Product Description

"Speak the language of love and live a life only imagined by others, with this electronic English French translator. This French-English dictionary allows you to communicate effectively in French, providing you with instant access to 2,000,000 total translations to and from French and English. This electronic dictionary includes conjugations with translations and travelers' phrases; clear, concise definitions enabling you to write and speak accurately with the aid of an advanced verb conjugation feature and grammar guide.

This dictionary is specially designed for all levels of language skill from beginner to advanced!
Write and speak accurately with the advanced verb conjugation feature, conjugating and translating both English and French verbs, for example I speak -> je parle.
Grammar guide includes all essential information on French grammar rules, to help you construct sentences.
2,000 travelers' phrases useful for business and leisure travelers.
Instant phonetic spell correction provides you with correct spellings based on phonetically entered words.
Learning Exercises are a fun, systematic approach to improving spelling and vocabulary, including Spelling Bee and Flashcard methods.
TOEFL®* Tutor minimizes test anxiety through learning exercises and a TOEFL® Test word list containing commonly used words from the actual TOEFL® test. An invaluable tool for foreign students looking to enter an American university."""

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #798 in Office Product
• Brand: Franklin
• Model: BFQ-450
• Released on: 2008-02-18
• Dimensions: 3.00" h x 1.00" w x 5.00" l, 1.00 pounds

Features

• "Clear, concise full definitions from Larousse give you the meaning to communicate effectively"
• "Write and speak accurately with the advanced verb conjugation feature, conjugating and translating both English and French verbs"
• "2,000 travelers phrases useful for business and leisure travelers"
• Instant phonetic spell correction provides you with correct spellings based on phonetically entered words
• Learing exercises including spelling bee and flashcard methods

Customer Reviews

It works well.
As an easily portable pocket dictionary that works very well.
Good points:
It is easy to use and comes with clear instructions.
It is small and easy to carry around.
Typing in words is usually faster than looking them up in a paper dictionary.
It has every word I have looked up so far.
Conjugation of verbs is comprehensive.

Bad points:
It feels cheap for £50.
The back is not flat, so if you are using it on a flat surface, it rocks when press the bottom row of keys.
Lid is difficult to open with big round fingers.
The grammar guide is very basic.

Franklin BFQ-450
I bought one of these about 2 months ago. We go to France quite a lot and it has quickly become indispensable. We had previously been lugging around a 2kg paper dictionary because the smaller ones are inadequate. The BFQ-450 has translated virtually every word we have looked up.

I can understand the previous comment about the construction but actually it seems to hold up reasonably under use and is pretty neat. The size is about optimum -small enough to fit in a shirt pocket and just about large enough for keyboard entry. The latter is AZERTY not QWERTY as the unit is French. I thought this would be a problem but for typing in the odd word it is fine (now I know that 'm' is way over to the right). The display is large and clear and both it and the keyboard are protected by the clam shell lid.

The user interface is slightly quirky but worth getting used to for more complex functions such as verb conjugation.

Good Content, dodgy hardware
On the whole I'm pleased with this - certainly beats having to lug a big dictionary around. Two criticisms:
1. The keyboard is awful. Although brand new, the nasty little rubber keys aren't very responsive and tend to stay stuck down and have to be prised back up with a fingernail or pencil tip. The lid feels very flimsy and I have no faith in it surviving being knocked about in a bag - perhaps designed for a jacket pocket?
2. The keyboard has a French layout ( well, I suppose that's fine if you're French!)and the functions - even something as simple as a delete key - are not intuitively obvious. Yes,there is an instruction leaflet, but we all read those with loving care and carry them round with us, don't we?
Overall, I would probably buy another one if I were learning another language, but it could be improved by a bit more attention to hardware design.