Translation system with optical reading means including a moveable read head

摘要

A portable electronic dictionary capable of translating an objective word in a source language into an equivalent in a target language. A read unit provided in a portion of a case is surrounded by transparent walls. In reading the objective word, the electronic dictionary is held stationary on the document with the read unit located on the objective word, the pushbutton of a start switch is depressed to actuate an optical character scanning head for scanning, and then the optical character scanning head moves within the read unit to scan the characters of the objective word.