Ectaco ES-X5 User Manual
Partner® X5 User's Manual
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION -------------------------------------------------------------------------3
General View ----------------------------------------------------------------------------5
Power Supply----------------------------------------------------------------------------5
Initialization ------------------------------------------------------------------------------7
Keyboard ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------8
Display ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10
DICTIONARY------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 18
MAIN DICTIONARY ------------------------------------------------------------------- 18
DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE -------------------------------- 19
HOW TO USE THE DICTIONARIES---------------------------------------------- 19
Advanced Word Recognition ------------------------------------------------------ 19
Voice Input ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 20
Parts of Speech and Gender Labels -------------------------------------------- 20
Viewing Entries ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 21
Spell-checker Vector Ultima----------------------------------------------------- 23
Instant Reverse Translation and Instant Explanation----------------------- 24
Pronunciation of Words and Sentences ---------------------------------------- 26
SUPPLEMENTAL DICTIONARIES ------------------------------------------------ 27
Spanish-Russian Dictionary ------------------------------------------------------- 27
User’s Dictionary --------------------------------------------------------------------- 27
Learner’s Cards----------------------------------------------------------------------- 31
TEXT TRANSLATION----------------------------------------------------------------- 33
VOICE PHRASEBOOK --------------------------------------------------------------- 34
ACCENT CORRECTION------------------------------------------------------------- 37
REFERENCE---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 39
Irregular Verbs ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 40
Popular Idioms ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 41
TOEFL AND GRAMMAR ------------------------------------------------------------- 42
TOEFL----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 42
Grammar-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 46
ORGANIZER ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 47
PHONE DIRECTORY ----------------------------------------------------------------- 48
MEMO ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 51
SCHEDULER---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 54
CALENDAR ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 58
DRAWING BOARD -------------------------------------------------------------------- 59
VOICE MEMO--------------------------------------------------------------------------- 61
PC COMMUNICATION --------------------------------------------------------------- 63
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CALCULATIONS------------------------------------------------------------------------- 66
CALCULATOR -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 66
LOAN CALCULATOR ----------------------------------------------------------------- 66
ACCOUNT MANAGEMENT --------------------------------------------------------- 69
CURRENCY CONVERSION -------------------------------------------------------- 71
METRIC CONVERSION-------------------------------------------------------------- 73
SIZE EQUIVALENTS------------------------------------------------------------------ 74
REFERENCE ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 75
LOCAL AND WORLD TIME --------------------------------------------------------- 75
Local Time------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 75
World Time ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 79
TRAVEL GUIDE ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 80
TELEPHONE CODES----------------------------------------------------------------- 80
GAME CENTER ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 81
ENGLISH NAMES---------------------------------------------------------------------- 85
PHONE WIZARD ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 86
CROSSWORD SOLVER ------------------------------------------------------------- 86
USA INTERVIEW----------------------------------------------------------------------- 87
SETUP--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 88
INTERFACE LANGUAGE------------------------------------------------------------ 88
SYSTEM SETUP ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 89
Key Tone ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 89
First Screen ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 89
Auto Shutoff Period ------------------------------------------------------------------ 90
Touch Screen Calibration ---------------------------------------------------------- 90
Adult Lock ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 91
Speech Level -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 91
Audio Settings------------------------------------------------------------------------- 92
Scheduler Alarm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 92
Date Format --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 93
Time Format --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 93
PC-Link Baud Rate ------------------------------------------------------------------ 93
Battery Check ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 93
SECURITY ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 94
MEMORY CHECK --------------------------------------------------------------------- 96
DATA DELETION ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 97
BRIEF OF FUNCTIONS -------------------------------------------------------------- 97
ABOUT ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 98
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INTRODUCTION
Congratulations on purchasing the English-Spanish Translator and
Organizer Partner
of Ectaco’s staff of linguists, engineers, and programmers. You are
now the owner of the most advanced electronic device ever
produced for foreign language studies.
