The Firefly Five Language Visual Dictionary: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish Read Free Books and Download eBooks
"Wow! This book is simply amazing -- visually stunning, rich with information, and overflowing with detail... Essential for students of any of these languages, lovers of language, and any library supporting a language program or multilingual patrons."-- Library Journal (starred review of first edition) 35,000 terms per language and 6,000 color illustrations. Unparalleled in its scope and detail, The Firefly Five-Language Visual Dictionary features 6,000 color illustrations labeled with 35,000 terms in each of English, French, German, Italian and Spanish. Each key word or phrase is connected to an illustration that makes identification and translation quick and accurate. The entries have been thoroughly updated to include the newest and most relevant subjects, and they feature up-to-date images and current terminology across all five languages. The dictionary features 17 fully indexed sections that cover an incredibly detailed range of terms, including the latest developments in: Astronomy Earth Vegetable kingdom Animal kingdom Human being Food and kitchen House Do-it-yourself and gardening Clothing Personal adornment and articles Arts and architecture Communications and office automation Transport and machinery Energy Science Society Sports and games Easy, fast and fun to use, The Firefly Five-Language Visual Dictionary is an indispensable tool for language education, school use and home reference.
Series: Firefly Five Language Visual Dictionary: English, French,
Hardcover: 1104 pages
Publisher: Firefly Books; 2 edition (September 1, 2009)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1554074924
ISBN-13: 978-1554074921
Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 2.3 x 8.8 inches
Shipping Weight: 5.2 pounds
Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
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I purchased the Firefly Five Language Dictionary to complement my study of German, French and Spanish.Although I am fairly literate in English and some people even say I am fluent in Spanish, I find that the illustrations in this Dictionary consistently provide me with names even for items I see daily but have never associated with a precise English word, let alone the appropriate term in another tongue.As a visual dictionary, it obviously isn't full of adjectives, verbs or other parts of speech. It is essentially just illustrations with words that identify each component part in five languages (along with gender for the non-English tongues).From oil rigs, to bicycles, to insects, to the human body, the pictures in this Dictionary gives you names of parts for which one might not even know the proper English term.
This is a fabulous resource for educational interpreters working with students that use or are learning other languages other than English, including ASL. It is also a wonderful resource for sign language interpreters enabling us to see the picture of the object to give us ideas as to which classifiers to use in the interpretation as well as how to set it up as we prepare for the classroom. It is also very helpful in the tutoring environment as a picture is worth a thousand words. It is very detailed in its drawings. I spent a long time comparing different resources like this one and kept narrowing it down to this one. I am very thankful I finally purchased this book as I am pleased with it. It meets my expectations.
This book kicks arse. You can browse it as well as look stuff up in it. If you just want the picture to help explain stuff it is great. For example, there are loads of shirt collars documented in this book and I find that useless but love the fact that I now have a 5 lnguage reference for them. In case I need to buy a certain type of blouse collar in spanish. Or whatever.
My husband and I are both writers. It frequently happens that we need to know what a foreign word is for an object we know the use of, or what the foreign word we have come across means. This visual dictionary makes it easy to find out. We gave one to our grandchildren, and their mother says it is one of their favorite books. They bring it to her to find out what it says. At least for us, it was a very wise purchase. I think it would be equally wise for someone who frequently travels, or someone who has children with curious minds. I would not dream of setting up a homeschool without this book. I highly recommend it for anybody, whatever their position in work or life.
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