The Concise Cambridge Italian Dictionary - Softcover

Reynolds, Barbara

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0140510648 ISBN 13: 9780140510645

Publisher: Penguin, 1975

Synopsis

Condensed from the highly regarded Cambridge Italian Dictionary, this concise version retains a remarkably wide vocabulary and has been compiled to assist English-speaking users and Italian students of English. It is authoritative and easy to use and is valuable as a precise and imaginative two-way guide to living speech. The dictionary will assist both the English and the Italian user to avoid the traps of 'translator's Italian' and 'translator's English'. Includes: - A pronunication guidewith reference grammar section - A wide range of examples that clarify the meaning of certain words - Specialist words from music, fine art, religion, law, philosophy, science and industry, among other categories

About this title

Synopsis:

This dictionary is aimed at English-speaking users and Italian students of English. Consisting of both and Italian-English and an English-Italian section, the work is notable for the range of examples provided to illustrate the exact meaning of Italian words and phrases. This feature, along with a pronunciation guide and a reference grammar, enables the reader not merely to find the Italian equivalent of an English word but also to see how it is used.

About the Author:

Barbara Reynolds was for twenty-two years lecturer in Italian at Cambridge University and continues to live in Cambridge. She is the General Editor of the Cambridge Italian Dictionary, on which this edition is based. She has been awarded silver medals by the Italian Governemnt for her services to Italian Scholarship and to Anglo-Italian relations.

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin
• Publication date: 1975
• ISBN 10: 0140510648
• ISBN 13: 9780140510645
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 880