®
The Partner
Main dictionary (English-Spanish bidirectional dictionary) of
over 1,000,000 words, including idioms, medical, technical,
legal, and business terms, as well as slang and general
expressions
Dictionary of the English Language
Spanish-Russian bidirectional dictionary of over 50,000 words
Comprehensive TOEFL guide with sample tests and instant
evaluation
English Grammar electronic textbook with topic search
US citizenship exam preparation guide
Most popular American idioms
X5 features:
®
X5! This product is the result of combined efforts
English irregular verbs
Advanced English and Spanish speech synthesis
Fully automated text translation
New word recording function for dictionary expansion
Instant Reverse Translation
Advanced word recognition system
The MorphoFinder
The Voice Input function
Personal word lists for easy learning
Interactive phonetic practice with speech correction
Award winning Vector Ultima
Over 1,100 useful phrases in the English-Spanish-German
Voice Phrasebook with English and Spanish speech
recognition
2 MB English/Spanish organizer, equipped with search
function
function
bilingual spell-checking system
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Comprehensive reference section featuring Travel Guide,
English Names List, Local and World time with map illustration
etc.
Game center featuring 4 fascinating games
Crossword solver with educational functions
Standard and Scientific Calculators
Account Management
Digital Voice Recorder
Currency and Metric converters
High-speed data exchange and synchronization with PC
Two-language Interface
Alarm and Audio Scheduler Reminder
Talking Clock
Calendar
Adult Lock
Data protection system
External power jack for non-battery operation
Headphone jack
The latest speech technology employed by Partner
®
X5 allows you
to listen to a clear, life-like pronunciation of English and Spanish
words and phrases.
Unlike other portable electronic dictionaries, this model features a
break-through combination of two parallel input devices − a welldesigned 72-button keyboard and a high-resolution touch-sensitive
display, which makes it functionally analogous to a mouse-equipped
computer. Besides, an English voice input is possible in the
Dictionaries section.
♦ Note: As continuous efforts are made by the manufacturer to
®
ensure a better quality and performance of the Partner
products,
some characteristics or the design of the actual device you
purchased may slightly differ from their description in this
manual.
®
The Partner
Enjoy your Partner
X5 gives you freedom of speech and peace of mind.
®
X5 and make it your personal companion.
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General View
The general view and external appliances of the Partner® X5 are
shown below.
Power Supply
The Partner® X5 is powered by four AAA (LR03) batteries or by a
special rechargeable battery pack. When the batteries or
accumulators become weak, a warning message will be displayed.
In order to prevent an excessive discharge of the batteries or
accumulators and a resulting loss of data in RAM, the voice
recording, talking function, and communication channel will be
disabled at this time.
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♦ Note: When the Batteries Low! message is displayed, the energy
consuming Text-To-Speech function is disabled. The other voice
functions, e.g. Voice Memo, may still remain working.
♦ Note: The voice recording, talking, and electronic communication
functions consume considerable amount of energy. It is
recommended to use an external power supply while using the
voice and PC-Link functions.
To restore full functionality of the device and to avoid the risk of
losing user data, replace the complete set of batteries or recharge
the accumulators as soon as possible.
How to recharge the accumulators
♦ Make sure the accumulators are inserted in the battery
compartment.
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♦ Note: Only special accumulators – rechargeable battery pack
®
may be used with your Partner
X5.
♦ Connect an AC/DC adapter to your device.
®
♦ Note: The Partner
X5 is equipped with a jack for external power
supply.
♦ Note: Use of an inappropriate external power supply may
cause failure of the device and void the warranty. The AC/DC
2
adapter should provide 9V and min 300mA DC.
The red LED shows that the accumulators are recharging and the
green one shows that the accumulators are charged. The recharge
LED will illuminate when the adapter is connected.
♦ Note: Accumulators (if inserted in the device) are recharged
every time you connect the adapter to your device.
How to replace the batteries
• Press the key to turn the device off.
♦ Note: Never try to remove the batteries from the device when the
power is on. This can seriously damage the device. If you
1
Please communicate with an Ectaco office to get more information about
this rechargeable battery pack purchase.
2
Contact your dealer to order the compatible AC/DC adapter or call +1 (800)
710-7920 within the continental US.
