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Slovak-English English-Slovak Dictionary (Hippocrene Concise Dictionary)

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This is a fair, but very abridged dictionary.

It is limited in scope. Also, very brief entries; for example, when you look up a noun in the English-Slovak section, the dictionary provides a Slovak word but not the gender - one must then go to the Slovak-English section to see the noun's gender in Slovak. (perhaps this is obvious for a more advanced student). It is also a bit strange that in some cases the English-Slovak translation does not appear in reverse in the Slovak-English section.

Unfortunately I haven't found a good dictionary at a good price for Slovak, as there are for other languages. If you are a serious student, I think you will want to spend more for a better version. As a very basic reference, this book is a good value.

If you are looking for a book to help translate actual slovak, look some where else. This book is very limited. If you need a book to take with you with a variety of spoken phrases this is your book.

i have had gone through most of this book and this is my opinion.
it is not the greatest amount of help if you dont already know some slovak.this book is very limited,so if you purchase this book you should also get a book to help you with grammar.they are cheap,12-30 dollars.

if you also purchase "
Slovak-English, English-Slovak Dictionary & Phrasebook by Sylvia Lorinc and John M. Lorinc" then go ahead and buy this one too.the other book will explain briefly about grammar and also has phrases you can use in most situations.

I have studied six languages and teach English, so I have used dozens of bilingual dictionaries over the years. This one is terrible. The typeface looks like it was photocopied from a typewriter and the binding is bad.

More importantly, it is exceedingly limited, having none of the necessary information about gender or any detailed information about the words (as in, if there is a word in English with two meanings in Slovak, it will just list the two options and not say which goes with which meaning). There are not many English-Slovak dictionaries, but this might be the worst. You can get much better ones in Slovakia or maybe on the internet. Don't waste the money on this one, you will just buy a better one at any bookstore in SK.

I've had and used this dictionary for several years. For the price and size, it is very good. I teach Slovak and recommend it to my students.

While not necessarily the best for a beginner, this is a pretty decent dictionary. I was able to translate 85-90% of what I needed it for. I do wish it would have some of the colloquial terms in it, but it's all right. It isn't bad for the price, but there might be better out there.