German for Reading Knowledge Fall 2005 USDA Graduate School Klapouchy
General and Specialized Dictionaries and [General] Bi-Lingual Readers:
Some Suggestions
| Very old, from the 1930s, but students, surprisingly, have found it of value: Cuthbertson German Verb Wheel $6.35 | |
| General Desk Size: ($25-35) | |
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The
Oxford-Duden Pictorial German-English Dictionary Oxford
University Press; 1994 paperback, 677pp. ISBN:
0198645023, $25.00 Hardcover 2nd edition;
1995);
An unusual approach to a dictionary; a collection of images; items in pictures are defined with both English and German vocabulary. |
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| General - Largest, 4 volumes $130-$150 @ volume | |
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Eichborn: Wörterbuch für Wirtschaft- Recht- Verkehr- Verwaltungs- und Umgangssprache: Großer (German > English) $215 c. 1200 pages, 80,000 entries Großer (English>German) $225 Temporarily out of print 2002 May be appearing under the Cambridge imprint. The revised edition's volumes are appearing one at a time and will surpass/replace Muret Sanders, and be in same price range. One version is marketed as Die Sprache unserer Zeit, (1990) English>>German in two volumes at $435. Temporarily out of print 2002 but still available at Schoenhof's |
| Specialized | |
| Reading Knowledge in German for Art Historians and Archaeologists (Berlin:1984) op but available used | Apelt, M. - German English Dictionary: Art History - Archaeology, 275 pp (Erich Schmidt: Berlin:1990) $47.95 op but available used |
| English German Dictionary: Art History - Archaeology, 253 pp (Erich Schmidt: Berlin:1997) op but available used | LA is the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions. This particular site belongs to the Section of Art Libraries. It contains lexicons for art-related words in several languages, not just German. |
Brandi
& Momenteau Lesekurs
für Geisteswissenschaftler - Fortgeschrittene (advanced
liberal arts reading) Klett (1992) $29.95
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Waibl
& HerdinaDictionary of Philosophical Terms (Wörterbuch philosophischer Fachbegriffe) German-English (Routledge) 1997 hardcover 403pp. ISBN: 0415178886 $140.00 |
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Ziefle, Helmut - Dictionary of Modern Theological German (also for philosophy) op but available used. [Perhaps also available at http://www.lob.de/cgi-bin/work/outputexpert]
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- Wörterbuch Kirchengeschichte.von Georg Denzler, Carl Andresen EUR 15.29 monolingual German/German |
Münchener
Theologisches Wörterbuch zum Neuen Testament. Josef
Hainz, Alexander Sand EUR 17,50
monolingual German/German484 Seiten - Patmos Vlg: 1997; ISBN: 3491770149 |
| German Dictionary of Philosophical Terms/Worterbuch
Philosophischer Fachbegriffe Englisch: German-English/English-German
(Routledge Bilingual Specialist Dictionaries , So2) (Hardcover) by Routledge, Elmar Waibl (Editor), E. Waibl (Editor) |
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| German-English
Technical and Engineering Dictionary by L. De Vries, Louis DeVries Used & new from $75.00 |
Worterbuch Technischer Begriffe Mit 6500 Definitionen Nach Din: Deutsch Und Englisch by Henry G. Freeman 1992 c. $180 |
Taschenwörterbuch
Technik, Englisch-Deutschvon Henry G. Freeman, Günter Glass 217 Seiten - Max Hueber Verlag, 2000 ISBN: 3190062757 Mit über 13.000 Fachausdrücken aus dem Bereichen Maschinen- und Werkzeugbau, Eisen- und Stahlherstellung, Werkstoffkunde, Mess- und Elektrotechnik, Elektronik, EDV, Internet, Qualitätssicherung- und mangagement, Produktionstechnik, Automatisierung, NC, Fördertechnik, Lüftungs-, Heizungs und Klimatechnik, Kraftfahrzeugtechnik |
Unabridged Business Dictionary, German-English (Hardcover) by Dieter Hamblock Dictionary of Legal Commercial and Political Terms Vol.2 German to English (Hardcover)by Clara-Erika Dietl |
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| Leserfibel [An introduction to Fraktur print]: Witter's German English Primer (reprint of 1881 edition) $6.00 through German Language Video Center Indianapolis | |
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German
Short Stories 2 / Deutsche Kurzgeschichten2 Penguin Parallel Text David Constantine (Editor) |
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Siddhartha
: A Dual-Language Bookby Hermann Hesse, Stanley Appelbaum |
Death
in Venice & A Man and His Dog/Der Tod inVenedig & Herr Und Hund by Thomas Mann, Stanley Appelbaum (Editor) |
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prose but perhaps of interest: Great
German Poems of the Romantic Era / Beruhmte Gedichte Der
Deutschen Romantik : A Dual-Language Book Editor Stanley
Appelbaum $8.95 |
| Additionally, a selection of on-line specialized dictionaries can be found HERE | |
| Possible sources: In Washington there are several possible sources but all are limited: | |
| 1. Reiter's Technical Books, 2021 K St NW | 2. Franz Bader Books 1911 I (Eye) St. NW, (At 19th Street) 202-337-5440 [limited] |
| 3. International News Room 1803 Connecticut Avenue NW (at S Street and Florida) 202-332-1489 mezzanine | |
| 4. Crown / Booksamillion (only for discounted Collins and Oxford-Duden desk dictionary) | 5. Library of Congress: particularly the specialized reading rooms, Music, Science & Technology, Geography & Maps, etc. |
| Outside Washington: | |
| 1. On the web there is a collection of sites that are likely to but not guaranteed to carry these dictionaries: http://www.hudsoncity.net/culture/german/diction.htm and http://hudsoncity.net/culture/german/books.htm | |
| 2.
Adler's Foreign Books Inc.
915 Foster Street; Evanston, Illinois
60201-3199 Tel.: (847) 864-0664 Fax: (847) 864-0804 info@afb-adlers.com |
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| 3. New York: Continental Books is basically an importer and distributor (originally mostly for Langenscheidt), doing business by mail and web. | |
| 4. Boston: Schoenhof's Foreign Books 617-547-8855 | |