Seiko Instruments Inc. (Abbreviation: SII; President, COO & CFO: Yukihiko Chayama; Head Office: 1-8 Nakase, Mihama-ku, Chiba, Chiba Prefecture; Tel: 043-211-1111) will release the electronic dictionary IC DICTIONARY “SR-T6700” which simultaneously includes Kenkyusha’s eagerly-awaited “Dictionary of English Collocations (New Edition)” designed for business men and women who frequently use the English language as well as advanced English learners, the “Cobuild English Dictionary for Advanced Learners (Revised Third Edition)” and Collins’ “5-Million-Word Wordbank from the Bank of English” which enjoy a well-established reputation among English learners, and the “Concise Oxford Dictionary” (Abbreviation: COD), an English language dictionary designed for native English speakers, all in a single body provided with a laptop-like keyboard.
The model to be released is the industry’s first electronic dictionary to include Kenkyusha’s “Dictionary of English Collocations (New Edition),” a dictionary that provides the English learner with the word-for-word idiomatic ties of the English language, including 380,000 extensive example sentences. The electronic dictionary is also the first SII IC electronic dictionary to be equipped with a “Translation Search” feature that lets the user search for a word using the translation of the keyword, a search method available only in PC CD-ROM electronic dictionaries to date. In addition, the electronic dictionary has an expanded example sentence repertoire with the inclusion of the “Cobuild English Dictionary for Advanced Learners” which is an English-English dictionary designed for intermediate and advanced learners whose native language is a language other than English based on an innovative editorial policy geared toward English learning. Also it has the “5-Million-Word Wordbank from the Bank of English” which comprises 5 million words, offering real and modern English language example sentences.
With these Japanese/English example sentence collections as well as the example sentences of other included dictionaries, the IC electronic dictionary serves as a large portable collection of expressions (usage examples) that is available for use at any place, at any time. In addition, by incorporating the authentic English-English “Concise Oxford Dictionary” used daily by native English speakers due to its wealth of vocabulary and concise definitions, SR-T6700 permits simultaneous use of different English-English dictionaries that are based on different editorial policies focusing on either the native speaker or English learner.
In its collection of English series dictionaries, SR-T6700 also includes the “Reader’s English-Japanese Dictionary” and “Reader’s Plus” which offer an abundance of technical terms from various genres, the learning English-Japanese dictionary classic “Genius English-Japanese Dictionary (Third Edition),” “Kenkyusha’s New College Japanese-English Dictionary (Fifth Edition)” which provides the highest number of words in its portable Japanese-English dictionary class, the “Collins Compact Thesaurus” which helps users increase their English vocabulary, the business person’s must-have “TOEICR Tesuto Daisenryaku Shiriizu” (“TOEICR Test Great Strategy Series”), and “Eikaiwa Tossa no Hitokoto Jiten” (“Dictionary of English for Unexpected Situations”) which offers a treasure house of today’s casual American English expressions. In its collection of Japanese system dictionaries, SR-T6700 includes the “Hyakkajiten Maipedia Denshijishoban” (“My Encyclopedia, Electronic Dictionary Version”) which helps users richly develop their knowledge, “Koujien (Fifth Edition),” “Gyakuhiki Koujien (Fifth Edition Compatible),” “Tsukaikata no Wakaru Ruigo Reikai Jiten” (“A Dictionary of Synonyms in Japanese”) which specifically explains word usage, “Kanjigen JIS Kanji Version” and the “Personal Katakana Word Dictionary.”
The new SR-T6700 places an emphasis on a combination of English and Japanese dictionaries that supports learning as well as use at the practical level, rendering the dictionary ideal for business persons and advanced learners alike.
The new model is provided with preferred features that are now even easier to use, including four “Dictionary of English Collocations” search methods (English-Japanese search, collocation search, example sentence search and translation search methods) that let the user search from various aspects the abundant number of examples provided in the dictionary, an example sentence search feature that lets the user search examples from multiple dictionaries simultaneously, such as the “Cobuild English Dictionary for Advanced Learners” and “5-Million-Word Wordbank from the Bank of English,” and a vocabulary notebook feature that can record up to 1,000 words per dictionary without any restrictions regarding the number of recorded words per dictionary.
(*1): As of January 6, 2004
[Special Features of Included Dictionaries]
1. Kenkyusha’s “Dictionary of English Collocations (New Edition)”
SR-T6700 is the first electronic dictionary to include Kenkyusha’s “Dictionary of English Collocations (New Edition).” This dictionary is a collection of collocations that indicate idiomatic groupings of English words, allowing the user to check word groupings using the 380,000 rich examples provided and utilize the reference examples to write natural English when writing an English paper, for instance. This large dictionary is a must primarily for those who frequently write in English.
The dictionary can also be treated as a single databank due to digitization, allowing the user to quickly search the examples provided in the dictionary using the collocation search feature that is based on collocation patterns, the example sentence search feature that finds examples from words used, or the translation search feature that lets the user search for a keyword (English) using the translation (Japanese).
2. A Treasure House of Examples in a Compact Body – Use as A Collection of Expressions (Examples)
SR-T6700 offers a wealth of word usage examples, including those from the “Dictionary of English Collocations,” “Cobuild English Dictionary for Advanced Learners,” “5-Million-Word Wordbank from the Bank of English” and “Eikaiwa Tossa no Hitokoto Jiten” (Dictionary of English for Unexpected Situations,” and can be referred to as a “portable electronic collection of English expressions (usage examples)” that includes written and spoken English expressions taken from resources such as a corpus (language database). Thus, the dictionary allows contact with word usage examples at any place, at any time.
