Berlitz Swedish-English Dictionary/Engelsk-Svensk Ordbok

Rating:
Summary: A Good Dictionary
Review: Even it's small it's very usefull in a variety of situations, especially on travel, a good summary of high used swedish words.

Rating:
Summary: 30$
Review: Hej! Jag heter Violeta Moroc och jag kommer fraan Romania. Jag behover en lexicon, jag tenker paa en svensk lexikon for synonimer eller svensk-rysk rysk-svensk lexicon eller svensk-engelsk engelsk-svensk ordbok. Jag ber ni att gi mer informasjon hur kan jag kopa en saadan lexikon. Basta halsningar Violeta Moroc Min adress: Str, Castanilor 2, ap.34 Cluj-Napoca, Romenien. tel: [phone] e-mail: [e-mail]

Rating:
Summary: Works, but shop around some more
Review: I just spent a month in Sweden, and I brought along this dictionary.

Advantages:
* its size meant that I could carry it around in the back pocket of my jeans
* its English pronunciation transcriptions are easy to understand (note: it's based on Standard British pronunciation)
* it has a small section of traveler phrases, conversation tables, etc. which can be useful to carry around

Disadvantages:
* poor word selection
* could be much more helpful with verb conjugations
* no help with word usage or idioms

What the disadvantages mean is that this dictionary alone is not sufficient for doing Swedish language homework or for translating anything of substance, like newspaper articles. I ended up buying a large reference dictionary that I would keep at home; I would use this one only when shopping etc.

Admittedly, this is a pocket dictionary, but even so, its word selection could be much better. It's missing basic Swedish words like 'somna' (to fall asleep), 'motionera' (to exercise), and 'lexikon' (dictionary). It's missing basic English words like 'creative' and 'chapter.' On the other hand, it has entries for English words like 'carry-cot', 'thundery,' and 'esplanade', entries that I can't imagine being nearly as useful. It's also missing day-to-day Swedish expressions like 'varsågod' (here you are), 'sådär' (as such), and 'hej då' (goodbye).

This dictionary will work in a pinch, but I would shop around more first.

Rating:
Summary: Nice Little Dictionary
Review: This is a nice, compact dictionary with lots of useful words, phrases and a grammar reference. It's not an all-inclusive dictionary and doesn't pretend to be, but for the money it's a great buy. For people just learning Swedish -- like me -- it's more than sufficient.