LL-L "Resources" 2004.01.13 (05) [E]

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From: Jan van Steenbergen <wenedyk at yahoo.co.uk>
Subject:  LL-L "Resources" 2004.01.13 (02) [E]

--- Gabrielle Kahn skrzypszy:

> Great!! Oodles of dictionaries for old and unusual languages - but I
> still haven't had any luck finding a truly useful and comprehensive
> dictionary for modern Dutch (let alone Dutch/English or Dutch/German).
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> Sorry, just felt like griping again... as a translator this frustrates
> me every day.

In my opinion, the Van Dale series (N-E, E-N, N-D, D-N) isn't at all that
bad! Admittedly, there are some lacunes and downright errors, but in
general they are quite good. It is what most translators use, anyway.

Jan

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Geef mijn Porsche maar aan Vicky...

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