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Old 10-07-2002, 09:20 AM
DougC DougC is offline
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I need a Czech/English Dictionary

- - - Anybody know any good one? -Or conversely, one to avoid. I see that many listed online are no longer available and none are cheap.
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Old 10-08-2002, 09:05 AM
Fretful Porpentine Fretful Porpentine is offline
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This online dictionary seems to work OK:
http://www.slovnik.cz/bin/ecd

And this page lists a number of Czech resources, including several more dictionaries:
http://www.seelrc.org/czech.html
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Old 10-08-2002, 03:39 PM
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Try this: http://www.lib.utexas.edu/refsites/dictionaries.html
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Old 10-08-2002, 04:39 PM
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- - - Perhaps I should have explained: I need a book that I can carry around. Like, as in, "I have no portable computer".
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Old 10-08-2002, 05:19 PM
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A lot of the good Czech-English dictionaries are made for Czechs rather than English speakers, as there are many more Czechs wanting to learn English than there are English speakers wanting to learn Czech. It's much easier to find a textbook or phrasebook in the States than it is a dictionary.

I have several good Cesky-Anglicky Slovniky at home, but I got them all in the Czech Republic. Still, I'll check around for you, pun definitley not intended, and see what I can turn up for you, if you're interested. Are you learning Czech, or traveling there? Or both?
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Old 10-08-2002, 05:25 PM
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Grr...that should have been Cesko-Anglicky Slovniky. Damn declension.
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