3. “Cobuild English Dictionary for Advanced Learners” & “Concise Oxford Dictionary” Coupling
SR-T6700 is the first electronic dictionary to offer both the “Cobuild English Dictionary for Advanced Learners (Revised Third Edition)” edited by Harper Collins, one of the two representative major publishing houses of England, and the “Concise Oxford Dictionary” edited by Oxford University Press. The “Cobuild English Dictionary for Advanced Learners” is an English-English dictionary geared toward English learners whose native tongue is a language other than English, and the “Concise Oxford Dictionary” is an orthodox school English-English dictionary used daily by native speakers. By providing these two dictionaries together, SR-T6700 allows the user to use the appropriate dictionary as the situation demands.
4. A Complete Variety of Japanese Language Series Dictionaries
By using dictionaries such as “Koujien” which is often quoted in a variety of venues and enjoys a well-established reputation as the reference to the Japanese language, the encyclopedia “Maipedia Denshijishoban” (“My Encyclopedia, Electronic Dictionary Version”) which permits further investigation into encyclopedia items, and “Tsukaikata no Wakaru Ruigo Reikai Jiten” (“A Dictionary of Synonyms in Japanese”), the language student can become increasingly familiar with the Japanese language and broaden his or her breadth of knowledge on the subject by, for instance, coming to understand the differences in nuance in Japanese synonyms starting from a dictionary designed for simple meaning lookup. *The book version of “Maipedia” (“My Encyclopedia)” has not yet been published as of January 2004.
[Main Search Features]
1. A multiple dictionary “example sentence search feature” which richly enhances the user’s power of English expression
The example sentences included in each dictionary are extremely useful when trying to learn how to use a word or understand a particular nuance when preparing a document. In addition to the conventional example sentence search feature that searches multiple dictionaries at once for examples, SR-T6700 also provides a new feature that lets the user search the examples specific to the “Cobuild English Dictionary for Advanced Learners.”
3. A “real-time search & preview feature” that decreases the number of operational steps
This feature simultaneously executes a real-time search while suggesting and narrowing down possible entries as the user enters each character, giving a preview in the lower half of the same screen to display the translation of the possible entry highlighted above. As a result, the information which naturally enters a person’s field of vision when searching for a word while scanning pages in a paper dictionary is achieved with an electronic dictionary as well.
4. A conjugation search engine “word inflector feature” that allows the user to search for a word without paying attention to the word form
The word inflector feature displays the root form of a conjugated word, thereby allowing the user to search for a word without paying attention to the word form, such as irregular form, plural form and past tense.
5. A “vocabulary notebook feature” capable of recording looked up words
The vocabulary notebook feature can record a maximum of 1,000 words for all dictionaries combined, without any restrictions regarding the number of recorded words per dictionary. This feature can also record items other than words, including example sentences, idiomatic expressions, Koujien idiomatic phrases and Kanjigen compound words. The recorded vocabulary can be deleted as desired and maintained in memory even during battery replacement.
6. A wild card search feature (supports both single and multiple characters)
Regardless of whether the target word is in English or Japanese, this feature allows the user to search for an unknown word by placing a question mark or asterisk in the unknown location within the word. The feature can be used in various ways, such as combining the question mark and asterisk with the character(s) to be searched, for example: “ma*a??” There are no restrictions pertaining to the wildcard location: the question mark or asterisk can be placed at the start, in the middle, or at the end of a word. This feature can be used to solve crossword puzzles as well.
Other available features include an English conversation keyword search, Koujien small dictionary search by field (independent from the phrase search); hyperlink; spell check; idiom (phrase) search; character component reading search; character radical, reading, stroke count search; mode key ON; font size switching; history (100 items); environment settings; and calculator features.
Includes all text information. Excludes pictures, diagrams, tables and appendices.
*The book version of “Mai Pedia” (“My Encyclopedia)” has not yet been published as of January 2004. The book form (published by Heibonsha Ltd., Publishers) includes updates (June 2003), revisions and additions.
*2 Includes excerpts of JIS first and second level kanji and compound words taken from the book version.
*3 A wordbank of 5 million words of authentic, up-to-date text samples (written and spoken) taken from the Bank of English corpus.
*4 Includes “Kihon Goi Hen” (“Basic Vocabulary Edition”) and “Bunya Betsu Goi Hen” (“Vocabulary by Field Edition”). Approx. 1,600 main word entries.
*5 Includes “Kiso-hen” (“Basic Edition”) and “Ouyou-hen” (“Practical Use Edition”). Approx. 900 phrases.
*6 Includes “TOEIC no Saijuuyou Bunpou Jikou (Zen 30 Hibun)” [“TOEIC’s Most Critical Grammar Points (in 30 Days)”]. (However, excludes the “Words & Phrases” section.)
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Display configuration: 0×320 dot matrix FSTN black and white liquid crystal
Display characters: 13 characters × 8 lines for 24 point (double-byte), 20 characters × 13 lines for 16 point (double-byte), 26 characters × 17 lines for 12 point (double-byte)
Operating temperature range: 0-40Cº
Key arrangement: QWERTY, plastic keys
Size: 137 (Width) × 88 (Depth) × 15.6 (Thickness) mm (closed)
Battery: Type 4 AAA dry-cell battery x 2
Battery service life: Approx. 90 hours for an alkaline dry-cell battery (when continuously displayed)
Weight: Approx. 210g (with batteries)
[Price]
Suggested retail price: 54,000 yen (tax not included)
[Target sales amount]
5,000 units/month
[Sales start date]
Beginning of February 2004 (provisional)
Contact Information
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