Customer Reviews

Quick Spanish Law Enforcement Package (Book + 1CD): Essential Words and Phrases for Police Officers and Law Enforcement Personnel (Quick Spanish Series)

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I had such high hopes for this book/CD based on the reviews. While I speak Spanish, I hoped to augment my vocabulary in this particular area. Instead, I found that the speaker on the tape was difficult to understand, many words were translated inaccurately or into substandard Spanish, and the translations didn't account for gender or singular/plural differences. This has extremely limited usefulness. It certainly doesn't live up to the other comments.

The book is a great reference. Very well broken down into specific sections for quick reference to each situation. However the audio book is lacking. The audio book does not reference the whole book, only the high points. The speaker tells the english phrase and follows it up quickly with the spanish. However, the spanish is only spoken one time. Minimal time is available to recite the spanish before the next english phrase is stated. The CD is an adiquate reference, but I was looking for a true audio CD that can be independant from the book, and this is not it.

If the CD just had more practice on it I would have given it 5 stars. As it is, it is still a great buy. It covers all the basics like it says. I just wish it had more examples on the CD.

This is a must have for anyone in law enforcement needing help with the Spanish language. It covers basically anything you may come across in your line of work.