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experience difficulty turning the device off,
button on the right-hand side of the keyboard (above the
button) and reinstall the system.
press the RESET
• Remove the battery compartment cover by sliding it away from
the device.
• Remove the used batteries and replace them with new ones.
♦ Note: Do not mix old and new batteries.
• Make sure to place the batteries according to the polarity
markings (+ -) inside the compartment.
• Put back the battery compartment cover by sliding it toward the
device. Make sure the cover sits in place properly.
• Turn the device on to make sure it works correctly.
♦
Note: You have 2 minutes to replace the batteries without risk of
losing the data stored in RAM. Do not exceed the 2-minute
limit! Neither the manufacturer nor the dealer may be held
responsible for the loss of user data.
Initialization
The initialization routine is started
• when the Partner
®
X5 is turned on for the first time
• when you remove the batteries (e.g. when replacing them)
for longer than 2 minutes
• after the system has been reset with the RESET button.
♦ Note: The RESET button is located on the right-hand side of the
keyboard (over the
object like a paper clip. Never use a needle or a pin since it can
damage the device.
button). It can be accessed with any thin
• If you see the Initialize system? message, press or touch
or
to abort initialization and customization.
• If you confirm the prompt, the factory defined settings will be
restored, but you can still prevent your data deletion by canceling
the ensuing prompt Delete all user’s data? Press
or to preserve your data.
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The System is initialized! message indicates that the system
initialization has been accomplished, freeing memory and restoring
the factory defined settings.
Also, the user may be prompted to conduct the touch-screen
calibration, which configures the proper spacing and alignment of
the touch-sensitive screen elements. Please refer to page 90 for the
procedure description.
After a completed system initialization, or when using the device for
the first time, the interface language will be reset to English. Users
who prefer to see menus and messages in Spanish are referred to
page 88 for instructions.
Keyboard
The American standard QWERTY keyboard combined with the
Spanish layout allows you to enter any word just in seconds.
In the Spanish-Russian bidirectional dictionary, the input mode
selection is made automatically to comply with the current source
language, and the
direction.
The function and control keys are described below.
Function shortcut keys
RESET Re-initialize system
key is used for changing the translation
3
Turn the device On or Off
Show Main Menu / Switch tab
Open Main Dictionary
Open Voice Phrasebook
3
Key1+Key2 here and further on signifies the combination of keys to use -
first press and release Key1, then press and release Key2.
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+u, t
Open Text Translation
Start PC Communication
Open System Setup
Launch Spell-Checker
Use speech function
Control and editing keys
Í, Î Move cursor or highlight
Ð, Ï Move cursor or highlight / Scroll lines
u, t
Page by screen / Switch Main Menu tab
Execute
Enter space / Check or uncheck boxes
Close active window / Cancel
Enter symbols from the two-letter keys
4
Type in uppercase / Enter additional
+
symbols
Clear input
Caps Lock On or Off
5
Copy selection or the entire text to
+Ï
+Ð
+Í
clipboard
Insert clipboard contents
Delete character to the left of cursor
Delete character to the right of cursor
4
Use the ALT key to enter the Spanish accented letters in lowercase. To
obtain the uppercase images of the letters, press SHIFT or CAPS LOCK on
the keyboard first.
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Additional symbols are marked over the numeric keys.
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+Î
…
Toggle Insert / Overwrite
Activate toolbar buttons
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Switch language or translation direction
Computational symbols and operations are available with the
Calculator options.
Display
The Partner® X5 features a large-size touch screen that provides a
responsive and efficient windows-driven graphical interface for the
device’s numerous functions and applications.
Touch-screen elements
By touching a screen item of a certain type – a push button or prehighlighted text – you perform an action associated with it.
The keyboard equivalent of touching the highlighted item is moving
the highlight bar to it with the arrow keys (Í,Î,Ð,Ï) and pressing
.
Both the touch screen and the keyboard procedures of activating an
option or a command are referred to as selecting in this manual.
