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2005 Reprint. Approx. 24,000 entries. A Practical dictionary for non-Thai speakers with both the Roman and Script. Consistent and accurate phonetic transcription of Thai sounds for those unable to read the Thai alphabet. Includes a comprehensive guide to pronunciation. Also includes Thai script for those who read Thai. All entries organised in three easy to use sections.
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26 of 27 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Benjawan Poomsan Becker's "Thai-English, English-Thai Dictionary" is clearly meant to be a companion piece to her excellent series of Thai textbooks ("Thai for Beginners", "Thai for Intermediate Learners", and "Thai for Advanced Readers"), and it will obviously be of most use to people who seriously trying to learn Thai. By having Thai in both Phonetic transcript as well as in the Thai alphabet, it means you will be able to use the book both before, and after, you have mastered the thai alphabet. The phonetic transcription system is the same as the one used in her textbooks, (and in other Thai-for-foreigners books published by Paiboon Publishing.)
As the book is aimed at people learning Thai, it does not assume the reader knows anything about the complexities of written Thai, but has a section carefully explaining the basics of the language, so that you can use the dictionary even without having any prior knowledge of Thai. (This section is really an ultra-condensed version of her "Thai for Beginners" textbook.)
Another extremely useful feature is the Thai alphabet guide, which shows examples of the many different font-styles that are used for printing the Thai alphabet. Believe me, even when you have learned to read the Thai alphabet, a different font may completely change the look of the 71 Thai letters, and have you wondering "Is this Thai?". The book is almost worth buying simply for this feature alone!
If you're just planning a trip to Thailand the book may be a bit of an overkill (unless you're linguistically inclined), and you might be better served by something like "Thai - A Rough guide Phrasebook" or something similar. Likewise if you can already read written Thai at a decent speed, this dictionary will probably be a little too light for you. But I would recommend it to anyone in between.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I have to agree partially with another review on here in that this book does have it's pit falls - but that said it is by far the best dictionary I have found when learning the language, it has a great selection of vocabulary including combinations of words (sorry the technical term escapes me at the moment) that you will find useful like 'all-out' or 'long-distance'.
It has a section which goes english to thai, then it has a section which is Thai to english, but best of all for all you learners out there it has the phonetic thai (using the english alphabet) to english. The result is that if your talking to someone and can't think of a word you can pull it out and check, if they then say something you don't understand you can look it up in the phonetic section and if they can make you understand you can give them the book and let them find it in the thai to english section.
The only part you have to be careful about is that the words are not always translated exactly - i.e. we may intend to mean one thing but it will be interpreted as another, I did accidently offend a couple people along the way due to this; but ll in all I found this book to be a fantastic resource when I was learning thai, it really did help. I eventually went on to do newspaper translation (thai to english) and radio DJing (in thai) and this book was instrumental in my learning process.
It has a section which goes english to thai, then it has a section which is Thai to english, but best of all for all you learners out there it has the phonetic thai (using the english alphabet) to english. The result is that if your talking to someone and can't think of a word you can pull it out and check, if they then say something you don't understand you can look it up in the phonetic section and if they can make you understand you can give them the book and let them find it in the thai to english section.
The only part you have to be careful about is that the words are not always translated exactly - i.e. we may intend to mean one thing but it will be interpreted as another, I did accidently offend a couple people along the way due to this; but ll in all I found this book to be a fantastic resource when I was learning thai, it really did help. I eventually went on to do newspaper translation (thai to english) and radio DJing (in thai) and this book was instrumental in my learning process.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
If you want a dictionary which is more than a phrasebook but less than a full dictionary this is a good item for you. It contains enough words to cover most situations, but if you want to find every word you're going to need to buy a bigger dictionary. Nice size for travelling.
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Thai Dictionary
This will be very useful at home preparing for that trip to Thailand. Very useful in conjunction with your other learning tools.
Published 6 months ago by merry-terry
Thai-English/English-Thai Dictionary by Poomsan Becker
This is an excellent dictionary for beginners and intermediate students of Thai language. All Thai words are transliterated into English letters and there is also an additional... Read more
Published on 7 May 2009 by Mr. D. G. Dargue
A great book
This is a really great book and when with my Thai girlfriend and her family this book came into its own. Well worth the money and more
Published on 10 Oct 2008 by I. Griffin
and I so want to give it 5 stars!!!
This dictionary has helped me countless times so it's a must buy. Saying that I realy feel it doesn't go the full mile. Re-edit????
Published on 4 April 2008 by ÁÐÂÁ
be ware of it's pitfalls
Someone working for the author wrote the other review for this book I would suggest. I am a Thai and English speaker. It is true that this dictionary is highly rated in Thailand. Read more
Published on 31 Oct 2006 by Rustygecko
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