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Romanian English, English Romanian: Dictionary & Phrasebook (Hippocrene Dictionary and Phrasebooks) | 
 enlarge | Author: Mihai Miroiu
Publisher: Hippocrene Books
Category: Book
List Price: $12.95
Buy New: $4.45
You Save: $8.50 (66%)
Rating:  6 reviews
Sales Rank: 206455
Media: Paperback
Edition: Bilingual
Pages: 253
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 7.3 x 3.7 x 0.6
ISBN: 0781809215
Dewey Decimal Number: 459.321
EAN: 9780781809214
ASIN: 0781809215
Publication Date: November 2002
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Product Description
From the monasteries of northern Moldavia to the Danube Delta to Dracula's homeland, Transylvania, Romania offers a large variety of exciting activities to its visitors. The aim of this dictionary and phrasebook is to supply the American tourist or businessperson visiting Romania with certain conversational formulas indispensable for starting a conversation and carrying it on in a natural manner. The generality of the phrases means that they can be used in many different situations. The author also provides extensive historical and cultural background. - Pronunciation guide
- Basic grammar
- 5,500 dictionary entries
- Essential phrases
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 We just left it behind October 25, 2007
Scott T. Mcelhinnie
This was the only book we took on a recent visit to Romania. We thought that it would work very well as it seemed comprehensive and slim for travel. When we actually tried to use it everyday it was better than nothing but practically useless. Many of the words that should have been in the translation part could only be found in the phrasebook part. Not at all useful when struggling to put a sentence together. This happened so often that we just left it behind in the hotel rather than continue on with it. I think that for what it purported itself to be, it is a total failure.
Great for the 1950's October 19, 2007
M. Ots (Bournemouth, UK)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I started using this dictionary believing it to be a simple and straightforward way of learning some simple words in Romanian.
However, having learned a number of nouns I then discovered that many of them were old words, no longer used. If you want to learn Romanian that most Romanians will understand then don't use this book.
Nu bine!
 Nice book! October 31, 2005
Zippy (Boston, MA)
19 out of 20 found this review helpful
Although it may seem funny, I bought this book to improve my English (I am a native speaker of Romanian) and found it helpful. However, if you want more than elementary Romanian I would suggest to buy some English-Romanian/ Romanian-English dictionaries, phrase books, and grammar books published in Romania which are far more complete and accurate (there are now many Romanian online bookstores, just google "editura").
What a waste of time and money January 3, 2005
oatmeal
3 out of 11 found this review helpful
If you're looking for a comprehensive English-Romanian dictionary, look no further! This is one.
However, if you're a little more picky, and you actually want to be able find the translations for common words, you might want to look elsewhere. This book is sorely lacking.
A Handy Guide for Beginning to Intermediate Speakers December 2, 2004
Elisabeta Ioana (Timisoara, Romania)
19 out of 19 found this review helpful
After living several years in Romania and studying the language and doing my best to get by each day, I have waded through many Romanian language texts and found most to be cumbersome and trying at the very best. I have encountered a number that were not written by native speakers of Romanian and thus contained numerous grammatical and spelling mistakes which could badly mislead an unsuspecting beginner. Most of the dictionaries I have seen are written for a speaker of Romanian who is studying English rather than vice versa and this makes a big difference when it comes to interpreting the definitions given. Many dictionaries are full of terms that are not applicable to everyday conversation and activity but were added just to impress the buyer with the broad scope (however irrelevant)of the text.
I cannot comment on how easy to understand the grammar and pronounciation guides are in this particular book because I found this book only after I already had a thorough understanding of those two things. I can say, however, that the phrases in this book are very accurate and very natural to Romanian conversation and will come in handy to any traveller whether you are in Romania for business or pleasure. I have shown this book to my Romanian friends for further confirmation and they have agreed with me in full. I still refer to this book myself from time to time when I am writing emails or letters and can't think of exactly the right way to put something. The dictionary may be small, but I think it is more than enough to provide an adequate beginner's vocabulary which you can build on as you learn more. For serious study of the language, this book is only a basic introduction and can never take the place of a real live instructor. But if you just want to know the basics before you step off the plane in Otopeni, I advise you to pick up a copy of this one.
But a couple more words of advice if you are planning a trip to Romania: Do NOT trust guide books or cab drivers. ;)
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