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od Frakseno, 20. septembra 2007

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Frakseno (Zobraziť profil) 20. septembra 2007 15:27:59

I'd like to solicit recommendations for a good Esperanto/English - English/Esperanto dictionary.
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 (Zobraziť profil) 20. septembra 2007 18:19:35

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.

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 (Zobraziť profil) 20. septembra 2007 21:01:19

I can second the commendation for Teach Yourself Dictionary by J.C. Wells. It's unfortunate that the Teach Yourself series decided not to let the Teach Yourself Esperanto course and dictionary remain in print. Teach Yourself Esperanto was an excellent course book for self study.

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 (Zobraziť profil) 20. septembra 2007 21:31:54

And I'll third it. I picked up my copy in a second hand bookshop. I'll bet you could find a copy on Ebay.

erinja - I totally agree re Conroy. I bought a copy of this and it's been next to useless.

RiotNrrd (Zobraziť profil) 22. septembra 2007 3:04:41

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 (Zobraziť profil) 18. októbra 2007 0:21:03

Frakseno:I'd like to solicit recommendations for a good Esperanto/English - English/Esperanto dictionary.
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?
I have McLinen Pocket Esperanto Dictionary. It's about 80% English-Esperanto and 20% the other way. It's handy and clearly printed though.

mvk20 (Zobraziť profil) 18. októbra 2007 10:19:44

The Benson dictionary is only one way, right?

kinghajj (Zobraziť profil) 21. októbra 2007 3:06:46

I agree with the above statements about the Conroy dictionary. I've had it for about about 5 years, and have never really liked it. I just bought "Teach Yourself Esperanto," and really like its approach to teaching. I also ordered the Benson dictionary, but it has not arrived yet.

erinja (Zobraziť profil) 21. októbra 2007 17:59:38

Benson is one-way only.

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 (Zobraziť profil) 23. októbra 2007 3:37:47

Right now I have the Wells "Teach Yourself" dictionary checked out of the library, and I really like it. It's a shame I have to take it back in a couple of weeks. I'm actually considering telling them I lost it and just paying for the book lol. I suppose that's one way to buy a book that is out of print.

Nahor