Stylus
Touching is preferably done with the supplied pointing device called
the stylus, which, when not in use, can be conveniently kept in a
special slot at the base of the device’s case lid.
The stylus is especially useful for operations that cannot be
performed from the keyboard, for example, highlighting an arbitrary
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Commands and options associated with currently displayed Toolbar buttons
are also accessible from the keyboard by pressing the F1-F8 keys with the
corresponding number, counting buttons from top to bottom.
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text fragment in the Organizer sections or a multi-word translation in
a dictionary entry.
♦ Note: If, for some reason, using the stylus does not provide the
desired effect, use
(Í,Î,Ð,Ï) to access the Touch Screen Calibration procedure
(see page 90).
, and the arrow keys
MAIN MENU
The MAIN MENU appears as a row of tabs on the top of the screen
when the device is turned on (unless the Resume screen setup
option has been selected, see page 89) or an application is closed,
or the
The MAIN MENU is divided into five submenus, each of which
includes a number of related sections.
key is pressed.
Sections may also include subsections and various lower level
options.
The five parts of the MAIN MENU are:
DICTIONARY
ORGANIZER
CALCULATIONS
REFERENCE
SETUP
Opening a Submenu
The easiest way to open a specific submenu when the MAIN MENU
is displayed is by touching its corresponding tab at the top of the
screen.
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Alternatively, the submenus can be chosen by pressing the
key or one of the paging t,u keys on the keyboard.
Opening a Section
To open a section in the Partner® X5, display the appropriate part of
the MAIN MENU and do one of the following:
• touch the section name
• move the highlight bar to the section name and press
• press the numeric key corresponding to the section number.
Sidebar
Sidebar ▼
®
Nine sections of Partner
shortcut buttons on the Sidebar to the right of the screen:
Main Dictionary
English Dictionary
Phone Directory
Scheduler
Calendar
X5 have permanent touch-sensitive
Voice Memo
Game Center
Local Time (Pop-Up
Window and Talking
Clock)
Calculator
Touchpad
The touchpad is a set of virtual keys displayed on the screen that
simulates the conventional physical keyboard or part of it. The
combination touchpad shown below is the most widely used
throughout the Partner
®
X5 applications.
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The basic touchpad layout contains the letters of the respective
alphabet and a set of symbols. The control key images have the
following meaning:
Touch key Meaning Keyboard equivalent
Touching the keyboard button
screen or pressing F8 on the keyboard hides the touchpad, thus
enlarging the input visible area. To re-display the touchpad, touch
or press F8 again.
Backspace
Enter
Shift
Caps Lock
Additional Spanish
characters
Change language
in the lower-right corner of the
Windows
Every application, pop-up menu, or dialog box used in the Partner®
X5 appears in its own window.
A window is displayed as a framed screen area with two main
elements: the Title Bar and the Close Button.
The Title Bar may show the name of the currently active section or a
message title. Any window can be closed either by pressing
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on the physical keyboard or by touching the Close Button
upper-right corner of the window.
Also present in a window might be the Vertical or Horizontal Scroll
Bars. The Scroll Box shows the position of the displayed portion
relative to the rest of the relevant information.
On a Scroll Bar:
in the
• touch a Scroll Arrow or to advance or go back one line
• touch and drag the Scroll Box to browse
• touch the Scroll Bar below or above the Scroll Box to jump to
that portion of text.
Pop-Up and Pull-Down Menus
A pop-up menu is an overlapping window that requests the user’s
selection of one of the displayed options.
• Touch a line with the stylus or move the highlight bar to a line
with the arrow keys and press
Aside from pop-up menus, non-window pull-down menus may be
used. The
hidden pull-down menu.
button on the screen indicates the presence of a
.
• Touch the arrow button to pull down a menu.
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• To select an option, touch its name or highlight it and press
.
• To hide a menu without making a selection, press or touch
the screen outside the menu area.
Dialog Box
A simple example of a dialog box is a prompt, which contains a
Yes/No question pending the user’s confirmation or cancellation.
Ways you can respond to a prompt:
Touch
A Setup prompt expects the user to specify data items directly in the
dialog box. This can imply either checking boxes or setting values.
