Ectaco ES-X5 User Manual

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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® X5! This product is the result of combined efforts 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® X5 features:

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

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 function

The Voice Input function

Personal word lists for easy learning

Interactive phonetic practice with speech correction

Award winning Vector Ultima bilingual spell-checking system

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

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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® X5 gives you freedom of speech and peace of mind. Enjoy your Partner® 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.

♦Note: Only special accumulators – rechargeable battery pack 1 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 adapter should provide 9V and min 300mA DC.2

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

1Please communicate with an Ectaco office to get more information about this rechargeable battery pack purchase.

2Contact your dealer to order the compatible AC/DC adapter or call [phone] within the continental US.

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experience difficulty turning the device off, press the RESET

button on the right-hand side of the keyboard (above the button) and reinstall the system.

•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 button). It can be accessed with any thin object like a paper clip. Never use a needle or a pin since it can damage the device.

•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 touch 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 key is used for changing the translation direction.

The function and control keys are described below.

Function shortcut keys3

		Turn the device On or Off
RESET		Re-initialize system
		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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									Open Text Translation
									Start PC Communication
									Open System Setup
				u			t		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 keys4
									Type in uppercase / Enter additional
									symbols5
				+					Clear input
									Caps Lock On or Off

+Ï +Ð

+Í

Copy selection or the entire text to clipboard

Insert clipboard contents

Delete character to the left of cursor

Delete character to the right of cursor

4Use 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.

5Additional symbols are marked over the numeric keys.

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					Toggle Insert / Overwrite
			+Î
		…			Activate toolbar buttons6
					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

6Commands 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 , and the arrow keys (Í,Î,Ð,Ï) to access the Touch Screen Calibration procedure (see page 90).

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 key is pressed.

The MAIN MENU is divided into five submenus, each of which includes a number of related sections.

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® X5 have permanent touch-sensitive shortcut buttons on the Sidebar to the right of the screen:

	Main Dictionary		Voice Memo
	English Dictionary		Game Center
	Phone Directory		Local Time (Pop-Up
	Scheduler		Window and Talking
			Clock)
	Calendar		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

Backspace

Enter

Shift

Caps Lock

Additional Spanish characters

Change language

Touching the keyboard button in the lower-right corner of the 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.

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 in the 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:

•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 button on the screen indicates the presence of a hidden pull-down menu.

• 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	Meaning	Keyboard
		equivalent
	Yes		, Y
	No	N

Cancel

A Setup prompt expects the user to specify data items directly in the dialog box. This can imply either checking boxes or setting values.

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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 on the keyboard. A checked box appears solid: .

•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 on the Sidebar, or press the key on 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 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 ) to see its translation(s) or explanation(s).

•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 or touch to return to the selection screen and begin a new search.

•To change the direction of translation, make a reverse translation or press or touch to return to the selection screen, then

touch or press .

♦Note: The English-Spanish and the Spanish-Russian dictionaries are chosen by default after the system initialization.

•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 , and when in the Dictionary touch or press the u key to page down to the appropriate entry. For example:

♦Note: It is possible to retrieve a reverse translation or explanation 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 or press the key.

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 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 , Instant Reverse Translation and Instant Explanation.

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 and choosing an 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

• 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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