Franklin TWE-118 5 Language European Translator
- 210,000 translations to and from English, French, German, Italian, and Spanish
- 5,000 categorized conversational phrases
- Spell checking
- Hangman and Quiz games
- Also a calculator, clock, and contact information databank
210000 WORDS TRANSLATED FROM ENG FR GER ITAL & SP5000 COMMONLY USED PHRASES CATEGORIZED INTO TOPICS SUCH AS TRAVEL DIRECTIONS EMERGENCIES CONDUCTING BUSINESS & CONVERSINGUPC : 084793992889Shipping Dimensions : 10.00in X 7.05in X 1.75inEstimated Shipping Weight : 0.7432
List Price: $ 39.99
Price: $ 9.66
Lingo 6 Language Eurotalk Talking Translator with Mini Tool Box (fs)
- 6 Language Talking Translator English-Spanish-French-German-Italian-Greek
- Translates and Talks over 360,000 Words
- Translates and Talks over 19,800 Travel phrases
- 8 Metric conversions
- 8 Currency Conversions
Lingo Eurotalk traveler talking translator- 6 Languages: English Spanish French German Italian Greek- Translates and talks over 360000 words- Translates and talks over 19800 travel phrases- Maintains history and favorite lists- 4 Line LCD display with EL backlight- 8 Metric and 8 currency conversions- International clothing and shoe conversions- Sudoku game- Time zone in 360 cities- Shock resistant black rubber finish- Includes 2 “AAA” batteries- Includes ear buds.
Comes with Mini Tool Box
List Price: $ 144.99
Price: $ 144.99
cheap is as cheap does,
I picked this up before heading to Europe. I chose it because it was inexpensive and I figured ‘what the hell’. English is my only fluent language. This thing works, but you will go hungry if you try to understand/decode a restaurant menu. The display is small so that one must scroll character by character to see long words or phrases. Don’t expect anything but textbook words. There is no phonetic help with pronunciation. I didn’t use the address book, currency exchange, or functions other than word translations. After minimal use, the battery (included) started to fade.
Bottom line: if you want to look up an occasional word, fine, go for it. If you think this will allow you to solve your language ignorance problems, move along.
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|Good Value for the Money,
This handy little translator is worth the price. It’s not the best in the world, but it will handle the basics. I found the dictionary to be somewhat limited, so you may need to familiarize yourself with the language of the country you are visiting. I would recommend you do that anyway, though.
Note: Cannot withstand being dropped with the weight of a backpack full of books on top of it. I’m buying my second one.
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|Next to Useless,
A couple of years ago I bought a Franklin Spanish-English dictionary (DBE-1470AM) before going to Mexico and it worked great for deciphering written signs, menus, etc. So I thought I would get something to help me before going to Germany this summer, and this is the Franklin product that appeared to best fit the bill.
As compared to the DBE-1470AM, this product:
* Has a miniscule display which makes it very hard to see descriptions
* Has very minimal text for descriptions
* Doesn’t conjugate verbs (see below)
* Doesn’t provide gender information
* Has a smallish dictionary – uncommon but still used words, e.g. “dolphin”, are often missing.
The absence of verb forms renders this device next to useless for people unfamiliar with the source language. As a simple example, in English, if you look up the various forms of the verb “say” you get:
* “Say” – found, with a description
* “Said” – not found
* “Says” – corrected to “see” (!)
* “Saying” – This is my favorite, since it provides the noun “saying” and the phrase “That goes without saying”, but not the verb “saying” that’s used in the phrase it provides!
I haven’t tried the languages other than German and English, so there’s a chance they’re better but, at least for German and English, if you want to use this device to decipher written words, you’ll be unsuccessful.
Unfortunately, I haven’t get found another translator to buy so I can’t recommend anything else; I can only recommend not buying this product.
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