The Concise Cambridge Italian Dictionary - Softcover

Reynolds, Barbara

 
9780140510645: The Concise Cambridge Italian Dictionary

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

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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.

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