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Larousse Concise Dictionary French English/English French

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This has been my dictionary of choice for over 25 years. It captures the nuances of the french language and translates them into common sense English. Larousse has always been up-to-date in providing current slang and "street" language as is spoken every day in France. A priceless reference.

Larousse sets the standard for pocket dictionaries. This "nouveau dictionnaire de poche: français-anglais" is the best small french-english/english-french dictionary one can find. The January, 2000 edition has 120,000 translations, which is 40,000 more than the 1999 editon and well worth the five dollar increase in price. This dictionary is excellent for quick translations and is very up-to-date with usage.

I was translating a rather involved and esoteric webpage from French to English and picked this up to supplant a much weaker dictionary; I was not disappointed. It proved to be of great value.

It's big, the entries are easy to work with, it covers slang, it has good pronunciation guides. Would serve one well in commercial, private or educational use.

This is a reasonably good bilingual dictionary which will be of great use to high school or college students until they get into reading really heavy duty French literature (particularly anything modern) or trying to translate really fine points. At such a time, a larger dictionary will provide more nuance and help find just the right word for the job.

What differentiates the Larousse from other similarly-hefty French-English dictionaries is, I find, a somewhat classical--even old-fashioned view of how both French and English are spoken and written.

So, depending on how advanced your French is and whether you're dealing with cutting-edge French or something a bit more classical, this just might be the dictionary that your bookshelf has been waiting for. (Ed, sorry 'bout the dangling prep).