Prisma’s Abridged English-Swedish and Swedish-English Dictionary
Newly revised single-volume edition!
Containing more than 85,000 of the most commonly used English and Swedish words and phrases, this long-awaited revision combines Prisma's best selling dictionaries of Swedish to English and English to Swedish in an easy-to-handle, abridged, single-volume edition.
As both English and Swedish enjoy a rich lexicographical tradition, it is no wonder that this dictionary holds to an excellent standard in regard to both the vocabulary and the information within the entries. It is certain to prove readily usable by, and useful to, an anglophone speaker. . . . . All the lexical material is well chosen and modern, with the euivalents selected at appropriate stylistic levels. Particularly valuable is the rich indicaion of collecations and idioms. . . . . On the whole, this is an excellent, well-organized dictionary.
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Prisma's Abridged English-Swedish and Swedish-English Dictionary contains more than 85,000 of the most commonly used English and Swedish words and phrases. This long-awaited revision combines Prisma's best selling dictionaries of Swedish to English and English to Swedish in an easy-to-handle, abridged, single-volume edition.
Notes for the use of the dictionary are provided in both English and Swedish. It includes phonetic transcriptions of Swedish entries as well as codes for the inflection of Swedish nouns, adjectives, and verbs. This text is the standard dictionary for English and Swedish, the best selling dictionary of its kind in the world.
Fully revised and updated, this durable and compact dictionary is ideal for people who in the course of their studies, work, or travel need a concise dictionary of English and Swedish. The single-volume abridged dictionary will be an important addition to every bookstore's foreign language section.
Prisma's Modern English-Swedish and Swedish-English Abridged Dictionary (newly released, above)
• 85,000 entries
• Abridged for both Swedish to English and English to Swedish
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Copublished with Bokforlaget Rabén Prisma AB, Stockholm, Sweden
As both English and Swedish enjoy a rich lexicographical tradition, it is no wonder that this dictionary holds to an excellent standard in regard to both the vocabulary and the information within the entries. It is certain to prove readily usable by, and useful to, an anglophone speaker. . . . . All the lexical material is well chosen and modern, with the euivalents selected at appropriate stylistic levels. Particularly valuable is the rich indicaion of collecations and idioms. . . . . On the whole, this is an excellent, well-organized dictionary.
American Reference Books
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