Wow, I have never seen such poor quality in an electronic product! I want to give it negative or zero stars.

I really wanted the item and received it for Christmas. The first translator had missing hinges, therefore the cover did not fit on the item. I returned it and received the replacement - which had a non-functional keyboard.

Now, either I have won the statisical lottery and managed to get two completely defective items in a row, or the quality of these items are very poor. Save your money and buy a different product from a different manufacturer. Also, if you are only looking for a few languages, either download an inexpenisive applet for your computer or smart phone. Either would provide the same level of detail in language translation.

This is very poor translator. i can not understand how 450000 word included in it, because plenty of simple words not in translator.
Franklin can do something really better!!!

Franklin TG-450 12 Language Translator

My niece loves languages. For her birthday she wanted a translator - this would be her first ... although she selected it she did not realize that it was so limited in what it provided.

This is an okay item but not good enough for someone who wants to work with anything above a basic set of words.
I would have retunred this item and bought her a more expensive one but
the item comes packed in a plastic clam shell so there is no way of trying this and returning it if you do not like it because the packaging has been opened .... this would be my greatest complaint.

I bought the Franklin TG-450 12 Language Translator for my wife. She is taking spanish classes and didn't want to carry a dictionary in her purse. Once we got the package in the mail, we quickly realized that the language translator was of little use. It doesn't conjugate words since it only gives you the orignal stem. Moreover, its lack of vocabulary is unimpressive. We had to refer to the dictionary 9 out of 10 times when looking for a word. It now collects dust on our book shelf. If you are serious about learning a language, either buy a more expensive translator or a pocket dictionary.

We needed to have a basic translator and we found this one at Amazon. I tried searching for other translators in other places, but the prices go up a lot and the number of words for each language stays relatively the same. This one has a fair amount of words for the price. But don't expect to find any advanced level words (although some of the words missing I might also consider basic... it seems a little random). But it will work for beginners. Amazon was also awesome as we had some problems in our building to receive it (they returned the package) and Amazon sent me another one very quickly.