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Routledge Bilingual Specialist Dictionaries

Specially designed to meet the standards of the National Association for the Visually Handicapped, this dictionary contains 40,000 entries, clear definitions, spellings, and pronunciations, and includes a punctuation guide.

This dictionary provides some 40,000 terms and references in all the major areas in the field, including: Air Pollution and Air Quality Control - Environmental Policy - Noise Pollution - Soil Contamination and Remediation - Water Pollution & Waste Water Treatment - Water Supply and Drinking Water - and many others.

Endorsed by academics worldwide, the Oxford Portuguese Dictionary is the most authoritative English-Portuguese / Portuguese-English dictionary ever published. Based on real modern evidence and computational analysis of hundreds of millions of words of both English (American and British) and Portuguese (Brazilian and European), the dictionary boasts more than 200,000 words and phrases and 320,000 translations. This up-to-date resource has been designed for both Portuguese and English native speakers and includes the latest vocabulary from computing, business, and the media, across both languages. The organization and layout have been designed for maximum clarity and ease of use. The most commonly used sense of each word is shown first, helping you to identify and understand the correct meaning, and more than 130,000 real-life example phrases help you interpret meaning and usage accurately. The dictionary is also packed with extra features including cultural notes throughout the text as well as Portuguese verb tables and a list of irregular English verbs. Produced using the unique dictionary resources of Oxford University Press with an international team of expert advisors, the Oxford Portuguese Dictionary is a groundbreaking work, essential for any serious student of Portuguese and English, as well as academics, professionals, business people, teachers, and translators.

This unique reference is a product of the most ambitious attempt to date to record English equivalents for the vocabulary of modern Macedonian. The dictionary covers the vocabulary met with in a wide variety of settings and literary forms, from modern urban life to traditional folk poetry. Features include: * clear, accurate examples of usage * all necessary grammatical information for Macedonian headwords * details of stress, where it departs from the regular pattern * a broad range of idiomatic expressions and proverbs Prepared by scholars at the Australian National University in Canberra, working in collaboration with the compilers of the renowned "Rechnik na makendonskiot jazik," the content has been brought up to date by the addition of many newer words and new senses which have arisen for older words.

This dictionary, now in its sixth edition, contains over 66,000 terms and 90,000 translations from the following subject areas: automationtechnology; components; electrical energy conversion; electrical installation; electric power technology; electroacoustics; high voltage technology; information technology; laser; micro electronics; power electronics; process-control technology; telecommunications engineering; and theoretical basic knowledge.

Garfield makes using a dictionary fun and easy!
- Nearly every spread presents an entertaining comic strip illustrating the use of a featured word
- Over 65,000 meanings and Garfield's Daffy Definitions
- Great for all ages

This Dictionary consists of some 100,000 terms in both Spanish and English, drawn from the whole range of business, finance and banking terminology. Over 45 subject areas are covered, compiled by a team of international terminologists

This dictionary is the ideal supplement to the German/English Dictionary of Idioms, which together give a rich source of material for the translator from and into each language.
The dictionary contains 15,000 headwords, each entry supplying the German equivalents, variants, contexts and the degree of currency/rarity of the idiomatic expression.
This dictionary will be an invaluable resource for students and professional literary translators.
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This is the essential reference companion to all who use German for business communication.
Containing over 5000 words, this handy two-way A-Z glossary covers the most commonly used terms in business. It will help you to communicate with confidence in a wide variety of situations, and is of equal value to the relative beginner or the fluent speaker.
Written by an experienced native and non-native speaker team working in business language education, this unique glossary is an indispensable reference guide for all students and professionals studying or working in business where German is used.

Connecting words and phrases are essential for discussion, clarity and fluency in any language. French is particularly reliant on connecting language: also and in fact have around 15 equivalent words and expressions in French.
This is the first French-English dictionary to focus on this fascinating and crucial part of the language. The dictionary presents nearly 200 full entries in alphabetical order, including: de plus; et ce; or; c'est dire que; en fait; au total; voila.
Entries define, discuss and exemplify the whole range of connecting language in French. 2000 examples add further clarity and are chosen from a wide range of registers and mainly contemporary prose.