Meaning
Yes
No N
Cancel
Keyboard
equivalent
, Y
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Checking boxes
• To check an empty box touch it or move the dotted frame
to the desired item with the arrow keys and press
the keyboard. A checked box appears solid:
.
on
• Touch or press to apply the changes and close
the window.
Setting Values
• To change a value in the highlighted box, touch the , buttons
or press the Ï,Ð keys.
• To change the active box, touch it or use the Í,Î keys.
• Touch or press to save settings and close the
window.
Message Box
A message just requests the acknowledgement of information.
• To close the message box, touch or where available.
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The Partner
X5 does not allow the moving or switching of active
windows. Thus, you will have to close an overlapping window in
order to proceed.
Toolbar
A Toolbar is a set of vertically arranged push buttons appearing to
the right of the pertaining window.
The most frequently used Toolbar buttons are:
Page Up Save
Page Down Edit
Scroll Up Delete
Scroll Down Search
OK (Apply) Settings
New Say
Explain Spell-Checker
Translate Font size
As an on-board help to the user, a short Toolbar button description
(Tool tip) appears when a button is being touched.
Commands and options associated with currently displayed Toolbar
buttons are also accessible from the keyboard by pressing the F1F8 keys with the corresponding number, counting the buttons from
top to bottom.
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DICTIONARY
The most important part of the Partner® X5 is the DICTIONARY
section – it encompasses eight language-related sections.
• Select the tab from the MAIN MENU to open the
DICTIONARY section.
MAIN DICTIONARY
The Partner® X5 contains the most advanced English-Spanish and
Spanish-English electronic dictionaries available on the market. This
Manual usually refers to those as the English-Spanish Dictionary, or
simply the Main Dictionary.
♦ Note: Besides general vocabulary and terminology the Main
Dictionary contains slang. You can hide it using the Adult Lock
function (see page 91).
General Dictionary Function
•
Select English-Spanish Dictionary from the DICTIONARY
section, or touch
the keyboard.
During the initialization of the Main Dictionary you may see the
icon. This usually means that User’s Dictionary contains
considerable number of entries. Since both dictionaries are
on the Sidebar, or press the key on
interlinked, the more words the User’s Dictionary contains, the more
time it takes to initialize the Main Dictionary. Please wait while the
loading completes.
♦ Note: Please refer to the How to Use the Dictionaries section
(see page 19).
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DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH
LANGUAGE
The Partner® X5 includes the advanced English explanatory
electronic dictionary.
General Dictionary Function
Select English Dictionary from the DICTIONARY section.
•
♦ Note: Please refer to the How to Use the Dictionaries section.
HOW TO USE THE DICTIONARIES
Advanced Word Recognition
To translate or explain a word, start entering it from the keyboard
•
or the touchpad.
While you are typing, headwords closest in spelling to the portion
you entered so far are displayed in the Advanced Search Area
under the input line.
• If the desired word had appeared before you finished typing,
select it (touch the corresponding line or make sure it is
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highlighted and press
explanation(s).
) to see its translation(s) or
• Scroll or page through the Advanced Search Area to manually
find the word in question.
• To enlarge the visible Search Area, hide the touchpad by
touching
.
Voice Input
The Voice Input is a new exclusive function which enables voice
input of English words.
• To translate or explain an English word, touch and spell it.
Please say each letter distinctly. It is recommended that the pause
between letters should not exceed 1½ sec. The word will be
recorded, automatically recognized, and the list of headwords (as
well as their first translation(s) if in the English-Spanish Dictionary)
closest in spelling to the pronounced word will appear.
• Touch the desired word or highlight it and press to see
its translation(s) or explanation(s).
Parts of Speech and Gender Labels
Translations or explanations of a headword are listed in the
alphabetical order of parts of speech.
A – adjective NPR – proper noun
ABBR – abbreviation NUM – numeral
ADV – adverb PART – particle
ART – article PHR – phrase
AUX – auxiliary PREF – prefix
CONJ – conjunction PREP – preposition
ID – idiom PRON – pronoun
INTRJ – interjection SUFF – suffix
N – noun V – verb
Spanish nouns are marked with gender and number labels.
