1. A visual communication device which comprises: a keyboard having alphabetic keys for entering multiple words in a preset syntax, one character at a time, in order to form sentences; an addressable vocabulary storage memory for storing words in both a base language and a target language, such words being grouped at addresses within the memory according to their morphological functions; means responsive to the actuation of said keys for addressing said vocabulary storage memory and for fetching therefrom the words and corresponding addresses which equate to the ordered combinations of characters keyed in; a sentence pattern storage memory which is used to store the morphologically-related addresses of the base-language words, which comprise a particular sentence, in a predetermined syntactical order; means for reordering the addresses of the the base language words selected from the keyboard in accordance in with the morphological and syntactical rules for the grammar of the target language; a means responsive to said means for reordering, for fetching from the vocabulary storage memory, the words of the target language corresponding to the reordered addresses; and a means for displaying and fetched words of the target language.
2. The device claimed in claim 1 which further comprises: dedicated keys for entering entire words or word combinations with a single keystroke, said entire words or word combinations having been selected as a function of their frequency of use in common conversations.