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Living France Magazine, August 2006
... plain alphabeticalised sailing. There are key words for every possible scenario. ...this is what we have all been waiting for.
Living France magazine
This is what we have all been waiting for.
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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Very useful for basic building materials and tools but really only for DIY use. If you're doing a complete refurb with French builders or setting up your trade in France then spend a bit more money on the "Concise Dictionary of House Building Terms", don't be frightened by the price, it's well worth it. I own both copies and this one stays on the bookshelf most of the time, and the other is on site or in the van.
25 of 27 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
We purchased this before we moved to France to help us obtain quotations etc., on a property we own. The book is in ten sections of different trades - not in alphabetical order - so if you want a word, you have to hunt through all the ten sections to find the right one, if it is there at all. This may be OK going from English to French, but if you have a French word and you don't know which trade it comes under (because you don't know the word, right?) you are left hunting between the ten sections and your regular dictionary as well. If at the back there was a complete list of French to English, then English to French as well as the ten sections, It would be getting 5 stars, however it doesn't so it fails as a dictionary, as it's not in alphabetical order. Shame.
12 of 13 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This book even makes good bedtime reading. We have found it most useful and now even know the French names of building and decorating items we don't even need. I particularly liked the breakdown of terms into easily definable areas of renovation. Keep a copy in the car for handy reference, you never know when one needs a pied-de-biche.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
French Building Terms
As I have a renovation to do on our house in Brittany, this book will prove invaluable for this project. Read more
Published 5 months ago by Mr. Henry Y. Jones
Pity it is not in one single section
It looks good on first reading and I thought it would be useful ....BUT once you start getting serious you find it is broken up into different sections which means that you simply... Read more
Published 14 months ago by VJC
My husband rates it!
My husband, who like many struggles to learn French, finds this book very useful. I also find it very helpful when preparing his quotations for work, even though I am now fluent... Read more
Published on 12 Jan 2010 by E. Bastian
Useful book
We purchased this book to help us with our French renovation project. Unfortunately the book is not laid out in true dictionary form but split into sections according to topic. Read more
Published on 8 Jan 2010 by H. D. Doel
The Mason's View
This book is not perfect but for the reasonable book you get, it is exceedingly cheap. I have written my list of requirements hundreds of times using this book and presented it at... Read more
Published on 31 Oct 2009 by D. N. Bebb
Buy a good dictionary instead
All of the terms in this book can be found in a good dictionary like Harper Collins Robert. You won't find the local terms for materials or trades. I find this book useless.
Published on 15 Aug 2009 by Cadurcien
Practical, clear and concise
I purchased this book as I had found that the regular dictionaries just did not cope with the requirements of a renovation project when dealing with the equivalent to Builders... Read more
Published on 6 Aug 2009 by D. S. Hutchinson
New owner
Most helpful - a few french words can make you sound more experienced when dealing with workmen in France
Published on 2 Jan 2008 by Sam Scorer
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