F – feminine MN – masculine or neuter
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FN – feminine or neuter MPL – masculine plural
FPL – feminine plural N – neuter
M – masculine NPL – neuter plural
MF – masculine or feminine PL – plural
MFPL – masculine or
feminine plural
Viewing Entries
Suppose you want to translate the English word CASE into Spanish.
• Enter CASE in the input line.
♦ Note: The Dictionary search is not case-sensitive, so you can
type in any case you want.
♦ Note: It is possible to retrieve a translation or explanation for
word forms entered in the input line. The source word entry for
the desired word will be displayed. For example, if you enter
"cases" and there is not such an entry in the dictionary, you will
get the "case" entry as it is a headword for "cases". The
MorphoFinder™ function helps you find source words
(headwords) for English past participles, gerunds, plural forms,
and for Spanish adjective and noun forms.
• To select CASE and see its translations, touch the corresponding
line in the advanced search area, or make sure the line is
highlighted (use Ð if necessary) and press
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♦ Note: Similarly, you can get explanations of the words in the
Dictionary of the English language.
• Use the scroll bar or the Ð key to scroll the screen down to see
more translations of the word CASE – you will also see
translations of the word CASE as a verb.
• Touch to reduce the screen font size and see more
translations or explanations of the given headword on the screen
without scrolling.
♦ Note: There are three font sizes in the Dictionaries. Touch
twice to restore the initial font size.
• Use the t, u keys or the , buttons to switch between
adjacent entries.
♦ Note: Your User’s Dictionary headwords, if coinciding in spelling,
will be displayed in the advanced search area before those of the
Main Dictionary.
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• To translate or explain another word in the same dictionary,
press
a new search.
or touch to return to the selection screen and begin
• To change the direction of translation, make a reverse translation
or press
touch
♦ Note: The English-Spanish and the Spanish-Russian dictionaries
are chosen by default after the system initialization.
or touch to return to the selection screen, then
or press .
• To record a displayed entry in your personal Learner’s Cards,
select the
button and specify the set name.
Spell-checker Vector Ultima
The multilingual spell-checker Vector Ultima is one of the most
advanced on the market. When you are unsure of the spelling of a
word, the Vector Ultima allows you to enter the word as you hear it
and choose a spelling version from a list of suggestions.
• Type the word BOARD as you hear it: BORD.
• Touch or press + either of the t, u keys. A list of
suggested variants appears on the screen.
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• Select the word BOARD to see its translations.
♦ Note: If the spell-checker is unable to suggest alternative words,
the No variants message is shown.
Instant Reverse Translation and Instant
Explanation
For your convenience, the Partner® X5 provides an Instant Reverse
Translation and Instant Explanation for all words and expressions in
the Dictionaries.
• For example, display the entry for the word SPIN.
• To highlight a word among the explanations or translations
• touch it with the stylus, or
• move the highlight bar to it with the Î key. For example:
♦ Note: You can also highlight an expression. Expressions
constituting a complete translation variant can be highlighted as a
whole. To highlight a whole expression between commas, touch
its first word with the stylus and drag the stylus along the
expression until the last word is highlighted.
♦ Note: Don’t highlight across punctuation marks.
• Touch or , respectively to obtain an explanation or
reverse translation of the highlighted word or expression.
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♦ Note: To get an explanation of the headword of a displayed
entry, just touch
♦ Note: If there are entries in both Main and User’s Dictionaries,
the entry in the latter dictionary is displayed first.
.
• Touch or press the u key to page down to the Dictionary’s
entry.
♦ Note: If the translation for the selected expression is not found,
select the main word in it, touch
touch
entry. For example:
♦ Note: It is possible to retrieve a reverse translation or explanation
or press the u key to page down to the appropriate
, and when in the Dictionary
for word forms highlighted within the translation or explanation of
the entry. The source word entry for the highlighted word will be
displayed. For example, if you highlight "distributes" you will get
"distribute" as there is no translation or explanation for
"distributes" because it is a form of "distribute." The
MorphoFinder™ function helps you find source words for English
past participles, gerunds, plural forms, and for Spanish forms of
various parts of speech. If the Not found! message is displayed,
try to find the word in the dictionary by typing the desired word in
its basic form.
