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[Drew345]

Anyone have a good Korean-English/English-Korean electronic dictionary? Mine just died.

I remember when I was looking for my last one it was very difficult to find a model that was suited for foreigners learning Korean, most of them were specifically for Koreans learning English.
What I mean is this: If you put in an English word like "clean" then an electronic dictionary for Koreans learning English will give a long definition in Korean language of what "clean" means. Like "free from dirt or pollution, free from contamination or disease"; but all that in Korean. This is pretty useless for a foreigner looking for the Korean word that has the same meaning; 깨끗한. Or even worse, many electronic dictionaries used a lot of Hanja characters in their definitions, again, specifically for Koreans learning English.

I am looking for an electronic dictionary that functions like google translate: just give the word in the other language that is closest to the word in the first language. For example, for "clean" it gives:
Verb: 청소하다, (and a few more choices)
Adjective: 깨끗한. (and a few more choices)

Anyone have a dictionary to suggest that is well suited for people with English as the first language and Korean as the language being learned?

I had a sharp SD-M30 before. It was OK, but really for Korean users, not for people learning Korean.

[oskinny1]

I have a dictionary for my Nintendo DS. You can write in English or Hongul and it will give you the definitions you want.

It is called "Touch Dictionary" nd you can find it in most shops that sell DS things. Why not get something that is more than just a dictionary for around the same price?

http://www.gamespot.com/ds/puzzle/touchdictionary/index.html

[giraffe]

i have a nurian r7 light. Just simple dictionary. Made for koreans but still works well.Im happy with it! Paid 80$ for it. But your sharp is probably better than what i have anyways.

[June12345678]

Gmarket has a few decent ones. Try the electronic dictionaries by iRiver. I'm thinking about picking up the D2. Small, compact, responsive, color screen and can bounce back and forth from English-Korean to Korean-English with ease. I believe it also has an English-English dictionary as well.