A handy 3-in-1 French study book: grammar, verbs and vocabulary in one volume, ideal for beginners who need a clear and easy-to-understand French reference and revision guide.
From a World-Leading Bilingual Dictionary Publisher Comprehensive and up-to-date coverage of all the words and phrases you need in German Easy-to-use German grammar guide–the perfect complement to this dictionary In-depth treatment of difficult words Clear color layout and alphabet tabs help you find what you are looking for quickly and easily Cultural notes provide insight into life in German-speaking countries Ideal for intermediate learners
The richest resource for German study Comprehensive and authoritative, including the latest words and phrases from contemporary German and English Key phrases, idioms, and set grammatical structures are highlighted to help you understand more complex entries Culture boxes explain the origins of phrases from literature, film, and popular culture to aid translation and to improve your understanding Recommended by university tutors for German degree reading lists Acclaimed Language in Use supplement contains hundreds of examples in real-life contexts such as essay writing, e-mail messages, and telephone conversations to help you use German fluently and naturally The new Business & Finance supplement contains all the phrases you need to communicate in common business situations, covering everything from banking and finance to insurance and accounting Clear layout with headwords helps you find the words you need quickly and easily 350,000 references special entries on life and culture in German-speaking countries 500,000 translations explanations of complex words in both languages specialist vocabulary ideal for advanced learners and professionals using German
The richest resource for German study. Ideal for advanced learners and professionals using German. This newly revised ninth edition of Collins Unabridged German Dictionary includes the latest words and phrases from contemporary German and English as well as highlighted key phrases, idioms, and set grammatical structures to help you understand more complex entries. This edition is recommended by university tutors for German degree reading lists and features a clear layout with color headwords to help find words quickly and easily. Culture boxes explain the origins of phrases from literature, film and popular culture to aid translation and improve your understanding of German popular culture, and special sections on German life and culture. This version is an ideal resource for advanced learners and professionals
The essential dictionary for the beginning German language student, from the first class to the final exam, now revised with new words and phrases. Easy to read, easy to use, and easy to understand, Collins Beginner’s German Dictionary is an innovative dictionary designed specifically for beginning learners of any age. The layout is clear and exceptionally user-friendly, using color for the words students need to look up and helpful examples to show how to best use the translations. The dictionary also offers a detailed grammar section and activities and games for developing language skills. There is also a list of common “false friends,” or common mistakes beginners make when speaking German. Collins Beginner’s German Dictionary offers a complete explanation on how to use the dictionary most efficiently with games, English verbs, German verbs, numbers, dates, time and English phonetics. A color supplement includes sections on relationships and feelings, in town, at home, jobs and hobbies.
Thinking German Translation is a comprehensive practical course in translation for advanced undergraduate students of German and postgraduate students embarking on Master’s translation programmes. Now in its third edition, this course focuses on translation as a decision-making process, covering all stages of the translation process from research, to the ‘rewriting’ of the source text in the language of translation, to the final revision process. This third edition brings the course up to date, referencing relevant research sources in Translation Studies and technological developments as appropriate, and balancing the coverage of subject matter with examples and varied exercises in a wide range of genres from both literary and specialised material. All chapters from the second edition have been extensively revised and, in many cases, restructured; new chapters have been added—literary translation; research and resources—as well as suggestions for further reading. Offering around 50 practical exercises, the course features material from a wide range of sources, including: business, economics and politics advertising, marketing and consumer texts tourism science and engineering modern literary texts and popular song the literary canon, including poetry A variety of translation issues are addressed, among them cultural differences, genre conventions, the difficult concept of equivalence, as well as some of the key differences between English and German linguistic and textual features. Thinking German Translation is essential reading for all students seriously interested in improving their translation skills. It is also an excellent foundation for those considering a career in translation. A Tutor’s Handbook offers comments and notes on the exercises for each chapter, including not only translations but also a range of other tasks, as well as some specimen answers. It is available to download from www.routledge.com/9781138920989.
This book provides an in-depth analysis of what happens when intermediate level learners of a foreign language use a bilingual dictionary when writing. Dictionaries are frequently promoted to people learning a foreign language. Nevertheless, teachers often talk about their students' inability to use dictionaries properly, especially when they write, and this can be problematic. This book paints a comprehensive picture of the differences a dictionary makes and brings out the implications for language learning, teaching, and testing practices. It draws on research in which participants in three studies took writing tests in two test conditions with and without a dictionary. They were also asked what they thought about the two test types. Their performances and opinions were analyzed in a variety of ways. Conclusions from the data highlight some of the practical issues to be kept in mind if we want to help foreign language learners to use bilingual dictionaries effectively when writing.
This book offers a corpus-based comparative study of an almost entirely unexplored set of multi-word lexical items serving pragmatic or text-structuring functions. Part One provides a descriptive account of multi-word discourse markers in written English, French and German, focussing on dicussion of interlingual equivalence. Part Two examines the use of multi-word markers by non-native speakers of English and discusses lexicographical and pedagogical implications.
If the Battle of the Bulge was Germany's last gasp, it was also America's proving ground-the largest single action fought by the U.S. Army in World War II. Taking a new approach to an old story, Harold Winton widens our field of vision by showing how victory in this legendary campaign was built upon the remarkable resurrection of our truncated interwar army, an overhaul that produced the effective commanders crucial to GI success in beating back the Ardennes counteroffensive launched by Hitler's forces. Winton's is the first study of the Bulge to examine leadership at the largely neglected level of corps command. Focusing on the decisions and actions of six Army corps commanders—Leonard Gerow, Troy Middleton, Matthew Ridgway, John Millikin, Manton Eddy, and J. Lawton Collins—he recreates their role in this epic struggle through a mosaic of narratives that take the commanders from the pre-war training grounds of America to the crucible of war in the icy-cold killing fields of Belgium and Luxembourg. Winton introduces the story of each phase of the Bulge with a theater-level overview of the major decisions and events that shaped the corps battles and, for the first time, fully integrates the crucial role of airpower into our understanding of how events unfolded on the ground. Unlike most accounts of the Ardennes that chronicle only the periods of German and American initiative, Winton's study describes an intervening middle phase in which the initiative was fiercely contested by both sides and the outcome uncertain. His inclusion of the principal American and German commanders adds yet another valuable layer to this rich tapestry of narrative and analysis. Ultimately, Winton argues that the flexibility of the corps structure and the competence of the men who commanded the six American corps that fought in the Bulge contributed significantly to the ultimate victory. Chronicling the human drama of commanding large numbers of soldiers in battle, he has produced an artful blend of combat narrative, collective biography, and institutional history that contributes significantly to the broader understanding of World War II as a whole. With the recent modularization of the U.S. Army division, which makes this command echelon a re-creation of the corps of World War II, Corps Commanders of the Bulge also has distinct relevance to current issues of Army transformation.