Routledges French English And English French Dictionary Classic Reprint

Author : D. N. Samson
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ISBN 13 : 9781332124268
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (242 download)

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Download or read book English Into French written by D. N. Samson and published by . This book was released on 2015-08-04 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from English Into French: Five Thousand English Locutions, Rendered Into Idiomatic French It would be interesting to know, if it were possible to discover, how many of the 'uncensussed' thousands of English-speaking men and women throughout the world who can read French with pleasure and with ease, can speak and write idiomatic French with fluency and correctness. The reasonable presumption is that the number is relatively small. It would be extraordinary if it were otherwise. For it is given to very few of us to live long enough in France to make of French a second language as every educated foreigner makes of France a second country, or to be able to devote to the study of French sufficient time to master the difficulties, the intricacies, and the genius ot the language, ith the aid of the imperfect instruments available for the purpose. Bearing in mind the fundamental fact that English-speaking people think in English, and confining attention solely to the speaking and writing by them of idiomatic French, it must be said that existing English-French dictionaries, i. e. dictionaries in which English is the first language, as opposed to French-English dictionaries, in which French comes first, are of little use. In saying this, there is not the slightest intention to derogate from the merits of those works, whatever their merits may be. All that is meant is, that if judged by their size, they are inadequate; if judged by their economy, they stand condemned. It is needless to say that this condemnation does not and cannot apply to the disposition of single words in the nomenclature. They are arranged in strictly alphabetical order, like the single words in any other dictionaries, whether bilingual or unilingual. The remark applies therefore to locutions and to locutions alone, the word 'locution' being used in the sense of a chain of words having the force of a single word, or, by extension, expressiug a complete idea. And here lies all the trouble. Open an English-French dictionary in search of the French equivalent of an English locution, you are at once faced with the problem of deciding under which word to look for the desired locution. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.