Essence Korean-English Dictionary: Deluxe American 4th Edition [Leather Bound]

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Book Description

ISBN-10: 1565911288 | ISBN-13: 978-1565911284 | Publication Date: February 19, 2003 | Edition: 4th

Preface to the 4th Edition (2010): The Essence Korean-English Dictionary along with its companion volume, the Essence English-Korean Dictionary, was chosen as the best in quality and most comprehensive in scope for English speaking people to be published in the United States of America. These dictionaries have enjoyed such a superior reception in Korea, it would be fair to say that almost everyone in Korea has grown up with them.

Product Details

• Leather Bound: 2686 pages
• Publisher: Hollym International Corporation; 4th edition (February 19, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1565911288
• ISBN-13: 978-1565911284
• Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 6.8 x 2.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #128,356 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #20 in Books > Education & Reference > Dictionaries & Thesauruses > Foreign Language > Korean
  • #24 in Books > Education & Reference > Foreign Languages > Korean

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great reference!, March 23, 2002

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Ock Shi (Edison, NJ) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Essence Korean-English Dictionary: Deluxe American 4th Edition (Leather Bound)

I'm not sure why Amazon lists it as published in 1997, but FYI - the one I have is the 8th Edition, published in 2002 so there is a very current and up to date version available. Is it comprehensive? Well, with 3,232 pages and more than 142,000 entries - it's called the Deluxe American Edition. There is a pocket-size available, but this is NOT it! This is for the serious student of Korean. It's easy to read and it's got a lot of examples which help with context and sentence structure. It's really a terrific resource. When you're working from the other side of the language, there's a companion volume that helps you go from Korean to English. If you're really working in/learning the language, it's definitely worth it.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The best, February 19, 2003

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"librarymanret" (San Diego, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Essence Korean-English Dictionary: Deluxe American 4th Edition (Leather Bound)

This is simply the best Korean dictionary for serious students and professionals. This leather covered dictionary is the most comprehensive and accurate with many example sentences. I owe a 2002 American edition with the companion volume Essence English-Korean Dictionary. I can find evern latest computer terminology and abbreviations. It also has practical and useful apnedices. It is worth of the price.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Very nice!, August 7, 2009

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torbjork "torbjork" (Norway) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Essence Korean-English Dictionary: Deluxe American 4th Edition (Leather Bound)

I've only used this dictionary a little bit so far, but I'm quite pleased with it. I especially like the "phone book" feature (meaning the pages are prepared for "thumbing" to the appropriate starting letter). It also lists several meanings for each Korean word (I'm not certain it lists them all, but it seems likely).

A drawback for non-Korean speakers is that the Korean is only spelled in Hangul, not phonetically, but for my purposes of looking up individual words from written documents and figuring out what they mean, it's less important. For a later edition I would suggest that phonetics for the Korean words be included.

it also is a big book - you won't want to tote this thing around any more than you have to. For desk-based work it's fine, and the binding allows the dictionary to stay open without you having to force it down. It comes in a cardboard "box" which allows the book to sit in a bookshelf (which otherwise it couldn't, as the binding and cover is pretty soft and the weight would cause it to flop down).