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excerpt: "Jim Cripps of Central Islip, NY has compiled a large foreign language translation data base using ZX PRO/FILE. His family uses it to improve their language skills in any of the five different languages held in the program. For each word, a two line file is created. The first line holds the initial of the…"
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# New Uses Dept.

[Jim Cripps](http://localhost/indiv/james-cripps/) of Central Islip, NY has compiled a large foreign language translation data base using ZX PRO/FILE. His family uses it to improve their language skills in any of the five different languages held in the program. For each word, a two line file is created. The first line holds the initial of the language being used. Following this is the English word. On the second line of the file the foreign word is printed. On the second line of the file the foreign word is printed. A sample file would look like this:

```
*F GOOD
BIEN
```

To use the data base as a language tutor, Cripps types “F GOOD” as a search command. This is asking the computer to give the French translation of the English word “GOOD”. Before Cripps presses ENTER to find the desired file, he guesses the appropriate translation. Notice that “F GOOD” results in only the French translation. “I GOOD”, “R GOOD” “S GOOD” or any other command would yield a different language. Using 64K, you could expect this data base to hold roughly 2100 words in any language(s) you desire.