Sunday, August 10, 2008

My Chinese Translator Device

There is a Chinese company that makes language devices for learning foreign languages. Just my luck, the device also translates English to Chinese, and vice versa. The device is about the size of an iphone, has a 3 inch color LCD screen, has stylus input, can play mp3s and movies, and on the back (the real killer app) it has a speaker which will pronounce the Chinese or English sentences after translation. What really impressed me is that it recognizes my Chinese writing. So, when I am around town, instead of carrying a pocket dictionary, which is about ten times the size of this device, I can carry this. When I see a Chinese language sign, or hear someone say something, I can either type in Pinyin (phoenetic sounds of Chinese) or Chinese characters and learn what the phrase, sentence, or word means as well as how to pronounce it. I can even save phrases I have input and recall them later. It has an SD card slot, and the battery life is up to two weeks on a single charge, if used for only translation. I can connect it to my computer via USB and download more language packs, as well as educational software to learn more about Chinese.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Wow...
You know what is really impressive?...Your chinese pronunciation...

Anonymous said...

Please check your mail about this device...thanks a lot...