Franklin Spanish <> English Dictionary DBE-1450 User manual

DBE-1450
Spanish <> English
Dictionary
User’s Guide
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Key Guide
Touch Keys
CONJ Conjugates a word.
LANG Toggles the entry language
between Spanish and English.
DICT Goes to the dictionary.
LEARN Goes to the Exercises menu (for
learning exercises).
GAME Goes to the Games menu.
CLOCK Goes to the Clock.
DATA Goes to the Databank menu.
CALC Goes to the Calculator.
CONV Goes to the Converter.
CURR Goes to the Currency Converter.
Combination Keys*
At a dictionary entry, pages up or
down.
At a dictionary entry, displays the
next or previous entry.
Transfers a word between
books.
Types a hyphen.
Types an Ñ.
Types an @.
Types an apostrophe.
Types a slash.
Goes to the traveller’s phrases
menu. If a word is in the Word
Entry screen or is highlighted,
finds any phrases containing
that word.
At the Word Entry screen, types
an asterisk to stand for a series
of letters in a word. In games,
gives a hint.
+
or
or+
+
+ _’
+?
+
+
+J
+N
+ M

Function Keys
Turns the product on or off.
Displays a help message. When
at an inflection screen, displays
Grammar Guide section about the
inflection you were viewing.
In the dictionary, goes to the Word
Entry screen. Clears the calcula-
tor. In the converter, goes to its
main menu.
Backs up, erases a letter, or turns
off the highlight at an entry.
Enters a word, selects an item, or
begins a highlight in an entry.
Goes to the Organizer: clock,
databank, calculator, converter
and currency converter.
Displays the main menus for the
dictionary.
At the Word Entry screen, types
a ? to stand for a letter in a
word. At a menu, displays a
menu item. At a dictionary entry,
displays the headword. In
games, reveals the word and
forfeits the game.
Shifts to type capital letters and
punctuation marks.
Shifts to allow prev, next, pg up,
pg dn and to type a hypen (-) or
ñ.
Exits the book you were reading.
Direction Keys
Move in the indicated direction.
At menus and dictionary entries,
pages down. At the Word Entry
screen, types a space.

Installing Batteries
Your product is powered by two CR-2032 lithium, 3-volt batteries. Follow these easy
instructions to install or replace them.
1. Turn your product over.
2. Lift the battery cover on the back of your product by pushing up on the catch.
3. Install the batteries with the positive side facing up.
4. Replace the battery cover.
Warning: If the batteries wear-out completely, or if you take more than approximately a minute
while changing the batteries, any information that was entered in the built-in book or
book card except My Word List will be erased. You should always keep written
copies of your important information.
√Help is Always at Hand
You can view a help message at any screen by pressing HELP. Press or to
read. To exit help, press BACK.

Changing the Language
Message Language
When you turn on this product for the first time, choose the message language. Press A
for English or press Bfor Spanish.
The message language is the language of prompts, help, and other messages. You can
change the message language after your initial decision.
Entry Language
The entry language is the language in which you enter words at the Word Entry screen.
This determines which dictionary you will use, Spanish or English.
1. Press MENU.
2. Use the direction keys to highlight , and then press ENTER to access the
Spanish-to-English dictionary.
Select at the icon menu to go to the English-to-Spanish dictionary. Or you
can touch LANG at the Word Entry screen to switch between Spanish and
English.

Installing Book Cards
1. Turn your product off and turn your product over.
2. Align the tabs on the book card with the notches in the slot.
3. Press the book card down until it snaps into place.
Warning: Never install or remove a book card while your product is on. Any information that
was entered in the built-in book or book card will be erased.
Selecting a Book
Once a book card is installed in the product, you can select which book you want to use.
1. Turn your product on.
2. Press CARD.
Icons appear for each available book.
3. Press or to highlight your selection.
4. Press ENTER to select it.
5. Press CARD to return to the card menu.

Using the Main Menu
When you press MENU, you will see ten icons. Use these to quickly take you to different
parts of your Spanish Professor. Use the arrow keys to highlight the icon you want and
press ENTER.
Understanding the Menu
Goes to the English-to-Spanish dictionary.
Goes to the Spanish-to-English dictionary.
Goes to the Exercises menu (learning exercises).
Goes to the Games menu.
Goes to the English conjugation prompt.
Goes to the Spanish conjugation prompt.
Goes to the English traveller’s phrases menu.
Goes to the Spanish traveller’s phrases menu.
Goes to My Word List.
Goes to the Tools menu.

Viewing a demonstration or tutorial
1. Press MENU.
2. Use the arrow keys to highlight and press ENTER.
3. Press to highlight either Tutorial or View Demo and press ENTER.
To stop the demonstration or exit from the Tutorial and go to the Word Entry
screen, press CLEAR.
To go to the main menu, press MENU.
When a book card is installed in your product, select View Demo from the Setup menu
to see the demonstration for that card.
√Follow the Arrows
The flashing arrows on the right of the screen show which arrow keys you can press to
move around menus or view more text.

