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Summary: Looking for a good dictionary
Review: I have been looking for a decent but lower in price Swedish-English dictionary that is helpful for engelska speaking people. Most I have seen are for Swedes that want to learn English.This dictionary has English-Svenska Swedish-Engelska as well as codes so that you can figure out whether the dang noun is a neuter or common noun and their declension class i.e. Ett bi, bit, bin etc. Hippocrene was of no use for that. Overall good.
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Summary: A great dictionary for anyone!
Review: This is a great dictionary for anyone or for the beginners who don't know a lot about the Swedish language. I can remember purchasing this book in early October 1996 when it first came out, and I can tell you that it was very informative. I've notice that many dictionaries of that language don't match up to this one -- it have information about the article declension which are important in grammar. I am shocked to find out that Hippocrene don't establish much. It has just a few pitfalls: It don't have some supplemental words (e.g.: Internet, World Wide Web, etc.) since it was published some five years ago, but they have re-edit it in late 1997 and '98. At that time, the international world was changing slowing then. But still it is worth the money to purchase it as a starter for translations and the many entries they have. I hope they continue with this method within the future.
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Summary: Disappointed Student
Review: When I found this book (the 1998 edition), I thought my prayers had been answered. As anyone studying Swedish knows, good dictionaries are hard to find. (Did the Swedes offend someone?) Upon closer examination, I was sorely disappointed. In the English-Swedish section, the book recognizes that one word in English may have many different meanings (e.g., set, get, strike, etc.). The book does list multiple definitions, but does so in Swedish, not English. Thus, one not fluent in Swedish will find it difficult to determine whether any given definition for "strike" (16 are listed) is for a labor dispute, a bowling strike, a baseball strike, a blow of the fist, or whatever. That makes it just a little difficult for us English speaking folks to translate our thoughts into Swedish. More discouraging, though, is the virtual absence of any pronunciations for the Swedish section. A very thorough guide is provided (one of the best). The editors decided, however, not to actually use it. There are some pronunciation "assists", but full pronunciations of Swedish words are few and far between. Again, this makes it difficult for us English speaking folks to put our thoughts into spoken Swedish. This is in stark contrast to the English-Swedish section where every English word is given full pronunciation. If one is fluent in both languages (och jag kan bara lite svenska) this is probably a great book. For the student learning Swedish (that's me), keep looking. I will be returning my copy to the store tomorrow.
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