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Dictionary of clichés

de sudanglo, 16 iunie 2011

Contribuții/Mesaje: 4

Limbă: English

sudanglo (Arată profil) 16 iunie 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 (Arată profil) 16 iunie 2011, 12:22:35

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

jefusan (Arată profil) 16 iunie 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 (Arată profil) 17 iunie 2011, 00:33:54

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

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