
+            if not isinstance(filename, (str, bytes)):
+                filename = ''
+        else:
+            filename = os.fspath(filename)
+        if mode is None:
+            mode = getattr(fileobj, 'mode', 'rb')
+
+        if mode.startswith('r'):
+            self.mode = READ
+            raw = _GzipReader(fileobj)
+            self._buffer = io.BufferedReader(raw)
+            self.name = filename
+
+        elif mode.startswith(('w', 'a', 'x')):
+            self.mode = WRITE
+            self._init_write(filename)
+            self.compress = zlib.compressobj(compresslevel,
+                                             zlib.DEFLATED,
+                                             -zlib.MAX_WBITS,
+                                             zlib.DEF_MEM_LEVEL,
+                                             0)
+            self._write_mtime = mtime
+        else:
+            raise ValueError("Invalid mode: {!r}".format(mode))
+
+        self.fileobj = fileobj
+
+        if self.mode == WRITE:
+            self._write_gzip_header()
+
+    @property
+    def filename(self):
+        import warnings
+        warnings.warn("use the name attribute", DeprecationWarning, 2)
+        if self.mode == WRITE and self.name[-3:] != ".gz":
+            return self.name + ".gz"
+        return self.name
+
+    @property
+    def mtime(self):
+        """Last modification time read from stream, or None"""
+        return self._buffer.raw._last_mtime
+
+    def __repr__(self):
+        s = repr(self.fileobj)
+        return '<gzip ' + s[1:-1] + ' ' + hex(id(self)) + '>'
+
+    def _init_write(self, filename):
+        self.name = filename
+        self.crc = zlib.crc32(b"")
+        self.size = 0
+        self.writebuf = []
+        self.bufsize = 0
+        self.offset = 0  # Current file offset for seek(), tell(), etc
+
+    def _write_gzip_header(self):
+        self.fileobj.write(b'\037\213')             # magic header
+        self.fileobj.write(b'\010')                 # compression method
+        try:
+            # RFC 1952 requires the FNAME field to be Latin-1. Do not
+            # include filenames that cannot be represented that way.
+            fname = os.path.basename(self.name)
+            if not isinstance(fname, bytes):
+                fname = fname.encode('latin-1')
+            if fname.endswith(b'.gz'):
+                fname = fname[:-3]
+        except UnicodeEncodeError:
+            fname = b''
+        flags = 0
+        if fname:
+            flags = FNAME
+        self.fileobj.write(chr(flags).encode('latin-1'))
+        mtime = self._write_mtime
+        if mtime is None:
+            mtime = time.time()
+        write32u(self.fileobj, int(mtime))
+        self.fileobj.write(b'\002')
+        self.fileobj.write(b'\377')
+        if fname:
+            self.fileobj.write(fname + b'\000')
+
+    def write(self,data):
+        self._check_not_closed()
+        if self.mode != WRITE:
+            import errno
+            raise OSError(errno.EBADF, "write() on read-only GzipFile object")
+
+        if self.fileobj is None:
+            raise ValueError("write() on closed GzipFile object")
+
+        if isinstance(data, bytes):
+            length = len(data)
+        else:
+            # accept any data that supports the buffer protocol
+            data = memoryview(data)
+            length = data.nbytes
+
+        if length > 0:
+            self.fileobj.write(self.compress.compress(data))
+            self.size += length
+            self.crc = zlib.crc32(data, self.crc)
+            self.offset += length
+
+        return length
+
+    def read(self, size=-1):
+        self._check_not_closed()
+        if self.mode != READ:
+            import errno
+            raise OSError(errno.EBADF, "read() on write-only GzipFile object")
+        return self._buffer.read(size)
+
+    def read1(self, size=-1):
+        """Implements BufferedIOBase.read1()
+
+        Reads up to a buffer's worth of data is size is negative."""
