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An electronic dictionary stores words of a first language and words of a second language, in a first dictionary memory and a second dictionary memory, respectively. The stored words in the first and second dictionary memories can be displayed selectively as source language words at a display section

An electronic dictionary stores words of a first language and words of a second language, in a first dictionary memory and a second dictionary memory, respectively. The stored words in the first and second dictionary memories can be displayed selectively as source language words at a display section upon operation of a search key on a keyboard. Either a word of the first language or a word of the second language is displayed as a corresponding object language word on the display section, after the source language word displayed at the display section is translated in response to a translation instruction.

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an electronic dictionary which translates a word from a source language to an object language by key control and displays the word on a display section, comprising: key input means including at least one forward key and at least one reverse key, and a translation key; memory means for storing words

an electronic dictionary which translates a word from a source language to an object language by key control and displays the word on a display section, comprising: key input means including at least one forward key and at least one reverse key, and a translation key; memory means for storing words of the source language in an order of word arrangement corresponding to that of a dictionary, and for storing words of the object language, wherein the stored words have associated addresses; word search means coupled to said key input means and to said memory means for specifying the addresses of the words of the source language stored in said memory means, and for enabling the display of the words of the source language on the display section, wherein said word search means specifies said addresses sequentially in a forward order of the stored word arrangement in response to operation of said forward key, and specifies said addresses sequentially in a reverse order of the stored word arrangement in response to operation of said reverse key; and translation means coupled to said key input means and to said memory means for selecting from said memory means that word of the object language which corresponds to the translation of the word of the source language in response to operation to said translation key wherein said translation means is operative to specify the address of the word of the object language, and for enabling the display of the word of the object language the address of which is specified, on the display section.