2. Press to highlight Settings and then
press
ENTRER
.
3. Message Language is highlighted. Press
ENTRER
to select it.
4. Press or to move between French
and English.
5. When the one you want is highlighted,
press
ENTRER
to select it.
2.2 Selecting an Entry Language
The entry language is the language in which
you enter words at the word entry screen.
This determines which dictionary you will
use – French or English. To change the entry
language, press
LANG
at the word entry
screen.
3. Translating Words
3.1 Translating French Words
This dictionary is fully bilingual. Try
translating a French word into English.
1. Press
DICT
.
• Press
LANG
to switch to the French word
entry screen, if needed.
2. Type a word. For example, type étude.
• You can look up accented words without
typing accents. If you want to enter an
accent, type the letter and then press
repeatedly until the accent you want
appears. In this example, press E and then
press to see é.
• To erase a letter, press
ARR
.
• To type a capital, hold
MAJ
and press a
letter key.
3. Press
ENTRER
to see the English
translation.
• In some entries you might see conf flash
in the top right corner of the screen. This
indicates that the word you looked up
has Confsuables, or words that are often
confused with it. Press
?
to see them.
4. Press
ESPACE
or to scroll down
through the definition.
5. Press SUIV ( ) or PREC ( ) to view the
next or previous entry.
6. Press
EFF
to return to the Word Entry
screen.
3.2 Translating English Words
You can also use this dictionary to translate
English words into French.
1. Press
DICT
.
• Press
LANG
to switch to the English word
entry screen, if needed.
2. Type a word. For example, type study.
• To erase a letter, press
ARR
.
• To type a capital, hold
MAJ
and press a
letter key.
• You can look up accented words without
typing accents. If you want to enter an
accent, type the letter and then press
repeatedly until the accent you want
appears.
3. Press
ENTRER
to see the French
translation.
• In some entries you might see conf flash
in the top right corner of the screen. This
indicates that the word you looked up
has Confsuables, or words that are often
confused with it. Press
?
to see them.
• When you see syn flash in the top right
corner of the screen, this indicates that the
word you looked up has an entry in the
thesaurus. Press
SYN
to see it.
4. Press
ESPACE
or to scroll down
through the definition.
5. Press SUIV ( ) or PREC ( ) to view the
next or previous entry.
6. Press
EFF
to return to the word entry
screen.
3.3 Misspelling Words
If you enter a misspelled word, a list of
corrections appears. Use / to move the
highlight to the word you want and press
ENTRER
to see its dictionary entry.
3.4 Choosing Multiple Forms
Some words in this dictionary have more than
one form (for example,
resume
and
résumé
).
When the word you are looking up has
multiple forms, the different forms appear in
a list. Highlight the form you want and press
ENTRER
to see its dictionary entry. To return to
the multiple forms list, press
ARR
.
3.5 Finding Letters in Words
If you are uncertain of how to spell a word,
type a question mark (?) in place of each
unknown letter. To find prefixes, suffixes, and
other parts of words, type an asterisk (*) in
a word. Each asterisk stands for a series of
letters. Note: If you type an asterisk at the
beginning of a word, it may take a little while
to find the matching words.
1. Press
DICT
.
2. Type a word with ?’s and *’s. For
example, type bib?io*.
• To type an asterisk, hold down
MAJ
and
press
?
.
3. Press
ENTRER
.
• You see the list of matching words.
4. Press / to move the highlight to the
word you want and press
ENTRER
to view
its translation.
5. Press
EFF
when done.
3.6 Highlighting Words
Another way to look up words is by
highlighting them in dictionary entries or
word lists. You can then find the translation of
the highlighted word or add it to
My Word List
.
1. At any text, press
ENTRER
to start the
highlight.
• To turn the highlight off, press
ARR
.
2. Use the direction keys to move the
highlight to the word you want.
To...
Press...
view the dictionary entry
ENTRER
view the thesaurus entry
SYN
view Confusables®
?
add the word to
LEÇON
My Word List
3. Press
EFF
when done.
3.7 Understanding Confusables
Confusables are homonyms, homophones
and spelling variants that are easy to confuse
with one another.
1. Press
DICT
.
2. Type a word that might be easily
confused with another.
• For example, in English try board. In
French, try
aller
.
3. Press
ENTRER
.
• The dictionary entry is displayed. Notice,
however, that conf flashes in the top
right corner of the screen. This flashes to
indicate when a word has Confusables.
4. Press
?
.
• The Confusables screen is displayed.
5. Press
ARR
to return to your previous
location.
4. Using Franklin Thesaurus
Use the Franklin Thesaurus to find English
synonyms, antonyms and other information
about a word.
1. Press
DICT
.
• Press
LANG
to switch to the English word
entry screen, if needed.
2. Type a word. For example, type
complete.
• To erase a letter, press
ARR
.
• To type a capital, hold
MAJ
and press a
letter key.
• You can look up accented words without
typing accents. If you want to enter an
accent, type the letter and then press
repeatedly until the accent you want
appears.
3. Press
SYN
to view the thesaurus
entry.
• You can also press
ENTRER
to view the
translation and then press
SYN
to go to
the thesaurus.
4. Press
ESPACE
or to scroll down
through the definition.
5. Press SUIV ( ) or PREC ( ) to view the
next or previous entry.
6. Press
EFF
to return to the word entry
screen.
5. Advanced Verb Conjugations
Conjugations show inflections or changes
in a word’s gender, tense, and so forth. This
dictionary includes extensive inflections of
nouns, verbs, modifiers, and other words.
Follow this example.
1. Press
DICT
.
• Press
LANG
to switch between the
English and French word entry screen, if
needed.
2. Type a word. For example, type jouer.
3. Press
CONJ
to view the inflections.
• If needed, use / to highlight the part
of speech or translation you want and
press
ENTRER
.
4. Press
ESPACE
or to scroll.
5. Press
CONJ
repeatedly to view more
inflections.
6. Press
EFF
when done.
5.1 From a Dictionary Entry
Some words have different parts of speech
or multiple translations. You can easily find
which part of speech or specific translation
you will need to conjugate by first looking up
the word and then pressing
CONJ
. Follow
this example.
1. Press
DICT
.
• Press
LANG
to switch between the
English and French word entry screen, if
needed.
2. Type a word. For example type écrire.
3. Press
ENTRER
to look it up.
4. Press
CONJ
to conjugate the
headword, écrire.
