Franklin BFQ-450 Larousse French/English Dictionary

by Franklin Electronics

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 5 x 1 x 3 inches ; 1 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B0000A8VO1
• Item model number: BFQ-450
• Batteries: 2 Lithium Metal batteries required. (included)
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank:
  • #43 in Electronics > Office Electronics > Electronic Dictionaries, Thesauri & Translators > Foreign Language Dictionaries
• Date first available at Amazon.com: November 1, 2000

Product Description

Franklin Electronic Publishers Larousse French-English Dictionary

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

60 of 62 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Will answer 95% of your needs, March 10, 2007

By 

Nadav Nahari "Nadav" (Seattle) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Franklin BFQ-450 Larousse French/English Dictionary (Office Product)

I use the dictionary while reading or writing in French.
Its vocabulary includes 95% of the words I look for.
Every now and then an English word cannot be found ("soy" for example).
When typing a verb in any tense or form,
the dictionary will recognize the infinitive.
Also useful is the conjugator.

What I don't like is the inability to translate expressions.
you can't type "put off".
To translate the expression you have to type "put"
and scroll down dozens of expressions until you reach the desired one.

The spell correction is also bad and can take a whole minute.
Sometimes if you misspell a word,
it'll be quicker to reboot the translator than wait for the error code.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Defective or just different?, July 3, 2009

By 

Gilly Theodore (Seoul, SK) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Franklin BFQ-450 Larousse French/English Dictionary (Office Product)

I was very disappointed with this dictionary. I have just come back from Asia, where extremely elegant, sophisticated and versatile electronic dictionaries set a high standard. It's common to find high resolution backlit touch screens and multiple languages, as well as context-sensitive glosses on words and expressions. Sound is a common feature, as well. My new Franklin electronic dictionary sports none of the above. To start with, it looks cheap and flimsy, like a child's toy, and does not function as advertised. The dictionary seems to have only one text size, too large (the instructions claim there are three, but choosing a different size does not change the display) and communicates only in capital letters. Despite packaging graphics that show both upper and lower case letters, input and output are uniformly upper case, making it hard to distinguish the French accent marks. There is a "maj" key which is supposed to make it possible to type in capitals or lower case, but it doesn't work. I don't know whether I have a defective unit or whether the specifications have changed, but it is going back!

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing tool for learning french, December 20, 2008

By 

Christo "Chris" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Franklin BFQ-450 Larousse French/English Dictionary (Office Product)

I use this to do french homework, reading french books, translating random words. I bring it everywhere with me. I can say that its great to learn the language.
Note: Put the resolution up so that you can see more text.