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Title: Robertson's Practical English-Thai Dictionary by Richard G. Robertson ISBN: 0-8048-0706-X Publisher: Charles E. Tuttle Co. Pub. Date: 01 June, 1969 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 2.57 (7 reviews)
Rating: 1
Summary: Not for Study
Comment: I'm a student of the Thai language and under any circumstances do not use this dictionary as a spelling reference! Many of the words are spelt incorrectly in Thai script (thus rendering it useless to me) and there is very little cross-referencing. Having said that, it was fine for wanting to know how to say a word in Thai. However, if you want more vocabulary for the same price, I would suggest So Sethaputra's dictionaries - they're fantastic.
Rating: 4
Summary: I like it.
Comment: I like it. I've been to Thailand a couple of times for 3 weeks each. Last time I took language classes with the AUA in Chiang Mai. This book was great for general conversation with people that were helping me learn Thai. If you have a basic conversational skills in Thai, you'll start to run accross words that this book doesn't have. If you're a beginner to Thai and traveling there, I think it's great. It's easy to read, they have a simple romanization scheme for helping you pronounce the thai words, and it has the words in thai writing (great for when you're using the book talking to a Thai-only speaker.) Don't expect this dictionary to be that useful for your deeper studies though. Oh yea, best of all, they don't use that stupid rominization that puts "r"'s everywhere. (korthort krap, nee narng-suu nung lem sawng rowy bart ru?)
Rating: 2
Summary: Useful only for basic level learners
Comment: During my first military exercise with the Thai army in 1993 I made the mistake of bringing this book to the jungle as my sole Eng-Thai resource. It was issued by my unit and it was compact enough. However, mere hours into the job it became painfully obvious that the amount of vocabulary listed was so limited as to not be of much use as a reliable resource for advanced-level translating/interpreting. I do recall, however, that the people who spoke Thai at the basic/beginner level seemed quite happy with the dictionary's content. Therefore, I would only recommend this dictionary for someone who intends to visit Thailand briefly and does not intend to pursue Thai language study beyond the beginner level. I would even submit that if one can wait until one arrives in-country, there are many similarly priced pocket dictionaries in bookstores all over Thailand that are much more comprehensive in content.
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Title: Thai-English English-Thai Dictionary for Non-Thai Speakers, Revised Edition by Benjawan Poomsan Becker ISBN: 1887521143 Pub. Date: 01 January, 2002 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title: Thai-English/English-Thai Dictionary and Phrasebook (Dictionary and Phrasebooks) by James Higbie ISBN: 0781807743 Publisher: Hippocrene Books Pub. Date: 01 September, 1999 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: Easy Thai: An Introduction to the Thai Language by Gordon H. Allison ISBN: 0804801592 Publisher: Charles E. Tuttle Co. Pub. Date: 01 June, 1969 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: Lonely Planet Thailand (LONELY PLANET THAILAND) by Joe Cummings, Sandra Bao, Steven Martin, China Williams ISBN: 1740593561 Publisher: Lonely Planet Publications Pub. Date: 01 August, 2003 List Price(USD): $25.99 |
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