translated word spelled in a different language corresponding thereto the languages can be freely selected according to an embodimemt of the present invention it is assumed that the input languages are each of german french and spanish further it is supposed in this embodiment that no distinction is made between capital letters and small letters and all the words are entered in the form of capital letters one of the features of the present invention relates to the fact that letters in various languages may include a specific symbol as described below various symbols being peculiar to each language examples of letters and related specific symbols are as follows although these items are different from each other in the name and the usage according to the present invention they can be treated as the same symbol in the input and output referring now to fig1 there is shown a block diagram of an input circuit according to the present invention connected to an electronic translator the input circuit comprises a symbol additive key switch 1 an alphabetical keyboard 2 a detection circuit 3 a flip flop 4 an and gate 5 an or gate 6 a memory 7 a display 8 an address counter 9 a code circuit 10 and a timing generator 11 more particularly the key switch 1 consists of a single key.