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BOOKCARDS FOR FRANKLIN DICTIONARIES
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SPECIALTY DICTIONARIES (In Print)
ELECTRONIC DICTIONARIES
Visit Aim High's website for comprehensive information on electronic dictionaries in 39 languages, including Franklin and Seiko models. Languages range from Albanian to Croatian to Finnish to Japanese to Romanian to Vietnamese and others, and of course the more usual Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese. www.translator.aimhi.com ECTACO Manufacturer of handheld electronic dictionaries in 35 languages. Ectaco dictionaries have cool electronics but are rather poor as dictionaries. In particular, if a word has more than one meaning (e.g. "to get"), the dictionary doesn't organize the translations by meaning or give context cues. All translations are given in an unordered list, making sorting out the intended meaning a tedious process. If you're on the spot in a foreign country, you won't be able to use this dictionary quickly. The cost is three times that of its competitor Franklin. Ectaco itself has only a 7 day return policy (hardly enough to try it out), although other sellers of Ectaco products often give 30 days. A cool feature is its "User's Dictionary" in which you can add new words. It does not have verb conjugation like the Franklin, but its text translation function can be used for this purpose. As nice as some of the electronic features are, they do not compensate for the ease of use and lower cost of Franklin dictionairies. www.ectaco.com FRANKLIN Franklin offers a variety of nice handheld electronic dictionaries for 11 languages -- Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Russian and Spanish. www.franklin.com
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Tip #1: Convert Spanish dictionaries to other languages. Spanish dictionaries are cheapest and several models have expansion slots for addition of other language cards. The cost of a Spanish dictionary plus a bookcard in your language may be cheaper and more versatile, even if your language of interest is French, Italian, Portuguese, or German.
Tip #2: The 1850 model is a speaking dictionary. The 1440 & 1450 models are non-speaking. Speaking and non-speaking bookcards are also available, but be sure to get the correct base model.
- Franklin Bookman DBE-1450 Spanish-English, $49.95
Mirriam Webster dictionary with 5 million translations & vocabulary size of 350,000. All dictionary entries have context cues to assist you in selecting the correct word. A big plus is the verb conjugation function. This dictionary has one bookcard slot in the back where you can insert additional titles including dictionaries many other languages. The DBE-1450 has download capability when used with its "connectivity kit". More titles available as downloads than as bookcards (see below). Cover construction is flimsier than the DBE-1440 model.
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Order from Amazon: Franklin DBE-1450 English/Spanish Bilingual Dictionary
Franklin Bookman DBE-1440 Spanish-English
I've found this Larousse dictionary to be more satisfying than the Mirriam Webster dictionary, offering more subtleties of meaning. Some "refurbished" 1440's seem to have been converted to Mirriam Webster innards, however. Look for this on websites and ask sellers of refurbished units. Like the DBE-1450, this model has one bookcard slot for additional titles, has context cues & idomatic expressions, verb conjugation utility and others. Can download additional titles using the Franklin Writer (see below). This Larrouse dictionary is more complete and sophisticated than the Mirriam Webster DBE-1450 and is more satisfying for more advanced speakers. Construction is sturdier than the DBE-1450. You can drop this one and it will keep on working and the cover won't fly off. Apparently, you can't order this from Franklin any more, a good dictionary that was phased out.
Order from Amazon: Franklin DBE-1440 Pocket Spanish/English Dictionary
Franklin Bookman DBE-1850 Speaking Spanish-English, $119.95
Comparble to the DBE-1450 described above but with speaking function.
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Order from Amazon: Franklin BES-1850 Speaking Spanish/English Dictionary downloadable content capability
French, German, Italian, Portuguese bookcards are available for the Spanish dictionaries above.
BOOKCARDS FOR FRANKLIN DICTIONARIES
- Order bookcards for the expansion slot in Franklin dictionaries. Convert your two language dictionary into a three language dictionary.
Bookcards for Spanish, French, German, Italian and Portuguese dictionaries: Order from Aim High
Bookcard for French-English dictionary from Amazon: Franklin BQF-2025 French-English Dictionary Bookman Card
DOWNLOAD eBOOK TITLES FOR FRANKLIN BOOKMAN OR PALM PDA
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eBook Titles
Download additional titles using the Franklin Writer or a connectivity kit with Franklin dictionary models 1450 and 1850. Titles are also compatible with Palm OS, PocketPC and Windows. Convert your two language dictionary into a three language dictionary. Foreign language dictionaries available include the same as for Franklin bookcards (above) plus 4 language business dictionary, multilanguage cooking dictionary, 12 language dictionary, many dictionaries for German speakers such as German-French & German-Spanish and for French speakers such as French-Neerlandais. Plus, hundreds of fiction, reference and non-fiction "e-books" are available.
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Download from www.eBookMall.com
Download from www.MobiPocket.com
Note: Multilanguage dictionaries at all these sites are mixed in with other reference titles.
Warning: Franklin's website is sometimes buggy.
Connectivity Kit
Use with Franklin models 1450 & 1850 to download additional titles including many foreign language dictionaries. Comes with one blank bookcard.
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Writer Kit
Use with other Franklin models to download additional titles including many foreign language dictionaries Comes with one blank bookcard.
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Blank Bookcards
Order blank cards from Franklin for storing your downloaded ebooks and inserting into Franklin Bookman dictionary. (Franklin's website has some broken links, this being one that doesn't always work.)
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SPECIALTY DICTIONARIES (In Print)
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Technical Vocabulary of Renewable Energies – Vocabulario Tecnico de Energia Renovable
A practical guide for development workers from the non-profit organization ITDG Intermediate Technology Development Group.
www.itdgpublishing.org.uk
Specialty Dictionaries in Science, Computer Technology, Commerce and Other Fields
Search for the following dictionaries of special terms used in science, computer technology, commerce and other fields at Amazon:
- The Multilingual Energy Dictionary By Dr. Alan Isaacs
1600 essential energy terms in English, French, German, Spanish, Italian and Portuguese - The Multilingual Commercial Dictionary By Dr. Alan Isaacs
3000 essential commercial terms in English, French, German, Spanish, Italian and Portuguese - The Multilingual Computer Dictionary By Dr. Alan Isaacs
- The Multilingual Dictionary of Publishing, Printing and Bookselling By Alan Isaacs
- Complete Multilingual Dictionary of Computer Technology By NANIA
- Multilingual Dictionary of Artificial Intelligence: English, German, French, Spanish, Italian By Otto Vollnhals
- Multilingual Dictionary of Electricity, Electronics and Telecommunications: With Terms in Nine Languages and Definitions in English
- Multilingual Dictionary of IT Security: English-German-French-Spanish-Italian By Otto Vollnhals
- Multilingual Dictionary of Analytical Terms: English,French, German, Spanish