The Routledge Portuguese Bilingual Dictionary (Revised 2014 edition): portuguese BilingualDictionary - Couverture souple

Allen, Maria

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0415434335 ISBN 13 : 9780415434331

Editeur : Routledge, 2011

Synopsis

Book by Allen Maria F

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

Revised 2014 Reprint

Thoroughly revised in 2014, this compact and up-to-date two-way dictionary provides a comprehensive and modern vocabulary. It is the ideal reference for all users of Portuguese.

The dictionary includes an extensive coverage of practical terminology from a diversity of fields including; business and economics, law, medicine and information technology as well as common abbreviations, toponyms (place names), nationalities, numerous idiomatic expressions and slang.

Key features:

• Completely up-to-date reflecting the recently-agreed orthographic changes between Brazil and Portugal.
• Definitions and differences in both variants clearly signposted.
• Brazilian Portuguese vocabulary where it differs from European-African Portuguese and some American English terms.
• Coverage of colloquial and slang registers.
• Useful notes on grammatical points and false friends, as well as boxes with cultural knowledge relating to the U.K., U.S.A., Brazil, Portugal and the other Portuguese-speaking countries.

The Routledge Portuguese Bilingual Dictionary provides the maximum information in the minimum space, making it an invaluable reference source

Biographie de l'auteur :

Maria F. Allen has lectured for 30 years in the School of Languages at the University of Westminster. She developed and co-ordinated the Portuguese -Language and Culture courses, as well as teaching the prestigious PG/MA Conference Interpreting course from Portuguese into English and other Latin idioms. Also for the UoW Maria Allen has taught the PG/MA Technical and Specialized Translation into English, for 21 years, (covering areas such as economics, legal, medicine, etc); also PG bilingual translation and other courses. She is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Linguists and a former member of its Council, currently a member of its Translation, Interpreting and Business Divisions. She was a member of the Associação Internacional de Lusitanistas and a member of Iberian Studies Association.

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À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Routledge
• Date d'édition: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0415434335
• ISBN 13: 9780415434331
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 796