+        self._check_not_closed()
+        if self.mode != READ:
+            import errno
+            raise OSError(errno.EBADF, "read1() on write-only GzipFile object")
+
+        if size < 0:
+            size = io.DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE
+        return self._buffer.read1(size)
+
+    def peek(self, n):
+        self._check_not_closed()
+        if self.mode != READ:
+            import errno
+            raise OSError(errno.EBADF, "peek() on write-only GzipFile object")
+        return self._buffer.peek(n)
+
+    @property
+    def closed(self):
+        return self.fileobj is None
+
+    def close(self):
+        fileobj = self.fileobj
+        if fileobj is None:
+            return
+        self.fileobj = None
+        try:
+            if self.mode == WRITE:
+                fileobj.write(self.compress.flush())
+                write32u(fileobj, self.crc)
+                # self.size may exceed 2GB, or even 4GB
+                write32u(fileobj, self.size & 0xffffffff)
+            elif self.mode == READ:
+                self._buffer.close()
+        finally:
+            myfileobj = self.myfileobj
+            if myfileobj:
+                self.myfileobj = None
+                myfileobj.close()
+
+    def flush(self,zlib_mode=zlib.Z_SYNC_FLUSH):
+        self._check_not_closed()
+        if self.mode == WRITE:
+            # Ensure the compressor's buffer is flushed
+            self.fileobj.write(self.compress.flush(zlib_mode))
+            self.fileobj.flush()
+
+    def fileno(self):
+        """Invoke the underlying file object's fileno() method.
+
+        This will raise AttributeError if the underlying file object
+        doesn't support fileno().
+        """
+        return self.fileobj.fileno()
+
+    def rewind(self):
+        '''Return the uncompressed stream file position indicator to the
+        beginning of the file'''
+        if self.mode != READ:
+            raise OSError("Can't rewind in write mode")
+        self._buffer.seek(0)
+
+    def readable(self):
+        return self.mode == READ
+
+    def writable(self):
+        return self.mode == WRITE
+
+    def seekable(self):
+        return True
+
+    def seek(self, offset, whence=io.SEEK_SET):
+        if self.mode == WRITE:
+            if whence != io.SEEK_SET:
+                if whence == io.SEEK_CUR:
+                    offset = self.offset + offset
+                else:
+                    raise ValueError('Seek from end not supported')
+            if offset < self.offset:
+                raise OSError('Negative seek in write mode')
+            count = offset - self.offset
+            chunk = b'\0' * 1024
+            for i in range(count // 1024):
+                self.write(chunk)
+            self.write(b'\0' * (count % 1024))
+        elif self.mode == READ:
+            self._check_not_closed()
+            return self._buffer.seek(offset, whence)
+
+        return self.offset
+
+    def readline(self, size=-1):
+        self._check_not_closed()
+        return self._buffer.readline(size)
+
+
+class _GzipReader(_compression.DecompressReader):
+    def __init__(self, fp):
+        super().__init__(_PaddedFile(fp), zlib.decompressobj,
+                         wbits=-zlib.MAX_WBITS)
+        # Set flag indicating start of a new member
+        self._new_member = True
+        self._last_mtime = None
+
+    def _init_read(self):
+        self._crc = zlib.crc32(b"")
+        self._stream_size = 0  # Decompressed size of unconcatenated stream
+
+    def _read_exact(self, n):
+        '''Read exactly *n* bytes from `self._fp`
+
+        This method is required because self._fp may be unbuffered,
+        i.e. return short reads.
+        '''
+
+        data = self._fp.read(n)
+        while len(data) < n:
+            b = self._fp.read(n - len(data))
+            if not b:
+                raise EOFError("Compressed file ended before the "
+                               "end-of-stream marker was reached")
+            data += b
+        return data
+
+    def _read_gzip_header(self):
+        magic = self._fp.read(2)
+        if magic == b'':
+            return False
+
+        if magic != b'\037\213':
+            raise OSError('Not a gzipped file (%r)' % magic)
+
+        (method, flag,
+         self._last_mtime) = struct.unpack("<BBIxx", self._read_exact(8))
+        if method != 8:
+            raise OSError('Unknown compression method')
+
+        if flag & FEXTRA:
+            # Read & discard the extra field, if present
+            extra_len, = struct.unpack("<H", self._read_exact(2))
+            self._read_exact(extra_len)
+        if flag & FNAME:
+            # Read and discard a null-terminated string containing the filename
+            while True:
+                s = self._fp.read(1)
+                if not s or s==b'\000':
+                    break
+        if flag & FCOMMENT:
+            # Read and discard a null-terminated string containing a comment
+            while True:
+                s = self._fp.read(1)
+                if not s or s==b'\000':
+                    break
+        if flag & FHCRC:
+            self._read_exact(2)     # Read & discard the 16-bit header CRC
+        return True
+
+    def read(self, size=-1):
+        if size < 0:
+            return self.readall()
+        # size=0 is special because decompress(max_length=0) is not supported
+        if not size:
+            return b""
+
+        # For certain input data, a single
+        # call to decompress() may not return
+        # any data. In this case, retry until we get some data or reach EOF.
