The new PW-E430 Electronic Dictionary from Sharp integrates two comprehensive reference works from Langenscheidt - the concise English dictionary and the standard Spanish classroom reference dictionary. The contents are electronically interlinked, and so users can find the words, phrases and translations that they are looking for quickly and simply at the touch of a button. Numerous sophisticated additional features make this electronic dictionary the ideal companion for all levels of linguistic talent.

The PW-E430 is the second product to come from the successful cooperation between Sharp and Langenscheidt. Its sister model, the PW-E410 for English, French and modern German spelling according to Duden, has already gained bestseller status in German and Austrian secondary schools. With this new product, the two partners are addressing the growing interest in Spanish, offering an attractive alternative to a conventional dictionary for learning the language while travelling on holiday, educational visit or business trip.

“En español, por favor”: The standard Spanish classroom reference dictionary provides a comprehensive and up‑to‑date storehouse of Spanish vocabulary, with approximately 130,000 words and expressions. Special notes on frequent grammatical and spelling stumbling blocks will help students to avoid errors.  The common verb conjugation patterns can be called up directly from the word lookup entry.

“In English, please”: with about 270,000 words and phrases and about 500,000 translations, numerous example applications and disambiguation explanations of words with more than one meaning from the Concise English Dictionary, the appeal of the Sharp PW-E430 in finding the appropriate English expression is not confined to language students. This versatile dictionary also contains extensive specialized terminology from the fields of computers, IT, medicine, sports and science, making it ideally suited for cross‑disciplinary learning.

The highly developed electronics of the PW-E430 provides many helpful additional features. One particularly useful feature is the Super-Jump function, by which unknown terms in the context of a definition can be translated directly by cross-reference to the relevant dictionary. The “Quick View” function provides a brief overview of all the various different definitions of a particular word, thereby avoiding the need for an exhaustive search through a long entry and rapidly enabling the user to select exactly the right translation.

Students will be able to prepare for vocabulary tests better than ever with the PW-E430. Using the “My Words” function, students will be able to compile their personal list of key vocabulary from the preinstalled dictionaries, so that they can concentrate intensively on these words for their next test.

Since idiomatic phrases and expressions are often culturally specific, their correct translation from or into a foreign language is not always easy. The ingenious Phrase Search function of the PW-E430 helps find the right translation for idiomatic phrases and expressions. For example, the user will very rapidly discover that the Spanish expression “es un regalo” has nothing to do with kings or the German word for a shelf (Regal), but is equivalent to the expression “it’s a gift!”.

The search terms are entered using the German QWERTZ keyboard, making the dictionary extremely easy to use. A built-in spell-checker helps students with weaker spelling to enter words correctly and thereby speed up the search process.  The Crossword Solver and Anagram Solver for English, German and Spanish anagrams also helps to inject fun into the challenge of vocabulary learning.

The built-in Currency and Metric Converter is also of particular use to holiday and business travellers, helping to put an accurate perspective on everything from the intended shopping bargain to the outside temperature.  The PW-E430 also includes a Calculator.

With compact dimensions of 125 x 79.4 x 16.8 millimetres (W x D x H) and a weight of 148 grams, the PW-E430 will fit in any schoolbag or satchel.