Best eng-sve dictionaries

[FB]

I've been suggested sending the following request to this ng, too, which I
sent only yesterday to sci.lang and se.humaniora.svenska.

What are the best Swedish-English bilingual dictionaries available? I have
the Swedish-Italian-Swedish Norstedts, but find it inadequate. I'm looking
for both the unabridged, comprehensive kind (such as the Shorter Oxford
English Dictionary [1] or the Merriam-Webster) and something for quicker
reference. They definitely have to carry the definite singular form and the
indefinite plural form (e.g. blomma -n, -or; äpple -t, -n), and it wouldn't
hurt if it had IPA transcriptions of words and lots of examples.
[1] Which, in case you don't know, comes in two (maybe one, too) volumes,
and is "shorter" than the 20-or-more-volume edition.

I've been recommended these so far:

Prisma English-Swedish And Swedish-English Dictionary Abridged
Cloth ISBN: 0-8166-2734-7 (1995)

Prisma English-Swedish Dictionary, Third Edition
Paper ISBN: 0-8166-3162-X (1997)

Prisma Swedish-English Dictionary, Third Edition
Paper ISBN: 0-8166-3163-8 (1997)


Bye, FB

[Bengt Carlsson]

Post by FB
I've been suggested sending the following request to this ng, too, which I
sent only yesterday to sci.lang and se.humaniora.svenska.

What are the best Swedish-English bilingual dictionaries available? I have
the Swedish-Italian-Swedish Norstedts, but find it inadequate. I'm looking
for both the unabridged, comprehensive kind (such as the Shorter Oxford
English Dictionary [1] or the Merriam-Webster) and something for quicker
reference. They definitely have to carry the definite singular form and the
indefinite plural form (e.g. blomma -n, -or; äpple -t, -n), and it wouldn't
hurt if it had IPA transcriptions of words and lots of examples.
[1] Which, in case you don't know, comes in two (maybe one, too) volumes,
and is "shorter" than the 20-or-more-volume edition.

Prisma English-Swedish And Swedish-English Dictionary Abridged
Cloth ISBN: 0-8166-2734-7 (1995)
Prisma English-Swedish Dictionary, Third Edition
Paper ISBN: 0-8166-3162-X (1997)
Prisma Swedish-English Dictionary, Third Edition
Paper ISBN: 0-8166-3163-8 (1997)
Bye, FB

I think the Prisma disctionaries contain round 40.000 words - which is a
lot. But even more
got Norstedts stora engelsk-svenska ordbok (N Big English-Swedish
Dictionary) - round 250.000 words.
Both are good in terms of accuracy.

Nordsteds have computerized version and you can find at www.wordfinder.com.

good luck

/Bengt

[FB]

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Post by Bengt Carlsson

What are the best Swedish-English bilingual dictionaries available?

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Post by Bengt Carlsson
I think the Prisma disctionaries contain round 40.000 words - which is a
lot. But even more
got Norstedts stora engelsk-svenska ordbok (N Big English-Swedish
Dictionary) - round 250.000 words.
Both are good in terms of accuracy.
Nordsteds have computerized version and you can find at www.wordfinder.com.
good luck

Tack.


Hej då, FB