AM101 Electronic English Chinese Translator / Dictionary - Translates English Sentence / Phrase / Words to Chinese and Vice Versa (Voice: Mandarin Chinese/English) | 
| Brand: BBK
List Price: $249.99
Buy New: $159.99
You Save: $90.00 (36%)
Rating:  5 reviews
Color: Light Blue
Media: Electronics
System Memory: 256
Display Size: 4.2
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 5 x 0.6 x 3.4
MPN: AM101
Model: AM101
EAN: 8541491380186
ASIN: B000NQII6Y
Shipping: Eligible for Super Saver Shipping
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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| Features:
| • | Translates English sentences/phrases/words to Chinese sentences/phrases/words, and vice versa | | • | Pronounces all words and sentences in Mandarin Chinese and English, Displays Chinese Pin-Yin for all Chinese characters | | • | 6 Specialty English Chinese Dictionaries Business, Medical, Chinese Medical, IT, Law and Military; English and Chinese Idiom Dictionaries | | • | Convenient travel functions: Calendar, World Clock, Alarm, Calculators, and Metric/Currency Converters | | • | Information about Chinese History, Geography, Climate, Festival, Culture and Travel |
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Product Description
For English speaker learning Chinese, business travelers traveling to China, AM101 is an indispensable tool that provides instant English-to-Chinese and Chinese-to-English bi-directional sentence/phrase/word translations and dictionaries. The BBK AM101 provides clear pronunciation in both Mandarin Chinese and English, with both Pinyin and Phonetic display for the Chinese translations. Besides, AM101 includes English and Chinese Idiom dictionaries; Specialized technical dictionaries for Computers, Business, Law, Military, Western and Chinese Medicine; Common dialogue phrases for daily, telephone conversation and restaurant menu; Information about Chinese History, Geography, Climate, Festival, Culture and Travel; Built-in MP3 player for playing and recording MP3 files; Convenient travel functions: Calendar, World Clock, Alarm, Calculators, and Metric/Currency Converters; Over 240,000 word vocabulary. AM101 English Chinese Translator is specially designed to help travelers to navigate in Chinese. AM101 comes with carrying bag, earphone, user manual, and AAA battery, with one-year parts and labor warranty.
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| Customer Reviews:
 Good Beginner/Intermediate Chinese-English Translator September 14, 2007
Z.Y. Lane
14 out of 14 found this review helpful
I purchased this translator after much research before coming to China to study Chinese. Many other brands were out of my price-range, so I was happy to have a more moderately priced model. I was also pleased that this translator was made for an English speaker learning Chinese, since many translators are made for a Chinese speaker learning English.
Overall, I am very pleased with this translator. It is easy to use, a great size to fit in a purse, comes with an English manual, has a very easy interface, and does a pretty good job at translating. One reason I was particularly interested in this dictionary was for its whole sentence translation (both from Chinese/English and from English/Chinese). The translation is by no means perfect, but when you are trying to get a complex idea across to someone who may or may not even speak the main dialect of China, I have found it quite useful. Unfortunately though, it translates the sentence into characters and it is a little troublesome to find the pinyin.
In other pros, I also appreciate the back light, the medical/business/law dictionaries (though they are not perfect), and the pinyin input. The voice pronunciation is adequate, and after hearing the voices on other dictionaries such as the well regarded Besta brand, I believe the AM101 is as good or better.
The extras in this dictionary are minimal, though it does have a rudimentary Tetris game which brought back memories of my childhood. I was also disappointed to find out that it didn't have an alarm. I have not used the MP3 function, though the voice recorder can be quite useful.
Overall, I am pleased with my AM101 and would purchase it again. I think it is especially beneficial for beginner/intermediate Chinese learners and for people who want a translator while traveling to China. For a helpful video tour of this dictionary, visit the company's website.
One final note: If you are studying abroad in China, I suggest you consider buying a dictionary in China. Many of my peers have purchased a Chinese brand dictionary that has character recognition for a comparable price, and they are all very pleased with it.
 Nice compact unit, seems well made. October 8, 2007
Pack Rat (Boise, ID USA)
13 out of 14 found this review helpful
Nice compact unit, seems well made. Have found some words that do not translate right according to my Chinese friend. Reading through the included Chinese Idioms is very interesting. Backlight is a nice feature and the battery life is exceptional, we use it quite a bit and it still has the original batteries. Never tried the USB connectivity or audio capability.
Drawbacks: Pronunciation clarity is a bit lacking, quite a drawback when trying to use it as a learning tool. No u (with oomlat) key for entering Pinyin spelling. A nuisance "boot time" every time the unit is powered on, maybe 10 seconds.
Great value for the price August 14, 2008
May Cheung (Queens, NY)
There may be better traslators out there but there are also alot more expensive ones. It's a good size, comes with a case and battery last pretty long. It does what you need it to do: translate chinese words you don't know and translate english words you don't know.
I think it pretty evently split between a person trying to learn english and a person trying to learn chinese. You can have the dictionary in english, trad. chinese, or simp. chinese.
There's a basic dictionary that you can look up how to say a certain english word in chinese but there are limits. I wish it was organize so it told me in what context the chinese words were used in. There are so man meanings to even just one english word...it gets annoying to always having to check the given chiense translation (if there's more than one, its just listed, good luck trying to find which one is the right one to use) and have to cross reference it in the chiense dictionary.
The more advance dictionary is for chiense to english translation. Problem is that its only in characters - it won't recognize just pinyin which is fine if your reading with pinyin but difficult to use if you hear someone say something and just want to look it up. Other dictionaries are included but I don't have much use for them such as a medical dictionary.
There's also alot of lists they put together like menu names, action words, emotion, body. I haven't put all of them to use but its they're handy sets to learn from.
A few games are included but they can only amuse you for so long. You can put in mp3s but the volume on this isn't very loud.
There are actually much more detailed dictionaries online but I bought this for convenience and it is convenient for the most part. THe dictioary is geared toward beginners and intermediate learners. All in all still worth the price.
As a English to Chinese Dictionary September 25, 2008
Mk 2 (USA)
I brought it to help my aunt learn English (native Chinese speaker). It achieve the objective of being a dictionary as expected, and pronounce the words reasonably well in both English and Chinese (clear enough to understand).
One good/bad thing I notice is that it have multiple 'dictionary' (i.e. basic, full and several specialty) It appear that only the basic is the only one that can speak, and all other only display a translation. It would be better if all the meaning are merged into one dictionary.
In a dictionary translation, when speaking Chinese it pronounce each word rather slowly, and highlight each word that it is speaking.
The back light come in handy, especially in an indoor environment. Unfortunately, the Chinese character are in rather fine font, hence could be some what difficult to read for those that need reading glasses. (I didn't notice any option to turn the font to be bold yet...)
I have not really try the whole sentence translation feature.
I have not try the MP3 or data storage function.
Am101 Electronic English Chinese Translator October 13, 2008
Timothy Fish
For the price you can't go wrong. Works very well. I will be going to China soon, it will be going with me.
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