Customer Reviews

Seiko TR2720CS Berlitz Spanish-English Dictionary

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My fiance and I received this 'toy' as a christmas gift last year because we were moving to Argentina. To be honest, we laughed, thinking it to be a rather useless item. However, upon arrival in Latin America, we discovered it to be an extraordinarily useful tool. We use it for everything from menu translations (honestly not its stong-suit, food is so regionally particular) to homework help for our Spanish lessons. It is easy, practical, pocket-sized, and surprisingly loaded.

There are only two things that would make this translator the ultimate: 1. some regional colloquialisms; 2. the inclusion of some conjugated forms of some of the more common verbs.

I absolutely love this product. Switches easily from English to Spanish and vice versa. The advanced verb translator as well as the phrase/category buttons for different subjects is excellent. I only wish that Seiko/Berlitz made something similar in French! A+ on the product AND it's very small - convenient for a pocket or purse. (Does anyone know of anything like this for French?)

I purchased this tool to help me in a Spanish class. The display is hard to read and there are no special characters. Overall it was a poorly designed piece of electonics.

not to mention lonely. I went to Spain in 98 with the intention of "picking up" spanish. It wasn't quite that easy. As it turned out this little machine was my only link to what was familier: the english language. Also it was a lot of fun and helped break down the language wall. I took it back to Spain with me again in 99 and then to Mexico. I don't go anywhere without it. What I would like to see improved on is that the words aren't always the best translation for example: gafas tranlates to goggles while should be glasses at least that is what they called them in Spain. Also, the verb conjugation for it/he/she is the same but you have to go through all three, in other words two extra key strokes if you get my meaning. Also, the phrs (phrase) really isn't very heplful. But over all a very good product. I recommend it and I wish Sieko had one for Italian.

This translator works very well in conjugating Spanish verbs. However; on Spanish to English it falls short. Its vocabulary for nouns and verb participals is not much better than much smaller and less costly devices.

This little translator got me through 3 years of Spanish classes and a trip to Costa Rica- it's perfect for looking up a vocab word on the spot. The definitions aren't always perfect, so don't trust it implicitly. By far my favorite feature was the quiz, where you added words from the dictionary and it will quiz you on them. Great for drilling them into your head, especially before a test. I just wish I could find one in Italian now...