The Oxford English-Russian Dictionary

Book Overview

Intended primarily for English-speaking users, The Oxford English-Russian Dictionary features 92,000 English words, phrases, and vocabulary items, and 148,000 translations. Prepared with the aid of native Russian speakers, the dictionary focuses on the correct translation of colloquial and idiomatic language, as well as providing glosses on English words to ensure selection of the right Russian equivalents. It also includes familiar or important Americanisms and a listing of personal and geographical names. This outstanding reference will be an invaluable reference source for any student of the Russian language.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198641923
• ISBN13: 9780198641926
• Release Date: April 1992
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 1072 Pages
• Weight: 0.08 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

Excellent resource

Actually, Oxford is one of the best Russian-English/English-Russian dictionaries available. NO dictionary is going to have separate entries for different declensions or conjugations of a word--you must always know the standard form (for adjectives--masculine gender, subjective case; for nouns--subjective case; for verbs--infinitive form). The Oxford dictionary, in combination with another gold standard, Smirnitsky, got me through life in Russia and a graduate degree in Russian. I can't help wondering if the previous reviewer's fiancee isn't writing at least partially in Ukrainian (since she lives in Ukraine, it would make sense)--in which case a Ukrainian/English dictionary would be most helpful. I'm sorry for that small rant, but I couldn't let the last reviewer's derogatory comments about an EXCELLENT standard reference work go.