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Title: Pocket Italian-Eng/Eng-Italian (colorized) by Langenscheidt Staff, Langenscheidt Publishers, Langenscheidt Editorial ISBN: 1-58573-039-4 Publisher: Langenscheidt Publishing Group Pub. Date: 15 August, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.5 (2 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: My favorite Italian/English dictionary.
Comment: I have bought 6 Italian/English dictionaries. They range from a large, unabridged "boat anchor" to a number of paperbacks. Except for the NTC beginner's dictionary, I've found all the be useful in learning the language.
Recently I had a flood in my apartment and had to pack all my books in cartons while repairs were made. When I couldn't find the carton that contained my dictionaries, I looked for a new one at the local bookstore and found this Langenscheidt dictionary. It's small. It has a non-paper plasticized cover. I wasn't sure it would be useful, but at least it was different from any of my other dictionaries that were still packed. Then I started using it. In short, it's the sweet spot for useability, especially when carrying it around. It's just the right size. The type is readable. There are enough entries, with examples to make it useful (unlike the NTC book which I found very frustrating because of too few entries). The inside covers have a great indexing system. There are useful grammar sections in convenient locations. I don't find the lack of stress-pronunciation indicators a problem, since they do seem to be present on many words where the stress is on the last syllable (such as in "citta") and since most Italian words have a regular stress position on next to the last syllable. And I rely on audio tapes to learn how to pronounce correctly, anyway.
Finally, the construction of the book is solid. It won't fall apart. The paper is high quality. The blue typeface for the entries is a pleasure to look at. It's obvious it will last a long time, several times longer than the el-cheapo paperbacks that go for a little less money.
Rating: 2
Summary: No stess indications!
Comment: I really like my Langenscheidt Spanish dictionary, so when I started learning Italian I got a copy of this dictionary.
I liked the size, layout, easy to read typeface, and durable cover. However, I quickly found it to be inadequate because it does not indicate the stressed syllable of the italian words. The stress in italian isn't always obvious, so this was a big problem when trying to determine the proper pronunciation of new words. Oddly, other sizes of the Langenscheidt Italian dictionaries do indicate stress, but I couldn't find one that was both compact and complete enough for me. So, I ended up returning this book and going with the Oxford Minidictionary instead.
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Title: Langenscheidt's Pocket German Grammar by Langenscheidt Staff, Langenscheidt Publishers ISBN: 0887292240 Publisher: Langenscheidt Publishing Group Pub. Date: March, 1998 List Price(USD): $10.95 |
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Title: 501 Italian Verbs by John Colaneri, Vincent Luciani ISBN: 0764113488 Publisher: Barrons Educational Series Pub. Date: 01 February, 2001 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Langenscheidt's Pocket Dictionary German: German-English/English-German (Langenscheidt's Pocket Dictionary) by Langenscheidt Staff, Langenscheidt Publishers ISBN: 1585730505 Publisher: Langenscheidt Publishing Group Pub. Date: May, 2001 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: Italian Verb Drills by Paola Nanni-Tate ISBN: 0071420894 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Pub. Date: 30 November, 2003 List Price(USD): $9.95 |
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Title: Italian Verbs by Vincent Luciani, John Colaneri ISBN: 0764120638 Publisher: Barrons Educational Series Pub. Date: 10 September, 2002 List Price(USD): $5.95 |
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