The Oxford English-Russian Dictionary

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The Oxford English-Russian Dictionary is complementary in aims and scope to The Oxford Russian-English Dictionary, edited by Professor Marcus Wheeler and first published by the Oxford University Press in 1972. Like that work it is intended mainly, though not exclusively, for English-speaking users.
The English vocabulary is based primarily on the latest editions of the Concise Oxford Dictionary and the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary of Current English. The Russian equivalents and translations have been prepared with the aid of native speakers and up-to-date Russian lexicographical sources, notably the New English - Russian Dictionary edited by Professor I. R. Galperin (Moscow, 1972) and its 1980 Supplement. Detailed comments and suggestions from the Russky Yazyk publishing house in Moscow were taken into account at the proof stage.
The Dictionary contains some 90,000 English words, phrases, and vocabulary items. Technical and archaic or old-fashioned terms are included... Tovább

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The Oxford English-Russian Dictionary is complementary in aims and scope to The Oxford Russian-English Dictionary, edited by Professor Marcus Wheeler and first published by the Oxford University Press in 1972. Like that work it is intended mainly, though not exclusively, for English-speaking users.
The English vocabulary is based primarily on the latest editions of the Concise Oxford Dictionary and the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary of Current English. The Russian equivalents and translations have been prepared with the aid of native speakers and up-to-date Russian lexicographical sources, notably the New English - Russian Dictionary edited by Professor I. R. Galperin (Moscow, 1972) and its 1980 Supplement. Detailed comments and suggestions from the Russky Yazyk publishing house in Moscow were taken into account at the proof stage.
The Dictionary contains some 90,000 English words, phrases, and vocabulary items. Technical and archaic or old-fashioned terms are included sparingly, but special attention has been given to the correct translation of colloquial and idiomatic language and to the provision of glosses to enable the user to select appropriate Russian equivalents of English words. The more important or familiar Americanisms are included.

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The editor, P. S. Falla, is a well-known linguist and translator from Russian and other languages. He served in the British Foreign Office from 1936 to 1976, and was for six years a member of the Council of the Institute of Linguists. On the English side the dictionary has had the benefit of general guidance from the late Max Hayward of Oxford University and more detailed assistance from Professor Marcus Wheeler, editor of The Oxford Russian - English Dictionary (see back flap).
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