The Routledge Portuguese Bilingual Dictionary (Revised 2014 edition)

Portuguese-English and English-Portuguese
1. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-0-415-43433-1
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 796 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 1188 g

Reihe: Routledge Bilingual Dictionaries

Revised 2014 Reprint

Thoroughly revised in 2014, this compact and up-to-date two-way dictionary provides a comprehensive and modern vocabulary. It is the ideal reference for all users of Portuguese.

The dictionary includes an extensive coverage of practical terminology from a diversity of fields including; business and economics, law, medicine and information technology as well as common abbreviations, toponyms (place names), nationalities, numerous idiomatic expressions and slang.

Key features:

- Completely up-to-date reflecting the recently-agreed orthographic changes between Brazil and Portugal.

- Definitions and differences in both variants clearly signposted.

- Brazilian Portuguese vocabulary where it differs from European-African Portuguese and some American English terms.

- Coverage of colloquial and slang registers.

- Useful notes on grammatical points and false friends, as well as boxes with cultural knowledge relating to the U.K., U.S.A., Brazil, Portugal and the other Portuguese-speaking countries.

The Routledge Portuguese Bilingual Dictionary provides the maximum information in the minimum space, making it an invaluable reference source

Autoren/Hrsg.

Allen, Maria F.

Allen, Maria

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Sprachwissenschaften Mehrsprachige Wörterbücher

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface Portuguese-English English-Portuguese

Über Autor(innen)

Maria F. Allenhas lectured for 30 yearsin the School of Languages at the University of Westminster. She developed and co-ordinated the Portuguese -Language and Culture courses, as well as teaching the prestigious PG/MA Conference Interpreting course from Portuguese into English and other Latin idioms. Also for the UoW Maria Allen has taught the PG/MA Technical and Specialized Translation into English, for 21 years, (covering areas such as economics, legal, medicine, etc); also PG bilingual translation and other courses.Sheis a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Linguists and a former member of its Council, currently a member of its Translation, Interpreting and Business Divisions. She was a member of the Associação Internacional de Lusitanistas and a member of Iberian Studies Association.
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