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survey results:

The-average reading time
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Wednesday * “issue of the
News is a 5. minutes ‘Per.
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A hand-held computer

that can translate instantly
‘between three languages ata
time is. being acclaimed as

the development of the
decade in the consumer

electronics field.
The. Amis
Translator, which resembles

an advanced calculator but

with a full . alphabetical
- keyboard: as well as ‘num-
bers, fits in the palm of the
hand and can translate
words, phrase
sentences on. a- brightly-lit
display according. to the
selection of plug-in memory
capsules.

This - Amis “enables a

completely unilingual person -

to communicate instantly in
any of . the languages
programmed..for the tiny
unit. Conversely, any foreign
word can be.entered and the
translation ‘given instantly in

the operator's native tongue. .

Capsules‘, have
developed for English,
French, . German, Italian,
Spanish ‘and Japanese, as
well as __ phonetics,
Russian and others currently
under development.

“Think of the advantages”

for a unilingual person cither

travelling abroad. or even -

working right here in our
two official languages,”
comments Reg Scullion,
president of Amis Com-
munications Inc., the
Canadian distributor.

MC 400

Ss or complete.

, been .
‘with ©

and then translates .
definition selected. It also’
spelling ‘errors

“Alternatively, imagine
_ yourself one of the 200,000
* immigrants. each year who
come

countries where . neither
English nor French | are
spoken. A device such as the

-Amis would make a world of”

- difference.”
To: speed up com-
munications, the. Amis

comes programmed with 50

‘complete or ‘partial phrases
that can be accessed and~

translated at the-touch of a
button. Complete sentences
can be entered on the
keyboard either with or
without these ready phrases.

‘Languages are carefully
programmed on the capsules
by specialists to avoid
confusing a beginner with
complicated tenses and
conjugations. The MC 400 is

also designed as a language.
- learning aid and more’ ad-
‘vanced . grammar

and
vocabulary for each
language’. gradually: expands
the student’s knowledge with

, additional memory capsules.

: ‘Among the features of the
Amis is a review of words
with double meanings. The
unit displays each meaning
the

corrects
automatically.

“Perhaps. more than
anything,” says Scullion,
“language instructors are

excited by the fact that the

to Canada from.

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deplayed by its inventor, R Ron Gordon, .

’ translation is imeneidiate and

given at the time of need.
Retention is reinforced by
secing the word in both your
language and. the new
language at’ the same time,

and, above all, at the time of ©
need, such as when asking —

directions or ordering food.

“That greatly speeds up
the learning process.”

Developed over a period
of two years at a cost of
more than $1,000,000, the
Amis MC 400 will sell in
Canada for $270 with each

— units

‘language. capsule an  ad-

ditional: $40.

Due to overwhelming
demand for the device
already, the first production
will be available this
month on a first-come, first-
served basis by mail order
from Amis Communications
at 2156 Trans-Canada in
Dorval, Quebec.

“When the unit was in-
troduced in the U.S. three
months ago,” says Scullion,
“initial orders forced a four-
fold increase in the first-
year’s production.

. REVOLUNTIONARY NEW CREATION -- the MC 400 electronic translator - “ ‘fs ob

“Languages “actually. are
just the start. The Amis is

really the first truly portable,
hand-held computer capable
of accepting any data for
retrieval. Capsules. are

already under development

for first-aid treatments,

horoscopes, calorie
counters, etc. and very soon
the Amis will be able to store

entire dictionaries and works

of reference, thus. con-
tinually expanding _ its
capability and
putting the power of a
computer in the palm of |
your hand.”

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INSTANT TRANSLATION between three languages
at a time bs provided by the Amis MC 400 -- hailed as
the world’s first hand-held compater.

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