The Firefly Spanish/English Visual Dictionary - Hardcover

Corbeil, Jean-Claude; Archambault, Ariane

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1552979512 ISBN 13: 9781552979518

Publisher: Firefly Books, 2007

Synopsis

28,000 terms illustrated with 4,800 colorful pictures.

The Firefly Spanish/English Visual Dictionary is an unparalleled reference to the world around us and an indispensable tool for language education. Its 4,800 full-color illustrations show what other dictionaries can only describe in black-and-white text. From the parts of a honeybee to the parts of a bulldozer, the scope and depth are immense.

There are 28,000 terms and phrases revealed in detailed lifelike illustrations that make identification quick and accurate. Spanish terms are identified by gender, and two indexes make it fast and easy to find a term in either language. The 600 subjects are organized into 17 color-coded sections:

• Astronomy
• House
• Earth
• Clothing
• Vegetable kingdom
• Arts and architecture
• Animal kingdom
• Communications and office automation
• Human being
• Food and kitchen
• Transport and machinery
• Do-it-yourself and gardening
• Energy
• Science
• Personal Adornment and articles
• Society
• Sports and games.

This reference is perfect for school, work or travel. For anyone learning Spanish or English as a second language, The Firefly Spanish/English Visual Dictionary is fun, accurate, easy and fast.

About this title

About the Author:

Jean-Claude Corbeil is a consultant in linguistic planning, with a worldwide reputation in the fields of comparative terminology and socio-linguistics.

Ariane Archambault is a specialist in applied linguistics who taught foreign languages before becoming a terminologist and editor of dictionaries.

Review:

Breaks new ground to stunning effect... immense scope and depth. The beauty of this book is that you don't even need to know the word you are looking for... The computer generated artwork is detailed, luminous and photographic in its fidelity -- only better, because all of its parts are distinct and identifiable, whether in the human body, the plumbing system of a house or the core of an atom. (Christine Delsol San Francisco Chronicle 2005-02-06)

28,000 bilingual terms and 3,600 colorful pictures fascinate and educate. Superb dictionary for learning Spanish words. (Jeri Lynn Crippen Lovin' Life News)

A treasure-trove of information... vividly defines numerous terms... the illustrations in this dictionary are colorful, highly detailed, and often three-dimensional in appearance... an excellent reference source... Recommended. (Brenda Ethridge Ferguson Library Media Connection)

If you often wish you had the Spanish terms for "caulking gun (pistola para calafateo)" and "compact disc rewritable recorder (grabador de disco compacto regrabable)," then this is the book for you. For the rest of us, it's just fun. (Spud Hilton San Francisco Chronicle 2009-02-15)

About this edition

• Publisher: Firefly Books
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 1552979512
• ISBN 13: 9781552979518
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 586