Translators - Electronic > Translation by Language > French

1. Language Teacher (most models, see specs tab). The interactive language teacher system is a powerful tool for learning other languages. It can listen to you and tell you how well you pronounce something in another language.
2. Mobile Infotainment System (select models only, see specs tab). Basically, a hands-free version of Language Teacher.
3. Linguistic Crossword. A crossword puzzle that helps you learn new words in the target language.
4. Linguistic Flashcards. Four different flashcard games that help you learn new words in the target language.

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The iTravl and 900 series are optionally available with additional items packaged as separate products. For example:

Deluxe

The iTravl comes in a Deluxe version (for certain language pairs). "Deluxe" means you get a scanning pen and cradle charger with it. That's a pretty sweet deal, when you compare the package price to the individual prices. The 900-series also gives you a Deluxe version, which again is a scanning pen (no cradle) bundled at a cost-savings.

Grand

The 900-series Grand version is a Deluxe, but also with a GPS and:

• GPSR module.
• 4GB language card w/GPS map.
• Car holder.
• Car power adapter.
• Headphones with mic.
• Pouch.

We offer the complete line of accessories for all of the translators we sell. You can find accessories from the Accessories tab of the product page for any specific translator.

These also have the largest dictionary sizes, largest phrasebooks, and other features. Plus, they are touchscreen devices and thus the easiest to use.

• Language: French (Paw lay Voo Frawn say? –Do you speak French?)
• Government: Republic with an elected President, Current President is Nicolas Sarkozy
• Third largest country in land area after –Russia and the Ukraine.
• Religions: 64% Roman Catholic (4.5% practicing), 10% Muslim, 3% Protestant, 1% Jewish
• France shares borders with five other countries - Spain, Luxembourg, Belgium, Italy and Switzerland.
• Capital and largest city: Paris, population 2,203,817.
• French Flag: red, white and blue
• Highest mountain in Western Europe, Mount Blanc, 4,748 M (15, 782 Ft).
• Second largest gorge in the world - Verdon Gorge, 200 M deep. 25 kilometers long.
• The village of Les Eyzies was home to Cro-Magnon man 30,000 years ago.
• Longest river: Loire – 1,012 kilometers (629 miles)
• 20% of France’s territory lies outside of Europe, 2.5 million French citizens live in overseas departments and territories known as DOM TOMS.

Weather. Cool to cold winters in the north; hot summers in southern France on the Mediterranean Sea. Uptight Americans beware - French women seem to shed their tops when around water - pools, drinking fountains, and, of course, beaches.

Topography/Geography. Two borders of oceans Atlantic/English Channel/North Sea on the north and the Mediterranean Sea on the south. Broad plains, low hills and plateaus, elevated plateaus and high mountains, wide, lush valleys with gaps.

Today, trains are France’s main mode of transportation, but rivers were the first. Throughout its history canals have been used to navigate and make the rivers more efficient. The Briare Canal is the oldest. Constructed between 1604 and 1642, it connected the Loire and Seine Rivers, and was built to help alleviate grain shortages between the regions. The 150 mile long Canal du Midi, built between 1667 and 1694 was a shortcut between the Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea.

Paris began as a small Gallic settlement 2000 years ago. In 250BC, a Celtic tribe, called the Parsii, established it as a fishing village in its current location along the Seine River.

The French and the Americans have a long history of friendship. The French fought along side the American colonists during the American Revolution. In 1886, on the 100th Anniversary of the American Revolution. the French presented the U.S. with the Statue of

Liberty. There are three replicas of the statue in France, all represent friendship. Two are in Paris – on Swan Ally Island in the Seine River and in Luxembourg Gardens.  There are others are in Colmar, and Bordeaux, France. Ironically, there is another replica in Hanoi, Vietnam, former French colony.

#1 thing to do in Paris - see the Eiffel Tower! Built between 1887 and 1889 and opened in 1889 as the entrance to the World’s Fair, it was the brainchild of two engineers, Gustavo Eiffel, an expert in metallic structure, and Maurice Koechlin, a French-Swiss structural engineer, the main person behind the planning and design.

#2 thing to do in Paris - visit the largest art museum in the world – The Louvre. Review from the Lonely Planet Guide Book: Musee du Louvre - Traditionally the Louvre’s raison d’être (reason for existence or being) is to present Western art from the Middle Ages to 1848. The Musée d’Orsay takes over from that time forward.

France is famous for fashions, perfume, fine wines, cheeses (over 350 kinds) the Tour de France a pro cycling race that takes place every year in July. Last, but not least, fine cuisine AKA haute cuisine. Thought to be the best in the world, French chefs prepare pate de foie gras (paw tay duh fwaw graw) – paste of fat liver, and croissants (flakey crescent rolls), quiche (keesh) (flakey cheese pie).

Odd fact: As romantic as the French seem to be (some say the French make love more often than the citizens of any other country), their word for dancing (daw sing) came from the Americans soldiers during the war.

What should you say to the one you love? Phonetically spelled, technically incorrect, but still fun!

• Jeu vooz em (I love you)
• Jeu vooz a door (I adore you)
• Keu voolay voo deu plooz encore? (What could/would you ask for?)