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Dictionary of clichés

af sudanglo, 16. jun. 2011

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Sprog: English

sudanglo (Vise profilen) 16. jun. 2011 10.57.20

Has anybody come across an English-Esperanto dictionary of well-worn turns of phrase?

Sometimes, when I am reading in Esperanto I come across neat renderings of English clichés and think I should make a note, but rarely do.

If there were such a dictionary (most useful to translators) this would allow me to continue on my indolent path.

A conventional English-Esperanto dictionary will sometimes give such translations, but not to the extent that you can frequently find a ready-made solution when one is trying to think of an Esperanto equivalent of a hackneyed English phrase.

Listings would be under key words. So a phrase like 'I dare say you're right' would be found under 'dare' and 'right'.

Rather than an ambitious attempt to translate all such phrases, the sort of dictionary I am thinking of would be a compilation of neat renderings actually found in the Esperanto literature.

NJ Esperantist (Vise profilen) 16. jun. 2011 12.22.35

That would indeed be a great too, but it might also be a life's work.

jefusan (Vise profilen) 16. jun. 2011 16.21.01

I have a book at home called something like Common English Expressions in Esperanto. I'll try to remember to check it out when I get home. It has a lot of English idioms, translated into Esperanto. I can't find it online, but maybe I'm getting the title wrong.

Miland (Vise profilen) 17. jun. 2011 00.33.54

Felix Woolf's English Phrases and Expressions in Esperanto is unfortunately no longer in print.

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