Product Description

There are certain kinds of information that can be conveyed more readily and clearly by pictures than by descriptions and explanations. The Oxford-Duden Pictorial Spanish and English Dictionary identifies over 29,000 objects by means of numbered illustrations, offering at a glance their Spanish and English terms. This second edition has been revised and updated to reflect the most up-to-date changes in technology, science and medicine, industry and commerce and to offer even wider coverage of all major fields of reference, including the arts and entertainment, recreation and sport, flora and fauna and typical situations in domestic and everyday life. Over 1500 new items of vocabulary have been added relating to such diverse fields as photography, typesetting, personal computers, telecommunications and transport. Every vocabulary item is indexed in Spanish and English so that the dictionary can be used in both directions. The subjects are organized thematically enabling the user to grasp the entire vocabulary relevant to a given situation or context. This new edition will be an invaluable supplement to any Spanish-English or English-Spanish dictionary.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #408324 in Books
• Published on: 1995-05-01
• Original language: English
• Dimensions: .2 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 856 pages

From Amazon.com
The second edition of this pictorial dictionary, with more than 1,500 new items, follows in the tradition of previously published Oxford-Duden dictionaries with its comprehensive range of areas represented. Here a reader will find the easily recognized--the basic translation and drawing of a bicycle, la bicicleta--to the more specialized: the hula girl at a masked ball, la hawaiana. Each word or phrase is given first in precise Spanish, with the corresponding English in italics directly below, a system which gives non-Spanish speakers an easy entry into a new language. The book more deeply details other, more complex aspects of the language to provide easy access to more demanding new words for those who are partially bilingual--including the correct ways to pronounce complex and intricate phrasings. While the corresponding illustrations for the more than 28,000 objects represented here are basic in design, they are all clearly labeled and presented, providing the reader with the visual connection so necessary for learning a foreign language and culture.

Ingram
An essential reference for general readers, students, translators, travelers, and business people, The Oxford-Duden Pictorial Spanish-English Dictionary covers a broad range of subjects in a variety of fields. Both English and Spanish words appear on the same page for ease of use. Alphabetized index. 384 illustrations, 6 in color.

From the Publisher
illustrated throughout