4. An electronic translator according to claim 3, wherein the retrieval control means further enables the access means to sequentially address and retrieve first words stored in the memory means in both the predetermined order and in an order opposed to the predetermined order.
4. An electronic translator according to claim 3, wherein the retrieval control means further enables the access means to sequentially address and retrieve first words stored in the memory means in both the predetermined order and in an order opposed to the predetermined order. 6. An electronic translator according to claim 4, wherein the first word or words are stored in the memory means in a predetermined order such that it can be ascertained from any first word or words where in the predetermined order that first word or words is located, and wherein the access means is responsive to the entry of the first character in a first word or words in the input means for addressing the memory means at the location in the predetermined order where first words starting with the first character commence being stored.