Harrap Unabridged French-English/English-French Dictionary, 2 Volumes (Harrap Bilingual) (v. 1 & 2) [Hardcover]

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Book Description

ISBN-10: 024560703X | ISBN-13: 978-0245607035 | Publication Date: July 2001 | Edition: Bilingual

The complete dictionary for advanced learners and language professionals, Harrap's flagship title is the culminationof several years work by a large team of experienced lexicographers and translators. The Unabridged is the most complete bilingual dictionary available and offers more information than any other general bilingual dictionary with over 425,000 references and 750,000 translations.
Up-to-date vocabulary from all fields
Thousands of examples put words and senses in context
More coverage of idioms and colloquial language, including slang, than any other dictionary
The most technical terms: from business to sport, and IT to ornithology
Extensive coverage of literary words and phrases
Unrivalled coverage of canadian, Swiss and Belgian French, and American, Australian, Scottish and Irish English
Hundreds of boxes on cultural information included within the text to give essential background encyclopaedic information
Hundreds of name of works of art (books, plays, film ect) included in the text with their often unexpected translations
Second colour clearly indentifies headwords
Boxes on allusions included within the dictionary text explain the origin and usage of phrases (quotations, advertising slogan ect) that have become part of the language
The Unabridged contains a number of supplements that make it the complete dictionary for advanced learners and language professionals, such as a communication guide, tables of military ranks and adminitrative divisions, and a bilingual Chronology.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 3000 pages
• Publisher: Harrap; Bilingual edition (July 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 024560703X
• ISBN-13: 978-0245607035
• Product Dimensions: 11.6 x 8.2 x 4.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,008,845 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent French<-->English Reference Tool, May 10, 2005

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Nathaniel H. Hancock (Monterey, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Harrap Unabridged French-English/English-French Dictionary, 2 Volumes (Harrap Bilingual) (v. 1 & 2) (Hardcover)

Although it may take quite some time for your order to process and ship out (6 weeks in my case), the Harrap's Unabridged French-English Dictionary (2-volume set) is well worth the wait. It is also well worth the $87 price tag: after comparing Harrap's to the other top quality bilingual, Le Robert & Collins Super Senior (another extremely impressive reference tool), it appears to me that Harrap's is indeed what it claims - "the most complete bilingual dictionary available." It is 3,000 pages long (roughly 1,500 pages per volume), up-to-date (published in 2001), and contains an impressive amount of idiomatic coverage, THE feature that most French->English translators (and all translators) are looking for in a general dictionary.
If you are serious about French (whether you're a translator, university student, or just an all-out francophile), Harrap's Unabridged is what you've been looking for.