Harper Collins Sansoni Italian Unabridged Dictionary (Hardcover)

by Henry H. Collins Jr. (Author)

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Product Description
More than 240,000 entries and 570,000 translations.

About the Author

HarperCollins Publishers is one of the world's leading English-language publishers with headquarters in New York. The company is part of News America Publishing Group, a division of News Corporation. The house of Mark Twain, the Bronte Sisters, Thackeray, Dickens, John F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King, Jr. and Maurice Sendak, HarperCollins was founded in New York City in 1817 by the brothers James and John Harper. The worldwide book group, which was formed following News Corporation's acquisition of the British publisher William Collins in January 1990, has significant publishing interests in the U.S., Canada, the U.K. and Australia.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 2277 pages
• Publisher: Collins (February 15, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0062755161
• ISBN-13: 978-0062755162
• Product Dimensions: 9.7 x 7.1 x 3.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.8 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #989,746 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best for advanced users, December 22, 2003

By	anonymous user (Melbourne, Australia) - See all my reviews

I agree with the other reviewers that this is the best bilingual Italian and English dictionary (that I know of). I believe it is better than its main competitor, the Oxford-Paravia dictionary.
This dictionary is comprehensive, including derivations not found in other dictionaries, and features idomatic usage, as noted by the other reviewers. It has a clear format and is easy to use.

However there is one important thing to note, and that is that this dictionary provides almost no grammatical assistance. Its verb conjugation tables are more sparse and there is no guide to sentence structure, 'tricky' word choices, writing letters, saying "hello" or asking the way to the nearest train station. This dictionary fulfills its objective of being the top candidate for the advanced user (and could be a good investment for intermediate level users), but is not suitable for beginners.
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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This Is A Keeper, Don't Waste Your Time With Others!, January 1, 2002

By A Customer

Has tons of words! Many Italian idiomatic expressions and past, present, and future tenses with examples. I bought and returned several others prior to this one. The only downside, it's a little on the expensive side but for the quality, in retrospect, it's worth it!

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The Biggest and Badest, April 23, 2002

By	Wallace V. French III (Boston MA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This is definately the best modern Italian dictionary on the market today. Not a travelling book. It is HUGE. I used this book for a big translation project and did not need anything else for the Italian portion. A definate must for the professional translator or student of Italian.