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Why electronic foreign language dictionaries & translators?
Handheld electronic translators -- which can be used as a dictionary but which often have additional functions -- are extremely useful tools for language learners. Such translators have some terrific advantages: They can contain a lot of information in a very compact format. Many contain audio files so users can hear correct pronunciations. Their digital format means that they are fully searchable, unlike a dictionary in a book form. And their small size make them convenient for taking along while traveling or going to class.

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Personal Travel Translators

New! Now for over 40 languages!
iTRAVL NTL Language Communicator and Electronic Dictionary
The new, state-of-the-art handheld iTRAVL NTL translators provide quick translations of 14,000 words and phrases frequently needed when traveling abroad and speak the translation aloud for easy communication. For this reason, the powerful iTRAVEL NTL communicator functions as a personal interpreter in common travel situations -- checking into a hotel, shopping, banking, and more. You just speak into the device and the translation is spoken back for you! Included is also a comprehensive electronic dictionary with a powerful search function to help you find what you need with ease. Additional features include travel guides, an MP3 player, games, and more. Operates via a hi-resolution touch screen and voice activation. Especially for travelers the device includes a metric converter, calculator, travel guides, multiple time zones, and more. The device is customizable for multiple languages and is connectable to a PC.
Bilingual iTRAVL NTL Translators
English-Albanian (440,000 entries), English-Arabic (643,000 entries), English-Armenian (186,550 entries), English-Bosnian (459,550 entries), English-Bulgarian (464,100 entries), English-Croatian (459,550 entries), English-Czech (470,000+ entries), English-Dutch (496,000 entries), English-Chinese (308,300 entries), English-Estonian (222,950 entries), English-Farsi (437,000 entries), English-Finnish (464,100 entries), English-French (336,700 entries), English-German (383,400 entries), English-Greek (492,000 entries), English-Hebrew (498,000 entries), English-Hindi (308,035 entries), English-Hungarian (464,100 entries), English-Indonesian (304,850 entries), English-Italian (254,100 entries), English-Japanese (427,000 entries), English-Latvian (163,800 entries), English-Lithuanian (304,850 entries), English-Korean (434,000 entries), English-Polish (347,800 entries), English-Portuguese (352,300 entries), English-Romanian (532,350 entries), English-Russian (986,000 entries),English-Serbian (459,550 entries), English-Slovak (459,550 entries), English-Spanish (400,800 entries), English-Swedish (486,000 entries), English-Tagalog (409,550 entries), English-Thai (415,000 entries), English-Turkish (786,000 entries), English-Ukranian (464,100 entries), , English-Vietnamese (919,100 entries).

Bilingual iTRAVL NTL Deluxe Translators
In addition to the features highlighted above, the deluxe translators can scan any printed text directly into the NTL device and translate it instantly bidirectionally.
Chinese-English NTL Deluxe, French-English NTL Deluxe, German-English NTL Deluxe, Italian-English NTL Deluxe, Korean-English NTL Deluxe, Polish-English NTL Deluxe, Portuguese-English NTL Deluxe, Russian-English NTL Deluxe, Spanish-English NTL Deluxe.

Multilingual iTRAVL NTL Translators
Western European Multilingual Language Communicator and Electronic Dictionary (9 languages / 5.1 million+ words / 70,000 phrases): Chinese, English, French, German, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish.
Asian Multilingual Language Communicator and Electronic Dictionary (14 languages / 6.3 million+ words / 98,000 phrases): Chinese, English, French, German, Hindi, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese (Kana), Korean, Portuguese, Spanish, Tagalog, Thai and Vietnamese.
Western European plus Eastern European Multilingual Language Communicator and Electronic Dictionary (20 languages / 9.9 million+ words / 140,000 phrases): Armenian, Albanian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, English, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Spanish, and Ukrainian.
Western European plus Asian plus Middle Eastern Multilingual Language Communicator and Electronic Dictionary (19 languages / 10.4 million+ words / 133,000 phrases): Arabic, Chinese, English, French, German, Hebrew, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese (Kana), Korean, Persian (Farsi), Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Tagalog, Thai, Turkish, and Vietnamese.

iTRAVL TL-2 Electronic Dictionary and Audio PhraseBook These handheld translators are the previous generation of the iTRAVL NTL series and offer many of the same features, including speech recognition and native speaker audio, a 14,000-entry audio phrase book, a searchable electronic dictionary, an MP3 player, a calculator, games, and much more.
Bilingual iTRAVL TL-2 Translators
English-Albanian ( words), English-Arabic (450,000+ words), English-Bengali (450,000+ words), English-Bulgarian (450,000+ words), English-Czech (1 million+ words), English-Dutch (450,000+ words), English-Chinese (450,000+ words), English-Farsi (450,000+ words), English-Finnish (450,000+ words), English-French (450,000+ words), English-German (450,000+ words), English-Greek (450,000+ words), English-Hebrew ( words), English-Hungarian ( words), English-Italian (450,000+ words), English-Japanese (450,000+ words), English-Korean (450,000+ words), English-Polish (1 million+ words), English-Portuguese (450,000+ words), English-Romanian (450,000+ words), English-Russian (1 million+ words), English-Serbian (450,000+ words), English-Slovak (450,000+ words), English-Spanish (1 million+ words), English-Swedish (450,000+ words), English-Thai (450,000+ words), English-Turkish (450,000+ words), English-Ukranian (450,000+ words), English-Vietnamese (450,000+ words).

