John Pheby Bücher

The Oxford-Duden pictorial dictionaries provide exceptionally wide coverage of the vocabulary of everyday life. Ideal for students, tourists, translators, and business people, each dictionary identifies some 28,000 objects in 384 picture sections (6 in full colour) by means of numbered illustrations, offering at a glance their names in both languages. The Portuguese and English vocabulary in this new dictionary covers subjects as diverse as flora and fauna, industry, sport and leisure,the arts, and technology. The variations of Brazilian Portuguese and American English are fully represented, making this an indispenable supplement to any Portuguese-English/ English-Portuguese dictionary.

, 820 pages, with black and white illustrations throughout

The Oxford-Duden Pictorial Japanese and English Dictionary identifies over 28,000 objects using numbered illustrations to guide the user to the exact term required. In addition, full alphabetical indices of both Japanese and English words give instant access to the correct illustration. Exceptionally wide coverage is provided under the following major headings: the atom, the Universe, and the Earth; man and his social environment; nature as environment, agriculture, and forestry; trades, crafts, and industry; printing industry; transport communications and information technology; office, bank, stock exchange; community; recreation, games, and sport; entertainment, culture, art, animals and plants.

Illustrations present the English and French vocabulary of various subjects.

'Pheby's volume is especially to be welcomed as a clear and critical introduction to a large, complex and confusing methodological literature...It is recommended for all students of economics however experienced.