1. An electronic translator wherein a first word or words in a first language may be entered to obtain a second word or words in a second language equivalent to said first word or words, or wherein a second word or words may be entered to obtain a first word or words equivalent to said second word or words, comprising: input means for entering one or more first words or one or more second words; first memory means for storing a plurality of first words in the first language; second memory means for storing a plurality of second words in the second language equivalent to respective first words in said first memory means; access means responsive to said input means for addressing one of said first or said second memory means when one or more words are input in the first or second language, respectively, for retrieving the input words; said access means further addressing the other of said first and second memory means for retrieving the word or words equivalent to the input words; display means responsive to said input means for displaying the input word or words; said display means being responsive to said access means for subsequently displaying said retrieved equivalent word or words; and display control means for causing said display means to again display said input word or words corresponding to said retrieved equivalent word or words; said display control means comprising a first switch means, wherein said display means and said access means are responsive to actuation of said first switch means for displaying said retrieved equivalent word or words subsequent to display of said input words and responsive to further actuation of said first switch means for again displaying said input words.
1. An electronic translator wherein a first word or words in a first language may be entered to obtain a second word or words in a second language equivalent to said first word or words, or wherein a second word or words may be entered to obtain a first word or words equivalent to said second word or words, comprising: input means for entering one or more first words or one or more second words; first memory means for storing a plurality of first words in the first language; second memory means for storing a plurality of second words in the second language equivalent to respective first words in said first memory means; access means responsive to said input means for addressing one of said first or said second memory means when one or more words are input in the first or second language, respectively, for retrieving the input words; said access means further addressing the other of said first and second memory means for retrieving the word or words equivalent to the input words; display means responsive to said input means for displaying the input word or words; said display means being responsive to said access means for subsequently displaying said retrieved equivalent word or words; and display control means for causing said display means to again display said input word or words corresponding to said retrieved equivalent word or words; said display control means comprising a first switch means, wherein said display means and said access means are responsive to actuation of said first switch means for displaying said retrieved equivalent word or words subsequent to display of said input words and responsive to further actuation of said first switch means for again displaying said input words. 3. The electronic translator of claim 1, further comprising means for holding an input word without translating the held word.