You will never be lost for words in your travels around Turkey again! Your ideal pocket-sized travel companion and the accompanying free ebook will ensure that you can say what you need in Turkish with ease and confidence. Reliable, portable and easy-to-use, this phrasebook is an indispensable travel companion as you deal with the situations that crop up every day on holiday; from finding a chic hotel, or hiring a car to explore the countryside, to choosing a local delicacy from the menu, and, of course, setting up your wifi. With helpful travel information and cultural tips, plus a 3000-word dictionary, make sure you don't go anywhere without this little book - an essential guide to speaking and understanding Turkish when travelling in Turkey. Access your free ebook at collins.co.uk/ebooks

No other portable Spanish & English paperbound dictionary offers you so much for your money. With 736 pages and more than 80,000 entries, it is the most comprehensive Spanish & English dictionary of its kind, designed by a foremost authority for the greatest convenience and use. It includes thousands of modern words and phrases that you won't find anywhere else. Among the special features included in this new edition: concise Spanish grammar, with a full list of irregular verbs; rules for the use of plurals and articles; detailed guides to Spanish pronunciation and word gender; Latin American usage by country; plus a thumb index for quick reference and greater convenience. You get all these features-and much more-in this one, easy-to-use, easy-to-carry compact volume.

This multi-language dictionary covers the eight major Turkic languages: Turkish, Azerbaijani, Turkmen, Uzbek, Uighur, Kazakh, Kirgiz and Tatar. It includes 2000 headwords in English which are translated into each of the eight Turkic languages. Words are organized both alphabetically and topically and original script and Latin transliteration are provided for each language. For ease of use, alphabetical indices are also given for the eight languages. This is a useful reference book for both students and learners and for those engaged in international commerce, research, diplomacy and academic and cultural exchange.

Written for students of linguistics, applied linguistics and speech therapy, this dictionary covers over 2,000 terms in phonetics and phonology. In addition to providing a comprehensive, yet concise, guide to an enormous number of individual terms, it also includes an explanation of the most important theoretical approaches to phonology. Its usefulness as a reference tool is further enhanced by the inclusion of pronunciations, notational devices and symbols, earliest sources of terms, suggestions for further reading, and advice with regard to usage.
The wide range of topics explained include:
* Classical phonology, including American Structuralism and the Prague School
* Contemporary approaches, including Autosegmental Phonology, Metrical Phonology, Dependency Phonology, Government Phonology and Lexical Phonology
* Prosodic ideas in phonology, both traditional and contemporary ^ * * historical phonology
* Intonation and tonology
This dictionary devotes space to the various theoretical approaches in proportion to their importance, but it concentrates most heavily on non-theory-bound descriptive terminology. It will remain a definitive reference for years to come.

The home of trusted Welsh dictionaries for everyday language use. A modern Welsh to English and English to Welsh Dictionary offering excellent coverage of today's Welsh language and usage. The clear layout makes it easy to use and its handy format and durability make it your ideal companion at home, school or on your travels. Suitable for use in schools. Designed for all those speaking and learning Welsh. It is the ideal dictionary for anyone who needs a wealth of reliable information in a handy format. Revised and updated with hundreds of new words and offers extensive coverage of today's English and Welsh. The supplement contains help with letter writing, CVs and emails, as well as useful phrases for a variety of situations. The clear typography gives the text a contemporary feel, and ensures that users find the information they need quickly and easily.

First Published in 1996. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

First published in 1987. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

This 2-way Dictionary is ideal for both linguists and the serious learner and user of Norwegian. Translations are supported by examples and entries are supported by an invaluable section covering aspects of Norwegian pronunciation and grammar.

This compact and up-to-date two-way dictionary is a resource for both the linguist and the serious learner and user of the Catalan language. Each section's 18,000 entries provide: phonetic transcriptions, accurate translations, examples and expressions to aid comprehension, dialectical variants; and thorough coverage of American English. The dictionary also features pronunciation guides and grammatical summaries.

A Frequency Dictionary of Turkish enables students of all levels to build on their study of Turkish in an efficient and engaging way. Based on a 50 million word corpus, A Frequency Dictionary of Turkish provides a list of core vocabulary for learners of Turkish as a second or foreign language. It gives the most updated, reliable frequency guidelines for common vocabulary in spoken and written Turkish. Each of the 5000 entries are supported by detailed information including the English equivalent, an illustrative example with English translation and usage statistics. The Dictionary provides a rich resource for language teaching and curriculum design, while a separate CD version provides the full text in a tab-delimited format ideally suited for use by corpus and computational linguists. With entries arranged by frequency, by suffixation and alphabetically, A Frequency Dictionary of Turkish enables students of all levels to get the most out of their study of vocabulary in an engaging and efficient way.