English Mahogany Pedestal Secrets

11 Comments to “English Mahogany Pedestal Secrets”

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   Albrecht June 24, 2010 at 11:24 am

   hard to find similar product.
   We had Reader’s Digest encyclopedic dictionary before but they no longer print one and ours was about 17 years old.
   It fills our needs very well and it is cheaper than buying it in a book store.
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   Agajanian June 24, 2010 at 11:36 pm

   I got tired of looking up words in my pocket dictionary, and not finding them. Maybe, I took a step too far in the other direction, but I’m finding all of the words now. This dictionary is great, with many interesting color pictures that catch your attention. The risk is, that I’ll set aside the book I was reading and start browsing this dictionary. Note that it is very heavy.
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   Lasken June 25, 2010 at 12:09 pm

   This dictionary is too politically correct. It short-changes the great American leaders – minimizing their contributions, while going into great detail about other historical figures.
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   Detweiler June 25, 2010 at 11:12 pm

   its a little different from my imagine
   but its really cool, so professional and beautiful
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   McKenzie June 26, 2010 at 11:19 am

   The Franklin BES-2150 works as advertised. Very compact and portable. After researching similar products, this seems the best in terms of portability and features. I would like the next iteration to have a manual backlite feature that I could turn on and off so I could use it in low-lite environments.
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   Eyler June 27, 2010 at 12:01 am

   I haven’t used the translator a lot yet–just on a recent brief trip to Mexico. The main disappointment is the lack of ability to look up phrases, and the inability to translate whole phrases rather than single words. For example, I typed in “que pasa” and it didn’t find it. Same with “mucho gusto” and “como estas” (I tried both in the dictionary and the search in the phrases section). So far, it appears this will work well if you want a dictionary, but not as a translator. Pretty expensive replacement for a pocket dictionary though.
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   Cheek June 27, 2010 at 11:59 am

   I wish the keyboard were lighted, as the display. The lighted display is useless without the keyboard’s light.
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   Keiner June 27, 2010 at 11:19 pm

   The Franklin BES-2150 was a big disappointment.I found that there many Spanish words that were not available and I had to look them up in my pocket dictionary.
   The Spanish phrases are spoken unclearly.Word by word is OK.The display is difficult to read under most lighting conditions.The instructions are difficult to follow and are poorly written.
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   Billotti June 28, 2010 at 11:12 am

   The spanish translator is convienent and a good learning tool. I thought it would translate entire sentences that I entered but it only does single words. Although it does have full explanations for using words in context which makes for extra learning of the language. The screen can be hard to see even with the back light on.
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    Gerken June 28, 2010 at 11:39 pm

    This is not much more than a dictionary with a difficult to read screen. I think I expected more of a “Babblefish” type translation device where I could input a phrase I needed to speak. This device only allows single word input. The “phrases” described in the marketing refers to pre-set common phrases, and is very poorly organized with no search capabilities outside of major categories. It would be good in emergencies (such as when you go blank trying to remember a specific word), but unfortunately its too big to slide into a pocket.
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    Connolly June 29, 2010 at 11:59 am

    This review is for the Franklin Merrian-Webster Speaking Spanish-English Dictionary (BES-1850)

    I bought one of these items about 5 years ago. It was very helpful for my Spanish studies. The audio is acceptable but not great. Verbs can be easily conjugated. The screen display is adequate although in today’s era it may be considered small. Five years ago the screen size was more than acceptable. This item can be expanded to add ebooks to it. The ebooks are not the greatest to read on this translator but is OK if it is all you have. If you are looking for just an ebook reader then this is NOT the device for you. If you are looking for a Spanish-English dictionary then this item is great, plus it will pronounce the words for you (although not the greatest pronunciation). Spanish students will understand the audio enough for it to be helpful.

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