A Tibetan-English Dictionary (Dover Language Guides) [Paperback]

H. A. Jaschke (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 20, 2003 | Series: Dover Language Guides

Assembled by a missionary during the mid-19th century, this dictionary has an outstanding reputation. Practical and nontechnical, it offers a full sense of Tibetan words in their common usage. Each word is defined in terms of both its written and conversational usage. An English-Tibetan vocabulary offers pronunciations for hundreds of words.

Product Details

• Paperback: 704 pages
• Publisher: Dover Publications; Bilingual edition (June 20, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0486426971
• ISBN-13: 978-0486426976
• Product Dimensions: 8.6 x 5.3 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,123,759 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good solid basic dictionary, August 3, 2000

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M. J. Smith (Seattle, WA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Tibetan-English Dictionary (Paperback)

Although I understand the technical reasons for not doing so, I wish that the examples and compounds were in the Tibetan script as the base entries are. I appreciate, however, the citations being full phrases so that the dictionary helps one learn written Tibetan. I especially appreciate the providing of the Sanskrit in devanagri where a Tibetan term is used technically as a translation of a Buddhist Sanskrit term. This is especially important for those whose primary language is Sanskrit but must learn Tibetan because so many Sanskrit Buddhist texts were lost.

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars older English worldview still valuable for modern translator, November 5, 2000

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Barbara Pijan "Uttarabhadrapada4" (Portland, OR United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Tibetan-English Dictionary (Paperback)

Outdated (sometimes truly quaint) culturally, and definitely influenced by Jaschke's christian missionary orientation. Neverthless a classic that deserves a place on every Tibetan-English translator's bookshelf. I often consult it as a third-or-fourth opinion (after Rangjung Yeshe and Das) when I am searching for a good English match to the Tibetan. Was a pioneering work in its time, deserves continuing use within limits of its view.