Central Europe: Lonely Planet Phrasebook [Paperback]

Lonely Planet Phrasebooks (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 1, 2007

More powerful than a fistful of euros, reaching further than a Eurail pass, this phrasebook is more entertaining than Eurovision! From Berlin to Budapest, Warsaw to Ljubljana, this is your ticket to six languages, a whole continent of culture, and the ultimate European adventure.

Our phrasebooks give you a comprehensive mix of practical and social words and phrases in more than 120 languages. Chat with the locals and discover their culture - a guaranteed way to enrich your travel experience.

Editorial Reviews

Review

National Geographic Traveler, September 2006
'Lonely Planet Phrasebooks. Portable, pocket-size, cheap, and available for almost any country you might want to visit...'

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Product Details

• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: Lonely Planet; 3 edition (February 1, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1741040302
• ISBN-13: 978-1741040302
• Product Dimensions: 5.3 x 3.7 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #586,373 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #100 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Reference > Foreign Languages > Instruction > Phrasebooks - General

Customer Reviews

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good book for a small backpack!, March 2, 2009

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M. Duran (Sugar Land, TX) - See all my reviews
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This is a good book for those wanting to travel light as they go throughout Europe. Be aware, though, that due to the compact nature of the book and the large number of languages covered, the dictionaries and phrase selections are much smaller than a dedicated language phrasebook. But, if you are traveling light, go this route. It has all the basics. As usual, Lonely Planet has done a very professional and easy-to-read book.

3.0 out of 5 stars Just enough, October 4, 2009

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There's just enough vocabulary to ask someone, "who speaks English?" The book is small enough for a pocket, and if you'e doing the Central Europe loop that is recommended by the Lonely Planet Central Europe Guidebook, this should fulfill your basic language requirements for all these countries. The phonetic pronunciation guide left me a little confused, so I looked up some key words with online audio, where native speakers pronounce the words. Then I made little notes in the margin. My experience is that there is little hope that the natives with understand my version of their language, and no hope that I will understand their version of their language. Thus phrasebooks in general are a waste, except to find someone willing to converse in English (very unPC). The most inexpensive offer was from a bookstore in the UK. The price was right, but it took 2 weeks to arrive in the mail.