| Subject: Pocket Translators |
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I assume you are talking about the little credit size card devices which
sell in the US for about $20. We bought one a couple of years ago, and, in
contrast to the negative evaluation of Andrew McGarrell
, I found it very useful. It has a rather
impressive vocabulary. I fumble my way through French and Italian (some
would say English as well), but I don't get enough practice to have terms on
the tip of my tongue. You won't find rarer expressions nor, what can be
important, curses (the wonderful book _Merde_ does a great job in telling
you when you are being cursed at in Italian), but it is far better than a
dictionary.
Ira H. Bernstein, Ph. D. Professor of Psychology UT-Arlington |