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Ascendo English-to-Spanish, Spanish-to-English Dictionary & PhraseBook for iPhone, iTouch (FREE Version)

Overview

Ascendo Spanish-to-English, English-to-Spanish Dictionary & Phrase Book (FREE VERSION) provides a good starting point to improve your language skills. The FREE VERSION contains complete translation definitions for 1,000 of the most commonly used words in Spanish & English. Each keyword is followed by one or more meanings, several translations, part of speech and noun gender. Ascendo Dictionaries & Phrase Books (FREE VERSIONS) incorporate compound forms, travel phrases, vocabulary quizzes and more.

The STANDARD VERSION, SOLD SEPARATELY, includes 625,501 entries, more meanings for keywords, part of speech, noun gender, more phrases, more verb conjugations and the ability to record audio clips for each keyword.

Whether for business or leisure, Ascendo Language products are the perfect companions to get the most out of your travels.
Ascendo Dictionaries (FREE VERSIONS) allow you to extend keyword translations by associating notes with each definition. For example, imagine you are on vacation and an acquaintance explains that “phone booth” is “cabina telefónica” in Spanish. You can add notes to the definition with examples of using the words in a sentence. Business relationships can benefit by capturing the context in which greetings, legal terms or negotiation phrases are used.

Ascendo language products are more than static word repositories. They grow as you learn! As research shows, associating experiences with learning materials greatly increases their effectiveness. 

Benefits

Improve your knowledge of the language with study tools such as travel phrases, vocabulary quizzes and verb conjugation.
Extend translations with notes to enhance the learning experience.
Lookup words quickly and easily instead of fumbling through the pages of a paper dictionary.
 
Features
  • Dictionary includes 1,000 commonly used keywords with one of more meanings and several translations for most words.
  • Notes can be added for each keyword to extend meanings and capture the learning context.
  • Quick lookups. Each keystroke reduces the list to matching entries then scroll and tap on word to display translation definition.
  • Part of speech (noun, verb, etc.) is provided for keywords.
  • Noun translations include gender, for example "friend" can be "amigo" (masculine) or "amiga" (feminine).
  • Compound forms are provided for many keywords.
  • Definition screen can be fully customized by selecting Font Family, Type, Size & Color.
  • Twenty travel phrases in Spanish and English for Conversation and Food & Drink categories.
  • Multiple choice quiz to practice vocabulary. Keeps score and displays percentage of questions correctly answered.
  • Conjugations in present tense for 4 commonly used verbs.
  • Choice of Spanish or English for user interface.
Ascendo Dictionary Suite

Ascendo English-to-Spanish, Spanish-to-English Dictionary and Phrasebook for iPhone is part of the Ascendo Dictionary Suite including German, Italian and French.

Requirements

iPhone or iTouch running OS 2.2.1 and above, with 14 Meg of free disk space.
 
 
 

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