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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Romanized edition is the key
The Romanized edition is the key to this dictionary. I do not have any help from anyone to learn this language, so the Romanized edition helps when you are not sure of the correct script. There could have been more words. All in all it is pretty good.
Published on July 12, 2001
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18 of 20 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Useful, assuming it stays together long enough to use it
It's printed in India. This means the paper isn't what you're expecting, in addition the ink sometimes bleeds through. As if that isn't enough, some of the pages just simply fall out of the book. Add to that the fact that the font myseriously changes halfway through the Hindi section, and you have yourself a rather unprofessional attempt at a dictonary.
Published on March 30, 1999
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18 of 20 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Useful, assuming it stays together long enough to use it,
By A Customer
This review is from: Hippocrene Standard Dictionary English-Hindi Hindi-English (With Romanized Pronunciation) (Paperback)
It's printed in India. This means the paper isn't what you're expecting, in addition the ink sometimes bleeds through. As if that isn't enough, some of the pages just simply fall out of the book. Add to that the fact that the font myseriously changes halfway through the Hindi section, and you have yourself a rather unprofessional attempt at a dictonary.
10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
not a very comprehensive dictionary,
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This review is from: Hippocrene Standard Dictionary English-Hindi Hindi-English (With Romanized Pronunciation) (Paperback)
Like many Hippocrine dictionaries, the number of words entered is few. I bought this dictionary for a friend because it has romanized spelling, but I found out that even that is not useful, because the english to hindi does not give romanized characters. So, I am returning it.There are many other much better dictionaries on the market.
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Romanized edition is the key,
By A Customer
This review is from: Hippocrene Standard Dictionary English-Hindi Hindi-English (With Romanized Pronunciation) (Paperback)
The Romanized edition is the key to this dictionary. I do not have any help from anyone to learn this language, so the Romanized edition helps when you are not sure of the correct script. There could have been more words. All in all it is pretty good.
9 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Poorly organized, poor quality, and racist.,
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This review is from: Hippocrene Standard Dictionary English-Hindi Hindi-English (With Romanized Pronunciation) (Paperback)
Aside from the poor production quality of this dictionary, organization makes translation of text from english to hindi, and vice versa, particularly frustrating. The section breaks occur at random intervals, requiring tabbing the sections manually, and the english to hindi does not give romanized characters. Only fans of cryptology will enjoy this text.Inexplicably, the editors deemed it important to include the word "nigger" among the english words selected, and to provide a phonetic pronunciation for hindi speakers. Further, they define "nigger" as "A Negro." with no explication of the patent offensiveness of the term itself or the definitional analog they've provided. The only racial terms in the english section are "Negro", "Negress", and "nigger", as if to drive home some point. Shame on the editors and the publisher. Hippocrene was founded by a survivor of the Holocaust. They should do better than to allow racial hatred to be peddled in this sub-par text. Naturally I have returned the text, WITH my comments. |
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Hippocrene Standard Dictionary English-Hindi Hindi-English (With Romanized Pronunciation) by Joseph W. Raker (Paperback - Sept. 1995)
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