Changing the Settings
When using this dictionary, you can adjust the screen contrast, the shutoff time, the type
size, and the message language. The shutoff time is how long your product stays on if
you forget to turn it off.
1. Press MENU in the dictionary, databank, calculator, or converter.
2. Use the arrow keys to highlight and press ENTER.
3. Settings will be highlighted. Press ENTER to select it.
4. Press
or to move to Learn a Word, Contrast, Shutoff, Type Size, or
Mensajes (Message language).
5. Press
or to change the setting.
Your changes are automatically saved.
6. Press ENTER when done.
Press CLEAR to return to the Word Entry screen.
√Learn a New Word
Your dictionary comes with a Learn a Word feature to help you increase your Spanish
or English vocabulary. Each time you turn your dictionary on, you can see a random
headword.

Translating Words
Your Spanish Professor is fully bilingual. Try translating a Spanish word.
1. Touch LANG to change the entry language from English to Spanish, if needed.
2. Type a word (e.g., estudiar).
To erase a letter, press BACK .
Note: You do not need to type accents. To type accents, type the letter (e.g., E)
and press repeatedly until the accent you want appears (e.g., É).
If you want to type an ñ, then hold
FN and press n. To type a capital, hold CAP
and press a letter key. To type a number, hold FN and press Q-P. To type a
hyphen, hold FN and press J.
3. Press ENTER to view the English translation.
Press SPACE or to scroll.
4. Hold FN and press or to view the next or previous definition.
5. Press CLEAR when done.
To translate English words into Spanish, change the entry language from Spanish
to English.
√Understanding Definitions
Dictionary entries consist of headwords, parts of speech, the translation, and/or defini-
tions. Other forms of the word may follow the headword. After the translation or defini-
tion, you may see a list of usage examples.

1. Type saber.
2. Press ENTER.
√Explanation of Genders
Spanish nouns are different than English nouns in that they must either be masculine
or feminine. Each definition of a noun indicates which gender it is with mor f.
√Misspelling Words
If you enter a misspelled word, a list of corrections appears. Highlight the word you
want and then press
ENTER to see its dictionary entry.
√Choosing Multiple Forms
Some words in this dictionary have more than one form (e.g. sí, si). When the word
you are looking up has multiple forms, the different forms appear in a list.
Simply highlight the form you want and press ENTER to see its dictionary entry. For
example, enter si at the Word Entry screen.
Highlight the form you want and press ENTER to see its dictionary entry. To go back to
the Multiple Forms list, press BACK.

Using Learning Exercises
Using learning exercises, you can test your spelling, improve your vocabulary, browse the
TOEFL®Test Word List, and get grammar guidance.
Using The Grammar Guide
Your Spanish Professor includes a helpful grammar guide that describes parts of speech.
You can view it by selecting from the main menu or by touching LEARN .
From the Exercises Menu
1. Press MENU.
2. Highlight and then press ENTER.
Or you can touch LEARN .
3. Press to highlight Grammar Guide and then press ENTER.
4. Press to highlight the topic you want to study and then press ENTER.
5. Press SPACE or to read.
6. Press FN + or to view the next or previous topic.

From an Inflection Screen
1. Press MENU, highlight or , and then press ENTER.
2. Type a word to conjugate, and then touch CONJ.
3. Press FN + or repeatedly to find the tense you want to read about in the
Grammar Guide.
4. Press HELP.
Information about the tense will be displayed along with usage examples.
5. Press BACK to return to the inflection screen or press CLEAR to return to the Word
Entry screen.
Highlighting Words
Another way to look up words is by highlighting them in dictionary entries or word lists.
You can then find their definitions, phrases, or add them to My Word List.
1. At any text, press ENTER to start the highlight.
To turn the highlight off, press BACK .
2. Use the arrow keys to move the highlight to the word you want.
To … Press or Touch …
define the word ENTER
find a phrase FN + ?*
add word to My Word List LEARN
3. Press CLEAR when done.

Advanced Verb Conjugations
Conjugations show inflections, or changes in a word’s gender, tense, etc. This dictionary
includes extensive inflections of nouns, verb, modifiers, and other words.
From the Icon Menu
1. For example, press MENU, use the arrow keys to highlight (Spanish
Conjugation) and then press ENTER.
To choose English conjugation, highlight . You can also touch CONJ and then
LANG to choose the language.
2. Type a word (e.g., leer).
3. Touch CONJ.
If needed, highlight the part of speech or translation you want and press ENTER .
These are the principal forms of the Spanish verb “leer”. The English translations
are below each Spanish inflection.
4. Press SPACE or to scroll.
Press ?* to display the root word.
5. Touch CONJ or hold FN and press repeatedly to view more inflections.
If the word is a noun, an adjective, or another modifier, then there won’t be any
other inflections.
6. Press CLEAR when done.

