French English Bilingual Visual Dictionary (DK Visual Dictionaries)

by D.K. Publishing, Christine Arthur (Editor)

Organized by such common subjects as Home, Work, Eating Out, Transportation, Health and Sports, these bilingual visual dictionaries give students and business people quick access to foreign terms in the simplest and most intuitive way.

Genres: France, Reference, Language, Dictionaries, Nonfiction, Education

360 pages, Paperback

First published August 1, 2004

About the author

Dorling Kindersley (DK) is a British multinational publishing company specializing in illustrated reference books for adults and children in 62 languages. It is part of Penguin Random House, a consumer publishing company jointly owned by Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA and Pearson PLC. Bertelsmann owns 53% of the company and Pearson owns 47%.

Established in 1974, DK publishes a range of titles in genres including travel (including Eyewitness Travel Guides), arts and crafts, business, history, cooking, gaming, gardening, health and fitness, natural history, parenting, science and reference. They also publish books for children, toddlers and babies, covering such topics as history, the human body, animals and activities, as well as licensed properties such as LEGO, Disney and DeLiSo, licensor of the toy Sophie la Girafe. DK has offices in New York, London, Munich, New Delhi, Toronto and Melbourne.

Source: Wikipedia.

Reviews

[Kamakana · Rating 4 out of 5]

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28319: not something you read at one sitting. useful for me, not francophone, not studying, but reading much french, practicing with french woman. she says i have better than 12yr old’s vocabulary, sure, but this visual text reminds me how much of our ‘world’ of immediate perception is unconsciously named in whatever language. and then beyond this i want to know more technical/precise words...

[Hoai Nguyen · Rating 4 out of 5]

Really helpful for French learners. As English dictionary is dominant, finding this book is a real bless.

[Manny Villa]

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[Languagesenrose · Rating 5 out of 5]

This bilingual dictionary is incredible! Visual learning is one of the best ways to efficiently learn a new thing - especially a language. I loved reading this book on a plane to France a few years ago! The pictures are clear, fun and very easy to see and understand - and I love how a lot of these books include a pronunciation in parenthesis. It's so easy to remember and the format of the pages are visually pleasing and organized by topics in each chapter.

I would recommend this to children, students, adults and anyone for that matter because of how simple yet informational these dictionaries are. I'm glad I not only have this in French but Italian, Russian and Arabic as well.

[Robin · Rating 4 out of 5]

I think I've finally used this book enough to consider it read. The book is organized by subject matter, so it's handy to have around if you find yourself talking about an unfamiliar subject with a few well-known terms of art.

[David · Rating 5 out of 5]

These dictionaries are da bomb! See, e.g. my review of the Spanish version:

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24...

[Beverly Ho]

Good reference

[A Canadian · Rating 5 out of 5]

Who reads a dictionary? (I do)

[Liz · Rating 5 out of 5]

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