Mesaĝoj: 24
Lingvo: English
jchthys (Montri la profilon) 2011-decembro-26 15:20:05
AnFu (Montri la profilon) 2011-decembro-27 22:19:51
jchthys:Ĉu iu vidis ĉi tiun vortaron antaŭe?TRANSLATION:
Admin: Translate your message into English, please
Has anyone seen this dictionary before?
this dictionary
the dictionary is The English-Esperanto Dictionary by Joseph RHODES, copyright 1908
AnFu (Montri la profilon) 2011-decembro-27 22:33:05
Translation: No, I've never seen it. I've haven't seen or read about it.
sudanglo (Montri la profilon) 2011-decembro-28 11:43:15
When I was a young Esperantist, the Esperanto-English dictionary I used was a 1924 edition (subsequently reprinted many times upto 1956) of the Millidge dictionary, that was first published in 1912.
Later I had the 1969 edition of the Teach Yourself dictionary by John Wells.
cFlat7 (Montri la profilon) 2011-decembro-28 20:06:56
THE "EDINBURGH" ESPERANTO POCKET DICTIONARY
by Thomas Nelson & Sons
15th Edition, 1931
trojo (Montri la profilon) 2011-decembro-28 21:17:54
Widening the topic, I wonder what would be a complete list of English-Esperanto, Esperanto-English dictionaries.Two-way only? So I guess Montagu Butler's 1967 Eo-En dictionary wouldn't count?
sudanglo (Montri la profilon) 2011-decembro-28 22:58:28
Wells, Butler, Fulcher and Long, Millidge, The Edinburgh, and the Rhodes Dictionary, for the UK dictionaries, and Benson as a US dictionary.
Were there never any Canadian or Australian productions? What about the precursors to Benson in the US?
Vestitor (Montri la profilon) 2011-decembro-28 23:15:23
I had a copy of the Wells, which I was lucky enough to find in an open-air book sale in the Hague. This was lost in a bag on a train last month.
So I've been trying to replace it from a bricks and mortar shop, rather than online, and there's little success. Today my local major bookshop offered to order one for me which would cost €52.00! minus the ordering fee.
Using a dictionary e-book is a tiresome business.
erinja (Montri la profilon) 2011-decembro-29 00:38:12
I recall once seeing a dictionary published in India but I don't remember the author's name.
----
I understand wanting to give your business to brick and mortar shops, but Esperanto dictionaries are seldom found there, and if they are, it's in something like a Barnes & Noble or a Borders [now defunct in the US], a large chain.
If you're out to support someone other than a conglomerate, your best bet is to buy such a dictionary from an Esperanto society's book service. But there really are no Esperanto conglomerates, so I'd happily buy it straight from the publisher, or whatever.
RiotNrrd (Montri la profilon) 2011-decembro-29 02:23:52
Vestitor:Has anyone ever tried buying an Esperanto dictionary in a regular bookshop today?I bought my copy of the Wells dictionary in a regular bookstore.
On the other hand, I was mightily surprised to see it there, and really bought it more out of a "buy any book in Esperanto you see in real life" attitude than because I was looking for it (as I wasn't).
On the other, other hand, the bookstore was Powell's (the smaller Beaverton branch, but still... even their outlying locations have an abnormally wide variety compared to the chain bookstores). I have never seen a book on or in Esperanto in either the local Barnes & Noble or the now-defunct Borders. Or, actually, any other bookstore than Powell's.
I was in the downtown Powell's - the "world's biggest bookstore" branch* - a couple of years ago, and they did have an Esperanto section. It consisted of about twenty slim used copies of various titles, and the prices started at around $70. I was very surprised and disappointed to see what a crummy selection they had and what ridiculous prices they had them at, and did not buy any of those. Hopefully they've improved their selection since I was last there.
----------
* And it is. It is freaking enormous.