Re: OT: Dictionaries: why two sections??

On Sat, 23 Sep 2006 21:41:18 -0400, Henrik Theiling <theiling@...>
wrote:

> Why are there two sections??  It is unnatural!  Let all the words be
> in one list, no matter what language they are in!
>
> Did anyone encounter this problem before?  Did anyone have the same
> solution? :-)
Harrap's published in 1991 a 5-language dictionary (English, French,
German, and I think Spanish and Italian), that was arranged in straight
alphabetical order per headword. Better yet, it was tabular, with one
column per language and one row per headword, clearly marked and laid out.

It wasn't as detailed as many good two-language dictionaries, but you got
the word, part of speech, gender, declension, and any irregularities. I
don't recall how many entries had multiple destination-language
alternatives for each headword, but I don't recall it being deficient.

Unfortunately, a few minutes' research shows that it is out of print now,
and reasonably collectable. Amazon carry it used from $50 up to over $80.
I think I paid about nine pounds for mine, brand new. Alas, I left it
behind when I came to the USA.




Paul