Summary: Idiomatic dictionaries

[Barbara Mozdzierz]

Dear colleagues:

Thank you for your responses to my inquiry about idiomatic Engl./Russ. dictionaries.  Below is a summary of the respones.

Russian-English Dictionary of Idioms gathered/edited by
Sophia Lubensky and published by Random House in 1995
(has an index at the end, so can be used in either direction)

Katzner's dictionary: oriented toward American English; 
pays attention to tone and register

A.V.Kunin Anglo-russkii fraseologicheskii slovar'. 'Sovetskaya 
Enciklopedija' Publishing House, Moscow, 1967. It contains ~25 000 
English idioms translated into Russian. It also has examples from 
English and American literature to facilitate comprehension and 
usage. It has been subsequently reprinted many times. 

Mednikova, E. M., ed. 1986. English-Russian Dictionary of Verbal
Collocations/Anglo-russkij slovar' glagol'nyx slovosochetanij. Moskva:
Russkij jazyk;
has entries organized under the head verb, then divided into
subsections: e.g. GET, get something, get somewhere, get somebody to do
something; get ahead, get along, get away, etc.....

Thomas Karras - Concise English-Russian Phrase Book (Slavica)
Many thanks again to all!

Best, 
Barbara 



Barbara M. Mozdzierz, Ph.D.
Senior Publication Specialist
American Councils for International Education: ACTR/ACCELS
1776 Massachusetts Ave., 7th floor
Washington, DC 20036
Tel. (202) 833-7522
Fax (202) 833-7523
Email: mozdzierz at actr.org

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