Information display equipment that can display translated words and/or translation information in real time. The information display equipment relates to a camera dictionary that can perform dictionary display in real time. In addition, this equipment distinguishes characters included in an object photographed by a photographing portion. Then this equipment extracts information corresponding to these characters from a dictionary. Examples of the information corresponding to the characters are translated words or illustrative examples for a certain term. Then a display portion displays the information corresponding to the characters.