Waterstones Oxford Russian Dictionary
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Price: £35.00
Brand: Waterstones
Description: The fourth edition of the Oxford Russian Dictionary is an invaluable text for any serious student of Russian, or any Russian native speaker learning English. This edition also contains many enhancements, including new supplementary material with a correspondence section, grammar help, and extra sections on the pronunciation of Russian and English. The text has also been updated with hundreds of new words - in both the English and Russian sides of the dictionary - especially important given changes in language and culture over the last few years. These new words mean that the Oxford Russian Dictionary continues to be the leader in its field as the most comprehensive, up-to-date Russian dictionary available. The dictionary is also more accessible for Russian speakers, with the addition of contextualizations on the Russian-English side to help users select the most appropriate translation. There is an extensive guide to English grammar, written in Russian, and the Russian native speaker who wishes to use or understand American English is well catered for.
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Author: Alan Russell
Rating: 5
Review: For me this seems to be the best option available. And at 25 straight, currently, I think it's good value. Before this I was trying to use the Berlitz Russian Concise Dictionary (turtleback edition - flexi plastic cover - 45,000 entries, 672 pages). But, even at my beginner level looking up words given as alphabet letter examples, there were several I couldn't find. So I'm now using two dictionaries. The lighter, handier Berlitz as my initial go-to and, if I can't find it in that, then the Oxford. If you want to avoid frustration and care about word stress, for my money the Oxford is a must. When I was doing German for my degree back in the 80's, Collins seemed to rule the roost for German, French, Spanish and Italian. But their relatively recent attempt at a Russian dictionary (2nd edition 2005, 1,200 pages) seemed to hit a lot of problems, at least according to the reviews. And seems at the moment to be unavailable. The Oxford has got clear print on nice, quality white paper and feels no heavier to my arm than the Collins dictionaries for advanced level study that I was used to. I'm certainly happy with it so far, but I can understand that serious Russophiles may hit a limit with it. If it was twice as big (I believe that the original 80's version comprised two volumes), it probably would cover literally almost everything ! I'm glad I bought it because the Berlitz Concise plus Google just didn't give me what I needed. And, as I've said, I'm just starting out, albeit with some language experience under my belt.
Author: S. Lee
Rating: 3
Review: I read some of the reviews above and decided to buy the dictionary anyway. My last one dated, with the emphasis on "dated", from the late 'nineties and so much has happened in 10 years. Let's be clear, for me any Russian dictionary is measured against the two volume Oxford English-Russian / Russian-English Dictionaries 1984 (1987 reprint) that were the compulsory purchase for my University degree course. £45 a piece for a student in 1987! They are both extremely well-thumbed and still frequently used with an irrational affection that is hard to shake. I do not know how they compare to older editions, but any new edition has the bar set extremely high. There are both pluses and minuses to the presentation of the current edition. The overall feeling is vastly more modern and "user-friendly" than it's older counterpart with the now ubiquitous explanatory boxes on points of interest, model correspondence and the like. The font is somewhat lightweight, but this probably just reflects my personal feelings of lofty academic superiority in choosing Russian rather than French (of which English is merely a dialect according to one of my erstwhile professors). I have to agree with other reviewers that the omissions present a real problem. I had looked for some while for a comprehensive, advanced Russian dictionary before deciding that the Oxford was my only real hope. However, within a few minutes of starting my first game of solitary dictionary word association I'd come up with several glaring omissions. It seems pointless to name any particular examples, but these are words and phrases which are common and not the fare of technical dictionaries. When translating, this could present real difficulties. And this is where my other experience comes into play. More and more when translating I find myself turning to tools like the multi-language paged Wikipedia or Google for Russian vocabulary (almost exclusively nouns, admittedly). Okay, I know I said I wouldn't give examples, but take "strimmer" - not there. Within a few clicks on Wikipedia you find the strimmer page in English, choose the Russian page in the list on the left-hand side and hey presto with the added beneift that there are pictures so you can be sure you've found what you're looking for. I also agree with other reviewers that critics should suggest a better alternative rather than just criticising this dictionary. I am increasingly afraid that, if they haven't, it's because it doesn't exist.
