HarperCollins Sansoni Italian Unabridged Dictionary, Second Edition [Hardcover]

HarperCollins Publishers (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 12, 2005 | ISBN-10: 0060817747 | ISBN-13: 978-0060817749

The HarperCollins Sansoni is simply the best Italian dictionary you can buy. Here's why:

More than 900,000 entries and translations. The HarperCollins Sansoni goes with you into the twenty-first century. With complete coverage of contemporary terms in business, technology, politics, culture, and medicine, the HarperCollins Sansoni is the most authoritative single-volume Italian–English dictionary available.

More in-depth. The HarperCollins Sansoni is a significant advance in Italian-English dictionary making. Produced by one of the leading dictionary publishers in Italy, this dictionary demonstrates usage, idioms, and grammatical constructions in thousands of examples, enhancing your ability to make accurate translations.

More colloquial usage than any other Italian dictionary. With its emphasis on the language as it is used today, and full treatment of irregular forms of verbs, nouns, and adjectives, the HarperCollins Sansoni is the best book for translation and finding the right word.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 2280 pages
• Publisher: Collins Reference (April 12, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0060817747
• ISBN-13: 978-0060817749
• Product Dimensions: 9.7 x 7.1 x 3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #213,924 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #45 in Books > Education & Reference > Dictionaries & Thesauruses > Foreign Language > Italian

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30 of 32 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars HarperCollins Sansoni Unabridged Italian Dictionary, 2nd Ed, November 11, 2008

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El lloron (Australia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: HarperCollins Sansoni Italian Unabridged Dictionary, Second Edition (Hardcover)

If you have taken the time to read the various reviews for this dictionary you will no doubt notice that there is some confusion regarding this product. I hope I can set the matter straight for the record and put the confusion to rest once and for all. I am one of those who purchased this dictionary from Amazon only to find that the jacket was correct but the dictionary under the jacket was the "Grande Rizzoli Larousse Dictionary". Naturally I was dismayed and annoyed. However, a little research revealed that I did infact receive the correct dictionary. How so? Well, I contacted "Collins" Publishing house directly and they very kindly explained the situation as follows.

The "HarperCollins Sansoni Unabridged Italian Dictionary" is produced for the U.S. market. The "Collins Sansoni Italian Dictionary, Complete & Unabridged" is produced for the U.K. market. Finally, the "Grande Rizzoli Larousse Dictionary" is produced for the Italian market. Consequently, all of these books are jacketed accordingly. The text of all three dictionaries is identical. All three dictionaries are the "Sansoni Dictionary" by "Vladimiro Macchi". Those of us that thought we received the wrong dictionary can breathe a sigh of relief. We did infact receive the correct dictionary jacketed for the U.S. market. The book inside the jacket is simply published by "Rizzoli Larousse" and is for all intense and purpose one and the same in every way that counts, as the dictionary published by "HarperCollins/ Collins".

I hope this review has been helpful and will go some way to put the mind of the prospective buyer at rest. After all it is a very fine dictionary. It is a large heavy volume and I received it in less than perfect condition because of poor packaging by Amazon. The shipping box did not contain any packing material so the book slid around freely picking up dinged corners and a creased jacket. This seems to be my constant experience purchasing from Amazon poor packaging that results in receiving my items in less than perfect condition. This is very frustrating. For this reason and because Amazon has seemingly done little to explain the cofusion surrounding this product I have rated this item accordingly. My review is not a reflection on the dictionary itself which is a masterly work.

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Best Italian-English Dictionary, December 4, 2007

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libriarsque (Texas) - See all my reviews

This review is from: HarperCollins Sansoni Italian Unabridged Dictionary, Second Edition (Hardcover)

This dictionary is one of the very few English-Italian dictionaries that indicate "open" and "closed" e's and o's. So what, you ask? Well, I admit, I speak for a specific group of people: classical singers and opera coaches. For us, and others to whom correct pronunciation of Italian is crucial, the Harper-Collins is a Godsend. This volume, together with the invaluable Zingarelli dictionary "Vocabolario della Lingua Italiana" (in which are found archaic, poetic, and defunct words and verb forms often used in opera libretti and classical songs), provide a solid base not only for singers and coaches, but anyone seriously interested in the Italian language. I HIGHLY recommend this dictionary.

10 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Harpercollins Sansoni Italian Dictionary: English-Italian, Italian-English, August 9, 2005

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Olga Negrini "Professional interpreter" (Carlstadt, NJ USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: HarperCollins Sansoni Italian Unabridged Dictionary, Second Edition (Hardcover)

This is a wonderfull dictionary, and the blue heading is great. I am a professional Italian-English interpreter & translator, as well an Italian instructor,therefore I have the experience to judge it.

I have an older edition and I purchased the dictionary as a gift for one of my best students. I was mortified when, with the student, I realized that that particular book was defective.

Thank you for replacing it.