- Paperback: 768 pages
- Publisher: Collins; Rpt edition (Dec 1979)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0004586654
- ISBN-13: 978-0004586656
- Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.2 x 3.6 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
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Product Description
This dictionary provides a one-way English-Russian translation that contains over 20,000 references. Entries are laid out clearly with key words given specialized treatment and format and with meaning indicators to guide the user to the most appropriate translation.
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One sold every eight seconds! Over the last 100 years, Collins' renowned Gems have become the best-loved and best-selling small dictionaries in the UK. The Russian Gem contains all the basic terms you need to make yourself understood in Russian, and a great deal more - around 75,000 words in all.
The Gem has the twin benefits of being compact and portable - perfect for taking abroad with you or carrying round in your pocket! - yet easy to read, with a clear and distinctive layout. All the headwords appear in bold, making it simple to quickly scan a page for the word you are looking for, and the different senses of a word are marked by indicator labels to ensure that the correct translation is chosen every time.
Whether you intend using this dictionary for work, travel or study, it couldn't be easier to make yourself sound like a native!! --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is a very handy portable reference book. It is easy to use because each page is well laid out and it uses a font that is pleasant to look at (unlike the Oxford minidictionary) - this is important, as it makes a difference to how easy it is to find a word and explore it's possible uses in different contexts. I have found that the entries give clear, useful examples of the different uses of each word.
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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Hand-sized book, Russian is in Cyrillic, good value.
21 Feb 1999
Format:Paperback
It is extremely difficult to find English/Russian/English dictionaries that help with pronunciation by also providing Russian words in non-Cyrillic text. Therefore, this dictionary is as good as any. It is small, however, and hard to read without strong magnification.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Very good, but not the best
7 Dec 2007
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
As an English speaker learning Russian, it is hard to find bi-lingual materials that don't assume knowledge of Russian, the lack of stress marks being the most common offense. This dictionary is almost completely even-handed.
The definitions are reasonably authoritative and the compact plastic binding durable and portable. I found it immensely useful when in Russia. The entries are fastidiously symmetric: I never found an instance where a Russian word was defined but not listed in the corresponding English entry. The Langenscheidt has some gaps in this regard.
It has some shortcomings compared to Langenscheidt. The print is too small to read under less than ideal light; it was impossible to look up something in a car at night. Perfective verbs are not cross-referenced to their imperfective complements. The thick-but-not-broad shape is not as back-pocket friendly as the Langenscheidt.
You must learn Cyrillic. It is *impossible* to represent Russian accurately in the Latin alphabet. If you can't memorize 33 letters then you are beyond anyone's help.
The Langenscheidt is better for my needs, and this dictionary was displaced from my pants pocket by it. But, given the price, I recommend buying both. The Collins is worth carrying around in your bag as a second opinion on definitions and for covering gaps in the Langenscheidt. And as a spare: don't think for a minute you can find a replacement while in Russia.
The definitions are reasonably authoritative and the compact plastic binding durable and portable. I found it immensely useful when in Russia. The entries are fastidiously symmetric: I never found an instance where a Russian word was defined but not listed in the corresponding English entry. The Langenscheidt has some gaps in this regard.
It has some shortcomings compared to Langenscheidt. The print is too small to read under less than ideal light; it was impossible to look up something in a car at night. Perfective verbs are not cross-referenced to their imperfective complements. The thick-but-not-broad shape is not as back-pocket friendly as the Langenscheidt.
You must learn Cyrillic. It is *impossible* to represent Russian accurately in the Latin alphabet. If you can't memorize 33 letters then you are beyond anyone's help.
The Langenscheidt is better for my needs, and this dictionary was displaced from my pants pocket by it. But, given the price, I recommend buying both. The Collins is worth carrying around in your bag as a second opinion on definitions and for covering gaps in the Langenscheidt. And as a spare: don't think for a minute you can find a replacement while in Russia.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
A great buy!
7 Feb 2006
Format:Paperback
By far the best $7 I've ever spent. This dictionary is amazing-- comprehensive, clear, and extremely portable. It has saved my life at immersion camp and in class. There are tables in back for irregulars and very extensive examples in translations for usage, complete with case use. Cultural notes are also quite handy. Though it lacks some more complex words, as well as general declension tables, its features well outweigh its problems. Best to use with a more complete and extensive dictionary at home.
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