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Berlitz Romanian Phrase Book | 
 enlarge | Author: Berlitz Publishing Company
Publisher: Berlitz
Category: Book
List Price: $6.95
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Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 1621874
Media: Paperback
Pages: 200
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 5.5 x 4 x 0.5
ISBN: 2831509335
Dewey Decimal Number: 910
EAN: 9782831509334
ASIN: 2831509335
Publication Date: February 1994
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Condition: Some wear on book from reading, some spine creases, wear on binding and pages, we guarantee all purchases and ship all items via USPS mail.
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Product Description
Contains over 1200 phrases and 2300 words, organized by situation and colour-coded for ease of reference by both holidaymakers and business travellers. The book includes: a phrase-linked dictionary; an easy-to-use phonetic system to assist pronunciation; and the basic rules of grammar.
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 Indeed useful, though with some quirks June 25, 2007
Christopher Culver
The ROMANIAN PHRASE BOOK & DICTIONARY from Berlitz is a standard entry in this line from the publisher. It features phrases for every situation a tourist could imagine themselves in, colour-coded for quick access, with both the Romanian text and a phonetic transcription for English speakers. At the end one can find a small dictionary, and a brief grammar. Romanian is an exceedingly easy language, and someone with previous knowledge of a Romance language could pick it up in two weeks, but if for whatever reason you'll be dependent on a phrase book during your time there, this is certainly the best phrase book around.
However, the phrase book does have some weaknesses. The information on Romanian culture often discusses matters limited to one particular region of this very diverse country without warning the reader that the words or concepts discussed aren't applicable for other parts of the country. The phonetic transcription is for speakers of British English, and were an American to unwittingly read from the transcription, being understood may be difficult. Editions of the book prior to the 2006 inexplicably continued to use the Communist-era orthography long after it was revised by a 1993 language reform. Finally, there are a few misprints, though I should think that these are not serious enough to deter communication.
Nonetheless, in spite of these quirks the Berlitz is the phrase book to get for Romanian--certainly avoid at all costs the Hippocrene ones.
 Romanian Phrase Book Review December 6, 1999
Janet L. Pirozzi (United States)
19 out of 20 found this review helpful
this might be a good guide for visiting Romania as it gives good tips on how to get through customs, hotel, dining, etc. However, it does not really teach you in a systematic way how to speak Romanian. I am particularly interested in learning how to speak Romanian with my fiance'. This book gives you a lot of phrases, but if the one you want is not in there (and finding it could be a problem) it is difficult to put a grammatically correct phrase together on your own.
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