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BDS-1840
Deutsch/English
Professor PRO
Bedienungsanleitung / User’s Guide
Electronic Publishers
®
BOOKMAN II
www.franklin.com/de
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Licence Agreement ® READ THIS LICENCE AGREEMENT BEFORE USING ANY BOOKMAN PRODUCT. YOUR USE OF THE BOOKMAN PRODUCT DEEMS THAT YOU ACCEPT THE TERMS OF THIS LICENCE. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH THESE TERMS, YOU MAY RETURN THIS PACKAGE WITH PURCHASE RECEIPT TO THE DEALER FROM WHICH YOU PURCHASED THE BOOKMAN PRODUCT AND YOUR PURCHASE PRICE WILL BE REFUNDED. BOOKMAN PRODUCT means the software product and documentation found in this package and FRANKLIN means Franklin Electronic Publishers, Inc. LIMITED U
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Introduction Welcome to the world of Franklin! With the Deutsch/Englisch Professor PRO you can: • find translations; • correct misspellings; • conjugate words; • study the Grammar Guide; • save names and phone numbers to the databank; • save words to My Word List; • sharpen your spelling and increase your German vocabu- lary with ten School Essentials; • and play nine fun, educational word games. 42
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Table of Contents Licence Agreement ..........................................................................................................41 Introduction ........................................................................................................................42 Key Guide ..........................................................................................................................44 Installing Batteries ...............................................................
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Key Guide Colour Keys At the Word Entry screen, types a ? to stand for a letter in a word. beug Conjugates a word. At a menu, displays a menu item. e/d Toggles the entry language At a dictionary entry, displays the between German and English. headword. In games, reveals the wörter Goes to the dictionary. word and forfeits the game. lernen Goes to the School Essentials menu. Shifts to type capital letters and punctuation marks. Function Keys Shifts to allow auf, ab, vorig, Turns the product on or
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Key Guide Combination Keys* Calculator Keys a (1/x) Calculates a reciprocal. + At a dictionary entry, pages up or s (√x) Calculates a square root. or down. 2 d (x ) Squares a number. + At a dictionary entry, displays f (%) Calculates a percentage. or the next or previous entry. g (.) Inserts a decimal point. + At a menu, goes to the first or last h (+), j (-), Adds, subtracts, multiplies, or or item. At a dictionary entry, goes to k (x), l (÷) divides numbers. the start or end of the entry. y (
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Installing Batteries Changing the Language Your unit is powered by four AAA batter- Message Language ies. Follow these easy instructions to When you turn on this product for the install or replace them. first time, you must choose the mes- 1. Lift the battery cover on the top right sage language. Press a for German or of your unit by pushing up the tab. press b for English. - + - + AAA AAA + - AAA AAA The message language is the language of prompts, help, and other messages. You can change the m
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Installing Book Cards Selecting a Book 1. Turn your product off. Once a book card is installed in the product, 2. Turn your product over. you can select which book you want to use. 3. Align the tabs on the book card 1. Turn your product on. with the notches in the slot. 2. Press KARTE. These are sample books. 3.Press or to highlight your selection. 4. Press the book card down until it snaps into place. ➤ Removing Book Cards For information on available Warning: Never install or remove a Franklin
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Using the Special Features AC Adaptor Jack Headphone Jack Volume Control Your unit is equipped with several AC Adaptor Jack: The AC/DC adap- special features that many, but not all tor is in the 9 volt range within a cur- rent range of 200 to 300 milliamperes. BOOKMAN book cards use. To learn if you can use the special features with a particular book card, read its User’s Guide. This symbol indicates that the inner core of the plug of an AC adaptor is Headphone Jack: The headphone negative and t
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Bookcard Colour Keys Using the Main Menu The function keys on your product, located When you press , you will see ten MENÜ icons. Use these to quickly take you to to the left of the screen, change functions different parts of your Deutsch/Englisch according to the book card you select. Their Professor PRO. functions are labelled on individual cards. RED GREEN ➤ Understanding the Menu YELLOW BLUE Goes to the English-to-German dictionary. Goes to the German-to-English dictionary. Goes to the Schoo
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Viewing a Demonstration Changing the Settings or Tutorial When using this dictionary, you can acti- You can view a demonstration or tuto- vate the Learn a Word feature or adjust rial of this dictionary at any time. the screen contrast, the shutoff time, the 1. Press MENÜ. type size, and the message language. 2. Use the arrow keys to highlight The shutoff time is how long your prod- and press EINGABE. uct stays on if you forget to turn it off. 1. Press MENÜ in the dictionary, databank, converter,
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Changing the Settings Translating German Words Your Deutsch/Englisch Professor PRO is ➤ Learn a New Word fully bilingual. Try translating a German word. Your dictionary comes with a Learn 1. Press E/D to change the entry a Word feature to help you increase language from English to your German or English vocabulary. German, if needed. Each time you turn your 2. Type a word (e.g., lernen). Deutsch/Englisch Professor PRO To erase a letter, press . Note: on, you can see a different head- you do not
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Translating German Words Translating English Words You can also use the Deutsch/Englisch ➤ Understanding Definitions Professor PRO to translate English Dictionary entries consist of headwords, words into German. pronunciation, parts of speech, and/or 1. Press E/D to change the entry definitions. Other forms of the word language from German to may follow the headword. Capitalized words indicate the category for which English, if needed. the word is used. After the definition, 2. Type a word (e.g.