You can make up to 4 reverse translations and explanations in
succession (without closing windows). The message Last translation
is displayed if the limit is reached.
• To close the Reverse Translation or Instant Explanation windows
in the reverse order, touch
or press .
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Pronunciation of Words and Sentences
One of the most exciting features of the Partner® X5 is the TTS
(Text-To-Speech) technology which allows the pronunciation of
English and Spanish words and phrases.
• Display an entry, for example:
• To listen to the pronunciation of the headword in English-Spanish
or English Dictionary, touch
or press the key.
• To listen to the pronunciation of the translation or explanation in
English-Spanish or English Dictionary, select all or any of the
words and touch
TTS is able to generate the pronunciation of any English or Spanish
text, not limited to dictionary entries. Simply type in a word or phrase
on the selection screen of the corresponding Dictionary and touch
or press the key to listen to its pronunciation.
♦ Note: In the Speech Level option of the System Setup menu you
or press the key.
may adjust speech volume, frequency and speed, shaping your
own pronunciation style. In addition, volume can be conveniently
changed “on the fly” using the external switch.
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SUPPLEMENTAL DICTIONARIES
Spanish-Russian Dictionary
The Partner® X5 contains a bidirectional Spanish-Russian electronic
dictionary of over 50,000 words.
General Dictionary Function
• Select Spanish-Russian Dictionary from the Supplemental
Dictionaries.
♦ Note: All functions and keys in the Spanish-Russian dictionary
work in the same way as they do in the Main Dictionary. Please
refer to the How to Use the Dictionaries section to read about
Advanced Word Recognition, Viewing Entries, Spell-Checker
Vector Ultima
Explanation.
, Instant Reverse Translation and Instant
User’s Dictionary
The Partner® X5 allows you to create your own vocabulary, which
automatically links to the Main Dictionary.
• Select User’s Dictionary from the Supplemental Dictionaries.
• Select one of the user’s dictionaries.
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Creating a Record
The record consists of a word or expression, its translation, and its
part of speech.
• When in a record list or in the viewing mode, touch , to open
a new record template.
• Type in an English word or expression. For example:
• Touch or press u or to go to the translation page.
Enter a Spanish translation.
• Touch or press to save your record. You can also
specify a part of speech by selecting
appropriate abbreviation from the list. The record will be saved
and you will be returned to the record list.
When in the record list or in the viewing mode, use
• Ð, Ï to move the highlight bar
• , to page up and down
• to open a new record template
and choosing an
• to make a contents search
• to open the highlighted record for editing
• to delete the highlighted record
• to listen to the pronunciation of the record's contents.
♦ Note: The User’s Dictionary entries are fully reversible. Any
translation of a Spanish-English User’s Dictionary entry
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automatically becomes a headword in the English-Spanish
User’s Dictionary, and vice versa. This also means that by
deleting one of them you will automatically delete the other.
Finding a Record
There are three ways to find a record:
Select from the List
• Open a User’s Dictionary. A list of existing headwords will be
displayed, for example:
• To select an entry, touch it with the stylus or move the highlight
bar to it and press
The selected record opens in the viewing mode.
Contents Search
.
• When in the record list or in the viewing mode, select the
button.
• Type in any Spanish or English word (or a part of a word) that is
contained in the record(s) you are looking for.
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• Touch or press to display the search results, if any.
• Open the desired entry.
Access through the Main Dictionary
The User’s Dictionary entries are also accessible from the Main
Dictionary. These are marked with a special icon:
• Open the Main Dictionary.
♦ Note: The more words the User’s Dictionary contains, the more
time it takes to initialize the Main Dictionary, since both
dictionaries are interlinked. During the initialization process you
will see the
icon.
• Select the translation direction compatible with the headword
language you want to use for search.
• Start entering a headword.
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