Lingo TR-2900 Global 29-Language Pocket Translator

by Lingo

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5 x 1.5 inches ; 1 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• ASIN: B000AI2TU6
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: May 21, 2003

Product Description

29LANG Global Translator- Lingo Global translator- 29 Languages- English Arabic Bulgarian Chinese Czech Danish Dutch Estonian Finnish French German Greek Phonetic Hebrew Hungarian Indonesian Italian Japanese Korean Norwegian Polish Portuguese Romanian Russian Slovakian Spanish Swedish Thai Turkish Ukranian- Clothing and shoe size conversions - World Time in 200 cities - 58000 phrases - Total word translations: more than 580000- 12 Digit calculator- Address databank for appointments telephone numbers addresses and memos- 8 Metric and 8 currency conversions- 2-Line 16-character dot matrix display- Alarm- Automatic shutoff- Adjustable contrast- Standard QWERTY keyboard- Requires 3 CR-2032 batteries (included) - 1 Year manufacturer's warranty- AshLINTR2900

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

56 of 59 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars 29 Pocket Language Translator, July 13, 2006

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Marisel Cruz "Mari" (Ocala, FL United States) - See all my reviews
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I think this is a great translator when translating from english to the other language but it has a difficult time translating from the other languages to english. I speak very fluent Spanish. I'm learning how to speak Romanian and this is why I purchased the translator. It has come in handy many time when I been trying to communicate with our Romanian employees but it has some difficulties when they're trying to translate to me from Romanian to english. The Spanish language works very well. I like that it does have some phrases set up that I have been able to utilize both in Spanish and Romanian. My over all rating is that for a mechanical device it does work very well. I give it a B+.

38 of 40 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great for General Purposes, January 4, 2007

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Lexie - See all my reviews

Being a world traveler and not knowing what country I'll be visiting next, this translator seemed perfect. Who knows how many of the 29 languages I'll end up using.

The word-to-word translation is pretty good, but don't look for subtle innuendos or even common slang. It also has a phrase-translation that can be quite humorous - I'm not sure when I'd ever need to translate "I want to be your slave until I die". But it does contain all the typical things a traveler would need - - stuff about hotels, train stations and sight-seeing.

It also has a world clock which is fun and useful.

All-in-all, this translator is exactly what I expected and it a very convienent size to keep in your pocket or purse.

I highly recommend it.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Useless., December 12, 2007

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Louie Dean (South Korea) - See all my reviews

I bought this in hopes that it would help ease the language barrier while working as a teacher in Korea. I have found it easier to learn Korean than learning how to operate this gadget. I find a $5.00 translation book much more helpful in navigating my new world. However, I did manage to set the time on it, so it's an expensive clock.