Russian-English dictionary in Kindle - pros and cons?

[Chernetsky, Vitaly A. Dr.]

Dear All,
While I am not a Kindle user myself, there is, by now, a fair amount of Cyrillic titles in Kindle (many of them the result of a project started by Zaven Babloyan, a publisher and literary translator based in Kharkiv, Ukraine). These, however, appear to be all literary texts, not dictionaries. See:

http://www.facebook.com/pages/E-books-in-Ukrainian-and-Russian-at-Amazon-Kindle-Store/162451500450398

Best wishes,
Vitaly Chernetsky

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Dr. Vitaly Chernetsky
Associate Professor
Dept. of German, Russian & East Asian Languages
Director, Film Studies Program
Miami University
Oxford, OH 45056
chernev at muohio.edu
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From: SEELANGS: Slavic & East European Languages and Literatures list [SEELANGS at bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of James Beale [James at russia-on-line.com]
Sent: Wednesday, June 08, 2011 9:19 AM
To: SEELANGS at bama.ua.edu
Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] Russian-English dictionary in Kindle - pros and cons?

As far as I know, the Kindle still does not support Cyrillic fonts.  One
title I have seen (Jim Levine's Grammar published by McGraw Hill) worked
around this by making the Cyrillic into images - I don't think that would
make for a very user friendly dictionary.

James Beale
Russia Online, Inc.

Tel: 301-933-0607    Fax: 301-933-0615
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[mailto:SEELANGS at bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Stephanie Briggs
Sent: Tuesday, June 07, 2011 7:19 PM
To: SEELANGS at bama.ua.edu
Subject: [SEELANGS] Russian-English dictionary in Kindle - pros and cons?

Hi SEELANGERs

Regarding the recent posts about the new dictionary by Yermlovich, I was
wondering if anyone has had experiences, good or bad, with bilingual
dictionaries in Kindle format. Because I have chronic pain, holding the
Russian-English hardcover Oxford dictionary that I have has become more
difficult, and I've been considering investing in a Kindle version when it
becomes available. If the Yermlovich one doesn't go Kindle, I might look for
the Russian-English Oxford in Kindle format.

Thoughts?

Appreciatively,

Stephanie Briggs

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