Sunday, January 27, 2008

Electronic Dictionary

I recently picked up a Canon Wordtank G55 Electronic dictionary to assist me in my Japanese studies. So far, I have been relatively pleased with it.

Its dictionary are sufficiently large for the most part, but obviously since its a dictionary aimed at Japanese speakers, it's lacking in cogent English explanations for a lot of things--especially grammar points. But comparing to what I have before that (nothing), or the last electronic dictionary I had before I lost it, it's definitely a step up.

I managed to snag it off of ebay for about $150, which is about $70 cheaper than everywhere else its sold online. I definitely feel a lot better about spending $150 on it, than I would about $230, but it's a quite decent dictionary, so if you don't have one, it might be worth the investment.