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CHI5669 DICTIONARY OF NEW TERMS AND PHRASES OF CONTEMPORARY CHINA $31.95
Li Zhenjie 594 pp Softcover ISBN:9787800055669
The 7,400 entries in this dictionary are new words, phrases, expressions, and popular terms that have appeared in the last 50 years, most in the 80s and 90s. Political terms, cultural and military affairs, scientific terms, and other areas are represented with examples of usage. Recommended as a reference to contemporary terms often not found in regular dictionaries.
CHI9808 AN ACTIVE CHINESE-ENGLISH CLASSIFIED DICTIONARY FOR TRANSLATION AND INTERPRETATION $24.95
ISBN:9787561119808
18 categories of industries and human activities define this dictionary, with simplified characters listed alphabetically by Hanyu pinyin pronunciation and English equivalents.
CHI5590 THE TRANSLATORS GUIDE TO CHINGLISH $16.95
Joan Pinkham 561 pp Softcover ISBN:9787560015590
"Chinglish", or English with Chinese characteristics, is the result of a translation of original Chinese text by someone whose English may not be good. While the results may be humorous, it also may lead to critical errors of misunderstanding. Here is a guide to those translations, the first of its kind to address the many issues of translation from Chinese. Included are unnecessary words, confusing sentence structures, dangling modifiers, and much more. It uses actual translations as examples and provides examples for practice. This book is recommended for students as well as professionals engaged in translation and anyone interested in understanding the complexities of rendering Chinese into English.
MZ5007 CHINESE CHARACTERS:A GENEOLOGY AND DICTIONARY $19.95
Rick Harbaugh, Softcover,550pp ISBN:9780966075007
Every character entry includes a brief traditional Chinese etymology, and genealogical charts highlight the connections between characters, showing the creation of more than 4000 characters from less than 200 simple pictographs and ideographs. Mandarin standards in China and Taiwan are distinguished, and simplified forms for each character are given. Character entries list all words which use the character in any position, allowing a word to be found even if the first character is unknown. English definitions are referenced in an English_Chinese index. A word pronunciation index allows students to directly search for an overheard word without having to guess the initial character. A stroke count index lists every character by number of strokes.
CHI6343 CHINESE-ENGLISH DICTIONARY OF POLYPHONIC CHARACTERS $14.95
Roderick S. Bucknell, Yang Mu 299 pp Softcover ISBN:9787800526343
Many of the most commonly used Chinese characters are polyphones with linked phonetic and semantic ambiguity. These pose a challenge for language learners. Here is a dictionary that covers nearly 400 frequently used polyphonic compounds and includes sample sentences in English, Chinese and pinyin. Highly recommended for all serious students of Chinese.
CHI8210 AN ENGLISH-CHINESE DICTIONARY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY $34.95
Sun Fuchu 1964 pp Hardcover ISBN:9787118008210
With almost 2,000 pages and an English-Chinese dictionary with no pinyin, this dictionary is great for translators, reference, or industry.
CHI5552 INTERNET DICTIONARY (English-Chinese) $19.95
Wu Chengkeng 511 pp Softcover ISBN:9787221055552
Modern Chinese becomes easier to navigate with a reference of the newest abbreviations and acronyms that occur on the Internet and in computer and electronics technology. The four appendixes include acronyms of international Internet and electronic organizations, the e-mail addresses of common Internet resources of both China and foreign companies in China, common abbreviations of organizations under the United Nations, and a list with explanations of smilies and emoticons popular on Chinese websites.
CHI3270 NEW CENTURY CHINESE-ENGLISH DICTIONARY OF ECONOMICS & TRADE $29.95
Li Hong 1091 pp Hardcover ISBN:9787801032706
This dictionary is a medium sized English-Chinese reference book containing 60,000 entries. Nearly all respects of economic life are covered, such as foreign trade, merchandising concern, management and administration, bank, finance, property tax, and insurance. It includes standard English translations and easy access to entries.
CHI9759 ENGLISH-CHINESE & CHINESE-ENGLISH DICTIONARY OF WORLD TRADE TERMS $10.95
342 pp Softcover ISBN:9787800059759
Terms are presented first alphabetically in English with simplified character equivalent and then again in simplified characters by various areas relating to world trade with English equivalents.
CHI8914 ENGLISH-CHINESE/CHINESE-ENGLISH DICTIONARY OF LAW $17.95
He Gaoda 957 pp Hardcover ISBN:9787313028914
The English-Chinese Chinese-English Dictionary of Law is an advanced level Chinese dictionary of legal terms such as “contract of record,” “isgnis judicium,” etc. Written in simplified characters.
CHI2665 CHINESE-ENGLISH POCKET DICTIONARY OF TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE $12.95
Zhang Tingmo 527 pp Hardcover ISBN:9787117052665
A very thorough dictionary of traditional Chinese medicine terms, in Chinese, Pinyin and English. Includes a Chinese character index.
CHI1262 CLASSIFIED DICTIONARY OF TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE $29.95
Zhu-Fanxie 1057 pp Hardcover, ISBN:9787119031262
A revised and expanded version of the 1994 edition, this dictionary has been compiled on the basis of a research project on the standardization of English translation of Chinese medical terminology, sponsored by the State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine. It includes 7010 entries among which 6630 are traditional Chinese medical terms and 380 are commonly used citations and maxims. Listed in the order of traditional Chinese medical textbooks, it is a precise and practical dictionary. There are four indexes at the end of the book to facilitate consultation.
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