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The Oxford-Duden Pictorial Portuguese-English Dictionary

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This is a good TECHNICAL dictionary which provides translations for many words that could never be found in a normal Portuguese-English Dictionary. I am involved in aviation in Brazil and found quite detailed pictures of airplanes and airplane subsystems. I found this to be true of many other subjects in the dictionary such as construction, zoology and even aerobatics. One small problem is that the English translation is in British technical terms. On some subjects this causes a bit of confusion as to the correct translation. Overall, a very helpful dictionary.

A must for a translator or anyone who needs a detailed vocabulary for any item. A plethora of pictures, all in extreme detail. You'll even learn new English vocabulary for things you've never seen before! A+

I bought this book at a local book store at Penn State University. I thought that the pictures would help and that this was a good dictionary, especially for paying almost $20.00. However, trying to use the book just added more confusion. The dictionary contains no adverbs or adjectives .. nothing but nouns. If you are an anatomy major in Brazil trying to learn English, maybe this will help you. You learn more about forbidden body parts than of regular day to day language. Even if you have to pay extra money for a bulky, overpriced dictionary, it's better than buying this one.

I have this dictionary; mine has over 400 pages, although the discription in Amazon.com says it's 96 pages (I think there's only one for each ISBN number). It's a very, very comprehensive dictionary, with deep coverage of many different subjects. It comprises so many different subjects in so much depth that there are plenty of words here, even in Portuguese, that I don't know. Let alone in English! It's a MUST, especially if you like dictionaries and enjoy studying English mostly for the pleasure of learning.

I do not know how many of these type of dictionaries exist for other languages--I only own this one. It is very unique and organized by subject. However, it is not really that well organized and takes some getting used to. Both what people liked and disliked about this dictionary are true, and as far as I know, it is no longer published (it may be, but not available on this site).

I have to give it 4 stars for effort, but most people with poor memory skills (Americans for languages but not for people involved in divorces!!),this book would be useless. Americans, by and large, are terrible with languages, but this is because they are not forced to learn them, as people in other countries are often forced to learn English.

I could give you hints on how to master languages, but those can be found in another review of a book on how to learn languages. Look for it.