From a Dictionary Entry
Some words have different parts of speech or multiple translations. You can easily find
which part of speech or specific translation you will need to conjugate by first looking up
the word and then touching
CONJ . Follow this example.
1. Press MENU, use the arrow keys to highlight , and then press ENTER.
To choose English, press . You can also touch CONJ and then LANG to
choose the language.
2. Type a word (e.g., conocer).
3. Press ENTER to look it up.
Read the definition to find the verb you want (e.g., to meet).
4. Touch CONJ to conjugate the headword, conocer.
Highlight the translation you want (e.g., meet) and press ENTER .
These are the principal forms of the Spanish verb “conocer”. The English transla-
tions are below each Spanish inflection.
5. Press SPACE or to scroll.
Press ?* to display the root word.
6. Touch CONJ or hold FN and press repeatedly to view more inflections.
If the word is a noun, an adjective, or another modifier, then there won’t be any
other inflections.
7. Press CLEAR when done.

√Accenting Letters
You can look up accented words without typing accents. If there are no Multiple Forms,
the Spanish Professor will take you directly to the word. If there are Multiple Forms,
you will have to choose the correct word from a Multiple Forms list. See “Choosing
Multiple Forms” for more information.
Remember, if you want to enter an accent yourself, type the letter and press until
the appropriate accent appears. You can also hold FN and press nto get an ñ.
√Getting Grammar Guidance
When viewing inflections, you can press HELP to go directly to the Grammar Guide
and view detailed descriptions of how to use the inflections you were viewing along
with usage examples.
√Viewing English Inflections
If you are unfamiliar with inflections, it may be helpful to look at some inflected forms of
English verbs. Switch the entry language back to English, type write, and touch CONJ
to see the different forms of the English verb “to write”.
This will give you a good idea of each inflection form.
√Verb Conjugations
The Spanish Professor conjugates verbs into the following forms: present, imperfect,
preterite, future, conditional, present subjunctive, imperfect subjunctive, imperfect sub-
junctive 2, present perfect, pluperfect, preterite anterior, future perfect, conditional per-
fect, present perfect subjunctive, pluperfect subjunctive, pluperfect subjunctive 2,
imperative, present progressive, and past progressive.

Finding Letters in Words
If you are uncertain about how to spell a word, type a question mark (?) in place of each
unknown letter. To find prefixes, suffixes, and other parts of words, type an asterisk (*) in
a word. Each asterisk stands for a series of letters. Note: If you type an asterisk at the
beginning of a word, it may take a little while to find the matching words.
1. Touch LANG to switch to the Spanish Word Entry screen, if needed.
2. Type a word with ?s and *s.
To type an asterisk, hold down CAP and press ?*.
3. Press ENTER.
4. Press to move the highlight to the word you want and press ENTER to view its
definition.
5. Press CLEAR when done.
Translating Traveller’s Phrases
There are two ways in which you can translate several helpful phrases in categories
ranging from Emergencies to Business Communication to Time & Dates. Note that the
English phrase always appears before the Spanish phrase.
Browsing Through Phrases
1. Press MENU.
2. Use the arrow keys to highlight and then press ENTER to view the English
phrases.

Press to view the Spanish phrases.
You can also hold and press to go straight to the Phrases menu in the same lan-
guage as the lookup language.
3. Press or to highlight the category you want and press ENTER.
Press or to highlight a subcategory, if needed, and press ENTER.
4. Press or to highlight the phrase you want to translate and then press ENTER.
Searching for a Specific Phrase
1. Press CLEAR and then touch LANG to select the look-up language, if needed.
2. Type a keyword for which you’d like to find a phrase (e.g., ticket).
3. Hold FN and press ?*.
4. If more than one phrase is found, press SPACE or to scroll.
Using My Word List
You can save up to 40 words total, in both English and Spanish, in My Word List for per-
sonal study or review. My Word List is saved between sessions unless your product is
reset.
Viewing My Word List
1. Press MENU.

2. Highlight and then press ENTER.
Or you can touch LEARN.
3. Touch LANG to switch from the English to the Spanish List, if needed.
English list: Empty (or Spanish list: Empty) will be displayed if either is empty.
English List (or Spanish List) will be highlighted. Press ENTER to view the list.
This is a user list of one word.
5. Highlight a word on the list.
6. Press ENTER to view its definition(s) or touch CONJ to view its inflections.
Adding Words from the Exercises Menu
1. From My Word List, press or to highlight Add a word and press ENTER.
2. Type a word.
3. Press ENTER to add the word.
4. Press CLEAR when done.
Adding Words from the Word Entry Screen
You can also add words to My Word List directly from the Word Entry screen.
1. Press MENU.
2. Touch LANG to choose the language of the word you want to add (e.g., Spanish).
English words will be added to the English List; Spanish words will be added to
the Spanish List.
3. Type the word you want to add to your word list (e.g., elegante).