+        while True:
+            if self._decompressor.eof:
+                # Ending case: we've come to the end of a member in the file,
+                # so finish up this member, and read a new gzip header.
+                # Check the CRC and file size, and set the flag so we read
+                # a new member
+                self._read_eof()
+                self._new_member = True
+                self._decompressor = self._decomp_factory(
+                    **self._decomp_args)
+
+            if self._new_member:
+                # If the _new_member flag is set, we have to
+                # jump to the next member, if there is one.
+                self._init_read()
+                if not self._read_gzip_header():
+                    self._size = self._pos
+                    return b""
+                self._new_member = False
+
+            # Read a chunk of data from the file
+            buf = self._fp.read(io.DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE)
+
+            uncompress = self._decompressor.decompress(buf, size)
+            if self._decompressor.unconsumed_tail != b"":
+                self._fp.prepend(self._decompressor.unconsumed_tail)
+            elif self._decompressor.unused_data != b"":
+                # Prepend the already read bytes to the fileobj so they can
+                # be seen by _read_eof() and _read_gzip_header()
+                self._fp.prepend(self._decompressor.unused_data)
+
+            if uncompress != b"":
+                break
+            if buf == b"":
+                raise EOFError("Compressed file ended before the "
+                               "end-of-stream marker was reached")
+
+        self._add_read_data( uncompress )
+        self._pos += len(uncompress)
+        return uncompress
+
+    def _add_read_data(self, data):
+        self._crc = zlib.crc32(data, self._crc)
+        self._stream_size = self._stream_size + len(data)
+
+    def _read_eof(self):
+        # We've read to the end of the file
+        # We check the that the computed CRC and size of the
+        # uncompressed data matches the stored values.  Note that the size
+        # stored is the true file size mod 2**32.
+        crc32, isize = struct.unpack("<II", self._read_exact(8))
+        if crc32 != self._crc:
+            log.warning("CRC check failed %s != %s" % (hex(crc32),
+                                                         hex(self._crc)))
+        elif isize != (self._stream_size & 0xffffffff):
+            raise OSError("Incorrect length of data produced")
+
+        # Gzip files can be padded with zeroes and still have archives.
+        # Consume all zero bytes and set the file position to the first
+        # non-zero byte. See http://www.gzip.org/#faq8
+        c = b"\x00"
+        while c == b"\x00":
+            c = self._fp.read(1)
+        if c:
+            self._fp.prepend(c)
+
+    def _rewind(self):
+        super()._rewind()
+        self._new_member = True
+
+def compress(data, compresslevel=9):
+    """Compress data in one shot and return the compressed string.
+    Optional argument is the compression level, in range of 0-9.
+    """
+    buf = io.BytesIO()
+    with GzipFile(fileobj=buf, mode='wb', compresslevel=compresslevel) as f:
+        f.write(data)
+    return buf.getvalue()
+
+def decompress(data):
+    """Decompress a gzip compressed string in one shot.
+    Return the decompressed string.
+    """
+    with GzipFile(fileobj=io.BytesIO(data)) as f:
+        return f.read()
+
+
+def _test():
+    # Act like gzip; with -d, act like gunzip.
+    # The input file is not deleted, however, nor are any other gzip
+    # options or features supported.
+    args = sys.argv[1:]
+    decompress = args and args[0] == "-d"
+    if decompress:
+        args = args[1:]
+    if not args:
+        args = ["-"]
+    for arg in args:
+        if decompress:
+            if arg == "-":
+                f = GzipFile(filename="", mode="rb", fileobj=sys.stdin.buffer)
+                g = sys.stdout.buffer
+            else:
+                if arg[-3:] != ".gz":
+                    print("filename doesn't end in .gz:", repr(arg))
+                    continue
+                f = open(arg, "rb")
+                g = builtins.open(arg[:-3], "wb")
+        else:
+            if arg == "-":
+                f = sys.stdin.buffer
+                g = GzipFile(filename="", mode="wb", fileobj=sys.stdout.buffer)
+            else:
+                f = builtins.open(arg, "rb")
+                g = open(arg + ".gz", "wb")
+        while True:
+            chunk = f.read(1024)
+            if not chunk:
+                break
+            g.write(chunk)
+        if g is not sys.stdout.buffer:
+            g.close()
+        if f is not sys.stdin.buffer:
+            f.close()
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    _test()