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5.0 out of 5 stars A wonderful title for beginners and experts alike, April 27 2000

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This review is from: Concise Esperanto and English Dictionary: Esperanto-English, English-Esperanto (Paperback)

This dictionary is one of the most helpful guides to any language that I have ever read. The Advice to the Student of Esperanto section was very helpful as were the lists of correlatives, prefixes, and suffixes; I often find myself referring to them. Overall, this is a wonderful guide, no one studying Esperanto should be without one.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A vital resource for the Esperanto student., Sep 30 1999

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This review is from: Concise Esperanto and English Dictionary: Esperanto-English, English-Esperanto (Paperback)

Every Esperanto textbook that I have read has been extremely useful to me. However, the book that tops them all is the Teach Yourself Esperanto Dictionary by J.C. Wells. It is the most user-friendly dictionary I have ever come across. You could almost learn the language from this book alone!

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4.0 out of 5 stars Good, but imperfect. Bona, sed ne perfekta., July 21 1999

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This dictionary serves well as a standard reference work. The grammar at the beginning is surprisingly useful. However, one major problem is that it often fails to explain the differences between Esperanto words which translate different senses of English words. This makes life difficult for a learner. It is also a bit dated. Also, advanced translators may wish to avail themselves of the more unabridged Comprehensive English-Esperanto Dictionary, by Benson.

Chi tiu vortaro servas bone kiel baza kontrolverko. La gramatiko en la komenco de la libro estas surprize utila. Tamen, unu grava misajho estas ke ghi ofte mankas eksplikon de la malsamoj inter Esperantaj vortoj kiuj tradukas malsamajn sencojn de anglaj vortoj. Tiu chi komplikas la vivon de lernanto. Ghi ankau estas iom ekstermoda. Ankau, pli antauenighintaj tradukistoj vershajne volos uzi la pli vastan Comprehensive English-Esperanto Dictionary, de Benson.

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5.0 out of 5 stars For once, a trained linguist looks at Esperanto
This is still the best buy in bilingual Epseranto dictionaries, but IMO the best part is the short introductory "Advice to the Student of Esperanto". Read more

Published on Feb 20 1999

3.0 out of 5 stars Dated but still good
This dictionary, in the form available in the US and in Canada, is still the best general English and Esperanto dictionary available, however, because there has not been an update... Read more

Published on Feb 6 1999