Wiley's English-German, German-English Business Dictionary (Paperback)

~ (Author), Lilith Schutte (Author)

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Product Description

The most complete, accessible, and up-to-date German business dictionary available.

Compiled by native German speakers who have taught business German for more than twenty years, this unique bilingual dictionary is an invaluable tool for business success. Authoritative and easy to use, it contains:

• 16,000 English-German, German-English business words and phrases
• Essential terms used in all aspects of international business—economics, banking and finance, management, marketing, accounting, and statistics
• Quick access to the terms now required for doing business internationally
• Clear, concise translations that make it easy to absorb new words and phrases, and to use them with complete confidence

CHRISTA W. BRITT, Ph.D., and LILITH E. SCHUTTE, Ph.D., are professors of German at the world-renowned Thunderbird-American Graduate School of International Management.

Ein vollständiges, leicht zugängliches und aktuelles englisch-deutsch, deutsch-englisches Wörterbuch der Wirtschaft.

Das vorliegende zweisprachige Wörterbuch wurde von den Verfasserinnen, die eine mehr als zwanzigjährige Erfahrung im Unterricht der deutschen Geschäftssprache in den USA haben, unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der amerikanischen Geschäftssprache zusammengestellt. Es bietet:

• 16000 englisch-deutsche, deutsch-englische Geschäftswörter und Geschäftswendungen
• Die wichtigsten Ausdrücke aus allen Bereichen des internationalen
• Geschäftswesens-Wirtschaft, Bank- und Finanzwesen, Management,
• Marketing, Buchführung und Statistik
• Schnellen Zugang zu den Ausdrücken, die im internationalen Handel erforderlich sind
• Klare, knappe Übersetzungen, die es erleichtern, neue Wörter und
• Wendungen zu verstehen und richtig zu benutzen

Language Notes

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Product Details

• Paperback: 343 pages
• Publisher: Wiley (November 17, 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0471121401
• ISBN-13: 978-0471121404
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.1 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,594,638 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Essential Addition to Your German Dictionary Collection, July 5, 2000

By	Scott M. Nowacki (Mount Olive, NJ USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Wiley's English-German, German-English Business Dictionary (Hardcover)

If you are doing much business with German companies, you need to have this book. I work for a German company and get much e-mail in German. Relying on the web translation sites, my rudimentary knowledge of German, or my basic German dictionary is not enough. Many business terms are not easily translated. Some terms, when broken down to there component parts, can make no sense at all. Wiley's English-German-English Business dictionary has been quite valuable in translating the lengthier terms not contained in these other sources. It is easy to use with its large fonts and 'airy' layout. You can quickly find that mysterious word you can't otherwise translate. I keep it right next to my PC.

This clean and straightforward layout does have a drawback. It can be a bit simplistic. It does also contain some more commonly used German words and those translations can be a little on the light side. Much like English, some German words can have several layers of meaning. It seems only the more common usages are contained. You would be advised to keep a more robust (e.g. Harper Collins Unabridged) translation dictionary handy for cross-reference.

Overall, I must highly recommend this dictionary. I wish I had found it sooner - it may have averted one or two mildly embarrassing misunderstandings.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Basis of word selection, December 5, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Wiley's English-German, German-English Business Dictionary (Hardcover)

Potential purchasers may find useful the authors' description of their procedure for selecting words for inclusion in this dictionary: a computerized word frequency study of "materials and texts used in the teaching of international business courses" at the American Graduate School of Management, where they teach, "as well as documents supplied by AGSIM alumni currently holding management positions in international business." That is, this is a dictionary of the language used by business people, not specifically a dictionary of business terms. Accordingly most of the entries are similar to those that might be found in a general, basic, bilingual dictionary. The large type and simple, sometimes single-word definitions will appeal to a reader who is equipped with only a basic facility in German. Indeed, many of the definitions, though of business terms, do not particularly go beyond what would be found in a general German-English dictionary. Likewise, some specific technical business and finance terms do not appear at all.

4.0 out of 5 stars Not helpful in every case!, January 3, 2007

By	Frank Heilig - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This book includes a bunch of special management words, but has a lack of words in economics.