Good Russian <-> English <-> Russian Dictionaries

[UDUT, KENNETH]

Hello again SEELANGers!

You have all been so incredibly helpful - I am still in awe!


A few days ago, I purchased an Oxford Russian/English dictionary - I
believe it said 180,000 translations in it (price was $55 US @ Barnes &
Noble).  I am happy with it, but am curious:

1) What are some good Russian/English dictionaries in book form?

2) What is a good portable electronic Russian/English translator?

3) What is a good computer-based Russian/English dictionary?


I am still learning very basic grammer, and a few words each day.  One
of my on-going projects is to try to jump in and translate word-by-word
little short stories, Scripture verses (I have the Online Bible's 1917
Synodal Russian edition on my computer at home, and I am quite amazed at
how exact the Scripture is compared with English versions - even the
word order, at least so far).  I even have a little Russian 1st level
primer on Grammer, that I purchased at Brighton Beach (my immeasurable
thanks to Igor, who is on this list, and walked me through Brighton
Beach), and will start working with, word by word.

I had taken tons of personality tests in the past, am insanely
introspective, and this seems to fit my learning style.  [i.e. - give me
a complex, insanely large project involving many possible values, allow
me infinite amounts of time to slowly go over it, piece by piece, and
let me make the mental connections between related things, while
providing reference tables as backup in case I get stuck, which I always
do].


My goal in learning Russian is not so much in speaking Russian, although
that will be a part of it, but in translation projects.



That reminds me: Final question for the moment:

-- Is anybody aware of decent Church Slavonik reference books, which
either: 1) Compare/contrast modern Russian and Church Slavonik (in
Russian, I would imagine) or better still 2) Assist an English-speaker
in learning Church Slavonik?

I suspect #1 will be more readily available, and will probably be more
advanced than I could possibly handle at this point in time, but it is
something that would be quite useful down the road.

#2 would be an amazing find, although I have my doubts that such a beast
exists :)


Thank you, one and all.  Is there a SEELANGS FAQ?  I'm sure that the
questions I've been asking over the past month are common enough.


-Kenneth
kenneth.udut at spcorp.com