Groups of German and English words in a particular subject area are illustrated on the same or opposite page.

Spanish & English vocabulary printed with pictures on the same page. Index in English. Includes technical pictures in two languages.

An essential reference for general readers, students, translators, travelers, and business people, The Oxford-Duden Pictorial Japanese & English Dictionary serves as a valuable supplement to English-Japanese and Japanese-English dictionaries. It provides parallel English and Japanese word-lists containing 28,000 items for each language. Based on the premise that pictures can more clearly convey certain kinds of information, the dictionary presents a list of vocabulary relating to a subject together with a picture illustrating that subject. Approximately 384 sections cover a broad range of subjects in the fields of science, medicine, technology, industry, commerce, and arts and leisure. Both English and Japanese vocabulary appear on the same page for easy use. The dictionary also provides fully alphabetized indexes in both languages which refer the reader not only to the various subjects and contexts in which a word is used, but also to the correct translation and vocabulary of an entire subject.

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**** The British counterpart to Sheehy (in which it is recommended--and vice versa), distributed in the US by Unipub. Volume 3 completes the 5th edition with 8,833 entries (vol. 1:Science and technology, 1989, 5,995 entries; vol.2: Social and historical sciences, philosophy and religion, 1990, 7,166 entries). While the majority of items are reference books, Walford is a guide to reference material and therefore includes periodical articles, microforms, online, and CD-ROM sources. A special effort has been made to make sure the output of small and specialist presses is not neglected. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR