Berlitz Portuguese Phrase Book & Dictionary (Berlitz Phrase Books) [Paperback]

Royston Ellis (Author)

Book Description

Series: Berlitz Phrase Books | Publication Date: March 1998

Fit every pocket -- and every traveler's need for a compact, easy-to-use, and dependable reference source.

Part language instructor, part tour guide, the world-renowned Berlitz Phrase Book series has been the ideal companion guide for millions of travelers worldwide. Providing a wealth of essential information and practical tips, this popular series, redesigned and with updated phrases and expressions and over 2,300 words covering just about any situation a traveler is likely to encounter, remains the unparalleled market leader.

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About the Author

In January 2003, the renowned Berlitz Publishing became part of the Langenscheidt Group. The Langenscheidt Publishing Group, the premier group of map and travel companies, offers over 4,000 North American and international street maps, road maps, atlases, language-learning, bilingual dictionaries, and travel-related products covering countries, cities, and languages in every continent.

Product Details

• Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: Berlitz Guides; Revised edition (March 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 2831562430
• ISBN-13: 978-2831562438
• Product Dimensions: 5.7 x 3.9 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,392,935 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #29 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Reference > Dictionaries & Thesauruses > Foreign Language > Portuguese
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More About the Author

ROYSTON ELLIS is a British-born author of some 50 published books who has lived in Sri Lanka since 1980 where he writes in a century-old cottage overlooking the Indian Ocean. His first book, a sequence of poems called Jiving To Gyp, was published by Scorpion Press in 1959, when he was 18. Until 1961 he performed his poems on stage and TV to rock music (Rocketry) backed by The Shadows, Jimmy Page and a group that later became famous as The Beatles (whom he named). After living in the Channel Islands and the Canary Islands he moved to Dominica in 1966 where, as Richard Tresillian, he wrote the best-selling Bondmaster series of historical novels. He specialises now in books with Indian Ocean settings, including the Bradt guides to Mauritius, Maldives and Sri Lanka. (www.roystonellis.com)

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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent All-Purpose Pocket Reference, June 10, 2000

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This review is from: Berlitz Portuguese Phrase Book & Dictionary (Berlitz Phrase Books) (Paperback)

The book is very easy to use with excellent content. It is arranged by topic in color-coded sections. It has useful commentary and hints like you might find in a travel book. The dictionaries are minimal - only 44 pages for both. If you want to look up Portuguese words you'll need a separate dictionary.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The perfect - compact - phrase book, January 4, 2007

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This review is from: Berlitz Portuguese Phrase Book & Dictionary (Berlitz Phrase Books) (Paperback)

I bought this phrase book for a recent trip to Portugal.
It was EXTREMELY handy: Primarily because of how well it is organized! There are sections for basic expressions, making friends, getting around, shopping, dining, and an A-Z index in the back of the book. I was amzaed how much information could be crammed into such a small book! It had just about every key phrase I ever needed on my trip. And - unlike Spanish - in Portuguese, "what you see is not always what you say". For this reason, the pronunciation guide for each phrase was a life saver!