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Translating English Words Finding Letters in Words If you are uncertain about how to spell a ➤ Choosing Multiple Forms word, type a question mark (?) in place of Some words in this dictionary have each unknown letter. To find prefixes, suffix- more than one form (e.g. resume, es, and other parts of words, type an aster- résumé). When the word you are isk (✽ ) in a word. Each asterisk stands for a series of letters. Note: If you type an aster- looking up has multiple forms, the isk at the beginni
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Highlighting Words Hearing Words Another way to look up words is by high- The Deutsch/Englisch Professor PRO lighting them in dictionary entries or word can pronounce English words that lists. You can then find their definitions, appear on almost any screen - in defi- phrases, pronunciation or add them to nitions, inflection screens, spell cor- My Word List. rection lists, My Word List, and 1. At any text, press EINGABE to start games. When you want to hear how the highlight. an English word is
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Hearing Words Using the School Essentials Using the School Essentials, you can pronounced. read country information, cultural notes, 5. Press EINGABE to start the high- tips, Shakespeare vocabulary, and help- light. ful expressions, test your spelling, 6. Move the highlight to a word you improve your vocabulary, browse the ® want to hear. TOEFL Test Word List, and receive grammar guidance (see “Using the 7. Press TON to hear the highlight- Grammar Guide” on page 58). ed word pronounced. 8. Press
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Using the School Essentials Using the School Essentials You can choose to read the list of Country Information common expressions for any of the 1. Press MENÜ, highlight and listed English or German topics. press EINGABE. Or you can press LERNEN. Spelling Bee 2.Use to highlight Country 1. Press MENÜ, highlight and Information and press EINGABE. press EINGABE. Or you can press LERNEN. You can choose to read about Great Britain, the United States of 2.Use to highlight Spelling Bee America, or Germ
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Using the School Essentials Using the School Essentials 4. Type in the word you just saw or A word will be displayed on the heard and press EINGABE to see screen for you to study or define. If the word is English, press TON to if you spelled it right. hear it. Press EINGABE to see the Press EINGABE to see the defini- definition. Press to return to tion. Press to return to Spelling Flashcards. Bee. 4. Press to see a new word. 5. Press for a new word. 5. Press CLEAR when done. 6. Press CLEAR when
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Using the Grammar Guide Using the Grammar Guide Your Deutsch/Englisch Professor PRO 4.Press or to read. includes a helpful grammar guide that 5. Press FN + or to view the describes parts of speech. You can next or previous topic. view it by selecting from the main menu or by pressing LERNEN. From an Inflection Screen From the School Essentials Menu 1. Press MENÜ, highlight or 1. Press MENÜ, highlight and and then press EINGABE. then press EINGABE. 2. Type a word to conjugate and Or you can press
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Advanced Verb Advanced Verb Conjugations Conjugations Conjugations show inflections, or changes From a Dictionary Entry in a word’s gender, tense, etc. This dic- Some words have different parts of tionary includes extensive inflections of speech or multiple translations. You can nouns, verb, modifiers and other words. easily find which part of speech or specif- From the Icon Menu ic translation you will need to conjugate 1. For example, press MENÜ, use the by first looking up the word and then a
