http://thunderguy.com/japan/learn-japanese/electronic-dictionaries/canon-wordtank-idf-3000/ Working , learning and living in Japan Sun, 20 May 2012 05:43:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://thunderguy.com/japan/learn-japanese/electronic-dictionaries/canon-wordtank-idf-3000/#comment-769 Electronic dictionary usage » 世論 What Japan Thinks - Japanese Opinion Polls, Marketing Data and Japanese Market Research Translated into English Tue, 05 Dec 2006 14:25:15 +0000 http://www.localguy.com/japan/learn-japanese/electronic-dictionaries/canon-wordtank-idf-3000/#comment-769 [...] A word of advice for any would-be dictionary purchasers - first note that this survey is of Japanese people, so the ones they find popular, even though they may use the English lookup features often, does not necessarily mean they are best for foreigners. In fact, I personally would not recommend an electronic dictionary as the primary source for new learners of Japanese; they require a decent level of Japanese to get the best out of them, and they tend to be rather terse, especially for example sentences. When I was learning, I found the Kodansha’s Furigana Japanese Dictionary excellent, as did most of the Amazon reviewers, by the looks of things! I’ve got a slightly old Canon WordTank 3000 which I find very good and easy-to-use, but perhaps newer models will have more expansive dictionaries? Q1: Do you have an electronic dictionary? (Sample size=7,327) [...] [...] A word of advice for any would-be dictionary purchasers – first note that this survey is of Japanese people, so the ones they find popular, even though they may use the English lookup features often, does not necessarily mean they are best for foreigners. In fact, I personally would not recommend an electronic dictionary as the primary source for new learners of Japanese; they require a decent level of Japanese to get the best out of them, and they tend to be rather terse, especially for example sentences. When I was learning, I found the Kodansha’s Furigana Japanese Dictionary excellent, as did most of the Amazon reviewers, by the looks of things! I’ve got a slightly old Canon WordTank 3000 which I find very good and easy-to-use, but perhaps newer models will have more expansive dictionaries? Q1: Do you have an electronic dictionary? (Sample size=7,327) [...]

]]> http://thunderguy.com/japan/learn-japanese/electronic-dictionaries/canon-wordtank-idf-3000/#comment-281 Electronic dictionary usage » 世論 What Japan Thinks Mon, 10 Apr 2006 12:19:52 +0000 http://www.localguy.com/japan/learn-japanese/electronic-dictionaries/canon-wordtank-idf-3000/#comment-281 [...] A word of advice for any would-be dictionary purchasers - first note that this survey is of Japanese people, so the ones they find popular, even though they may use the English lookup features often, does not necessarily mean they are best for foreigners. In fact, I personally would not recommend an electronic dictionary as the primary source for new learners of Japanese; they require a decent level of Japanese to get the best out of them, and they tend to be rather terse, especially for example sentences. When I was learning, I found the Kodansha’s Furigana Japanese Dictionary excellent, as did most of the Amazon reviewers, by the looks of things! I’ve got a slightly old Canon WordTank 3000 which I find very good and easy-to-use, but perhaps newer models will have more expansive dictionaries? Q1: Do you have an electronic dictionary? (Sample size=7,327) [...] [...] A word of advice for any would-be dictionary purchasers – first note that this survey is of Japanese people, so the ones they find popular, even though they may use the English lookup features often, does not necessarily mean they are best for foreigners. In fact, I personally would not recommend an electronic dictionary as the primary source for new learners of Japanese; they require a decent level of Japanese to get the best out of them, and they tend to be rather terse, especially for example sentences. When I was learning, I found the Kodansha’s Furigana Japanese Dictionary excellent, as did most of the Amazon reviewers, by the looks of things! I’ve got a slightly old Canon WordTank 3000 which I find very good and easy-to-use, but perhaps newer models will have more expansive dictionaries? Q1: Do you have an electronic dictionary? (Sample size=7,327) [...]

]]> http://thunderguy.com/japan/learn-japanese/electronic-dictionaries/canon-wordtank-idf-3000/#comment-3 Bennett Wed, 03 Sep 2003 23:02:09 +0000 http://www.localguy.com/japan/learn-japanese/electronic-dictionaries/canon-wordtank-idf-3000/#comment-3 The more I use the Canon Wordtank IDF-3000, the less I like it. The mismatched dictionaries and minimal English in the so-called Japanese-English dictionary are very irksome. The more I use the Canon Wordtank IDF-3000, the less I like it. The mismatched dictionaries and minimal English in the so-called Japanese-English dictionary are very irksome.

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