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Frakseno (Tunjukkan profil) 20 September 2007 15.27.59
I've seen a few offered for sale in various places, but I can't seem to find any that get consistently good reviews.
You'd think that someone could make a killing by publishing a good dictionary and making it widely available.
Does anyone have any that they'd recommend?
erinja (Tunjukkan profil) 20 September 2007 18.19.35
It's out of print now but you can usually find a used copy, even an old one.
As far as books easily obtained from book services, as a new book - a lot of people like the Pocket Esperanto Dictionary by McLinen.
In my opinion you'll be fine so long as you steer clear of the Conroy Esperanto Dictionary & Phrasebook, which I've never been impressed with.
awake (Tunjukkan profil) 20 September 2007 21.01.19
Peter Benson's Comprehensive English-Esperanto Dictionary is also very well regarded, though I haven't seen it personally. It has the advantage of remaining in print and can be purchased through the Esperanto League of North America
erinja:I highly recommend the "Teach Yourself" dictionary by J.C. Wells
It's out of print now but you can usually find a used copy, even an old one.
Charlie (Tunjukkan profil) 20 September 2007 21.31.54
erinja - I totally agree re Conroy. I bought a copy of this and it's been next to useless.
RiotNrrd (Tunjukkan profil) 22 September 2007 03.04.41
awake:Peter Benson's Comprehensive English-Esperanto Dictionary is also very well regarded, though I haven't seen it personally.I have the CEED, and I like it a lot.
Keke (Tunjukkan profil) 18 Oktober 2007 00.21.03
Frakseno:I'd like to solicit recommendations for a good Esperanto/English - English/Esperanto dictionary.I have McLinen Pocket Esperanto Dictionary. It's about 80% English-Esperanto and 20% the other way. It's handy and clearly printed though.
I've seen a few offered for sale in various places, but I can't seem to find any that get consistently good reviews.
You'd think that someone could make a killing by publishing a good dictionary and making it widely available.
Does anyone have any that they'd recommend?
mvk20 (Tunjukkan profil) 18 Oktober 2007 10.19.44
kinghajj (Tunjukkan profil) 21 Oktober 2007 03.06.46
erinja (Tunjukkan profil) 21 Oktober 2007 17.59.38
The Wells is really excellent, it's such a shame it's out of print. I would go for the McLinen, though, if you are looking for an in-print dictionary.
It sounds bad that the McLinen is 80% Esperanto-English, but it's not as bad as you may think. Most two-way dictionaries end up with a longer national language-Esperanto section than Esperanto-national language, because Esperanto, through its affix system, makes a lot more words out of a lot fewer roots. For example, if you looked up the English word "improvement", you might find a translation like "plibonigo". I would not expect to find "plibonigo" listed in the Esperanto end of a dictionary, because it is built of the elements pli/bon/ig/o (root word: bon).
Understanding Esperanto takes a lot more creativity in interpretation than looking up things in dictionaries, simply because with so many possible combinations of prefixes and suffixes, it simply isn't possible to list every single possible Esperanto word in a dictionary.
Stefano B (Tunjukkan profil) 23 Oktober 2007 03.37.47