English Slovak Dictionary [Hardcover]

Jan Simko (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0865162263 | ISBN-13: 978-0865162266 | Publication Date: September 1, 1991

Following years of research, Dr. Jan Simko created The English-Slovak Dictionary, the most comprehensive and scholarly volume of its kind. The 1,445-page dictionary was first published in 1967 by the Slovak Pedagogical Publishing House in Bratislava, Czecho-Slovakia, and reprinted in 1968 and 1971. For two decades, teachers, scholars and students have been deprived of this excellent resource... but now it is once more available.

There is no other book on the subject that comes close to matching the depth of research and scholarship that went into creating The English-Slovak Dictionary. It serves both as a guide to the Slovak language and an important bridge between Slovakia and the English-language world.

Also available:

Slovak Tales for Young and Old: in English and Slovak - ISBN 0865165319
The Slovak-Austrian-Hungarian Danubeland (Regions Without Frontiers) - ISBN 0865165289

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Review

This is undoubtedly the best English-Slovak dictionary in existence. It is compiled first for Slovaks who wish to interpret English utterances (contractions such as you'd are indicated as headwords and are dissolved) or who must check whether their English expression is correct.

This is undoubtedly the best English-Slovak dictionary in existence. It is compiled first for Slovaks who wish to interpret English utterances (contractions such as you'd are indicated as headwords and are dissolved) or who must check whether their English expression is correct. --Classical Bulletin, 2007

Language Notes

Text: English

Product Details

• Hardcover: 1445 pages
• Publisher: Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers (September 1, 1991)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0865162263
• ISBN-13: 978-0865162266
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 6.2 x 2.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,075,840 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of Jan Simko's greatest accomplishments, November 2, 2001

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slovakgirl5 (Cleveland, Ohio USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: English Slovak Dictionary (Hardcover)

For 20 years, Slavic readers had to do without an available, in-print edition of Jan Simko's comprehensive English-Slovak dictionary. Despite its original sell-out of its first 3 editions (in 1967, 1968 and 1971) in Bratislava, the publishers refused to issue reprints until Bolchazy-Carducci publishers picked it up in 1991 and re-released it in its original format. My own copy of this dictionary is from this 4th printing in 1991. Printed in "Czechoslovakia" (Bratislava, to be precise), the book's cover and pages have a different feel to what we Americans may be accustomed to, but it is a high-quality, durable product and compact enough to travel around with you. Like its myriad of fans will attest, this dictionary is indeed comprehensive: the largest English-Slovak dictionary ever. Simko worked on this 1450-word dictionary from 1955 through 1965--a true "labor of love," he attests. A word of caution, however, to novices: the dictionary provides only English-to-Slovak translations and pronunciations and not vice versa. Hence, be forewarned that this is not a typical "look-up-a-Slovak-term" dictionary.

11 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A useful dictionary oriented toward British English, August 9, 1999

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[e-mail] Rob Backus (Vermont) - See all my reviews

This review is from: English Slovak Dictionary (Hardcover)

This large dictionary is very useful as it appears to be the best available English to Slovak dictionary. Its draw backs include mediocre paper and a strong orientation to British English. It contains many words (1 or more per page) that are not current in the US. These draw backs are more than compensated for by its comprehensiveness.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars engish-slovak dictionary, July 28, 2005

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Donna L. Born - See all my reviews
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This review is from: English Slovak Dictionary (Hardcover)

I thought the english-slovak dictionary is pretty helpful but I think that it's more of a dictionary for a person speaking slovak and trying to learn english rather than an english person trying to speak slovak. but it is still helpful either way.