GERMAN: German-Czech (1 million+ words), German-French (450,000+ words), German-Italian (450,000+ words), German-Polish (1 million+ words), German-Slovak (450,000+ words), German-Spanish (725,000+ words), German-Turkish (450,000+ words).
FRENCH: French-Polish (1 million+ words).
RUSSIAN: Russian-French (1 million+ words), Russian-German (1 million+ words), Russian-Spanish (1 million+ words), Russian-Turkish (1 million+ words).

Multilingual iTRAVL TL-2 Translators
iTRAVL Multilingual West European (1.125+ million words / 84,000+ phrases): English <> French, German, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish.
iTRAVL Multilingual East European (1.125+ million words / 84,000+ phrases): English <> Czech, German, Polish, Russian, and Ukranian.
iTRAVL Multilingual Euro West-East (10 million+ words / 126,000+ phrases): English <> Czech, French, German, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, and Ukranian.
iTRAVL Multilingual Euro-Asian (10 million+ words / 126,000+ phrases): English <> Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese (Kana/Kanji/Romaji), Korean, Portuguese, Spanish, and Thai.
iTRAVL Multilingual Euro-Middle East-Asian (10 million+ words / 140,000+ phrases): English <> Arabic, Chinese, German, Hebrew, Japanese (Kana/Kanji/Romaji), Korean, Spanish, Thai, and Vietnamese.
iTRAVL Multilingual Asian (1.125+ million words / 84,000+ phrases): English <> Chinese, Japanese (Kana/Kanji/Romaji), Korean, Thai, and Vietnamese.
iTRAVL Multilingual Middle East (5 million+ words / 70,000+ phrases): English <> Arabic, Farsi, French, and Hebrew.


Talking electronic dictionaries
These bilingual dictionaries have all the advantages of handheld electronic dictionaries, with immediate translations of words and phrases, but also feature an advanced speech synthesis function. Translations are provided both in text form and in audio pronunciation. Each also has additional features, including games, business and travel functions, language study aids, optional add-on dictionaries with vocabulary specific to certain occupations, and more.
Bilingual Talking Dictionaries
English-Albanian Talking Partner EAl400T (450,000+ entries); English-Arabic Partner Talking Electronic Dictionary EA800 (670,000 words); English-Bulgarian Talking Electronic Dictionary EB800 (510,000+ entries); English-Chinese Talking Partner EC800 (560,000+ entries); English-Czech Talking Electronic Dictonary ECz800T (510,000 words); English-Croatian Language Teacher ESC600T (475,000 words); English-German Language Teacher EGm600T (450,000+ entries); English-Greek Talking Electronic Dictionary EG800 (450,000+ entries); English-Korean Talking Dictionary EK800 (450,000+ entries); English-Polish Talking Electronic Dictionary/Audio PhraseBook EP800 (1 million+ words); English-Portuguese Language Teacher EPg800 (550,000+ entries); English-Romanian Talking Electronic Dictionary/Audio PhraseBook ERm800 (585,000+ words); English-Russian Partner ER800 (1 million+ entries); English-Russian Partner/Language Tutor ER-X8 (1 million+ words); English-Serbian Language Teacher ESC600Tr (475,000 words); English-Spanish Talking Partner ES-X5 (1 million+ words); English-Thai Partner ETh800 (450,000+ words); English-Vietnamese Talking Electronic Dictionary/Audio PhraseBook EV800 (1 million+ words).

Trilingual Talking Dictionaries
French-English-Arabic Partner EAF430TX (650,000 words); French-English-Polish Language Teacher EFP630T (550,000 words); French-English-Russian Partner EFR430T (650,000 words); German-English-Polish Language Teacher EGP486T (685,000 words); German-English-Russian iTRAVL TL-2EGmR (675,000+ words); Hungarian-English-German Partner EGHu430T (450,000 words); Estonian-English-Russian Partner EER430T (650,000 words); Armenian-English-Russian Partner ArER430T (650,000 words); English-Chinese-Japanese Talking Electronic Dictionary GD-128 (1 million+ words); English-Chinese-Spanish Partner ECS430T (650,000 words).

Multilingual Talking Dictionary
Multilingual Language Partner EE586HT English-Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese (1 million+ words).


Non-talking electronic dictionaries
These bidirectional handheld electronic dictionaries have convenient search functions and double as translators. They contain not only words, but common expressions, idioms, and phrases, and also specialized terminology. Many also have organizer functions and additional features.
ECTACO Language Teacher Bilingual Electronic Dictionaries
These bilingual translators contain 450,000 entries, including medical, technical, business, and legal terms. Also includes multiple organizer functions. English-Albanian, English-Bulgarian, English-Croatian, English-Czech, English-Farsi, English-French, English-German, English-Greek, English-Hebrew, English-Italian, English-Japanese, English-Portuguese, English-Romanian, English-Russian, English-Serbian, English-Spanish, English-Turkish.

ECTACO Language Teacher Trilingual Electronic Dictionaries
The tri-lingual models also contain 450,000 entries and have the same features as the bilingual models. French-English-Arabic, Estonian-English-Russian, German-English-Hungarian, German-English-Polish


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