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| translator2 Senior Member United States Joined 6920 days ago 848 posts - 1862 votes  Speaks: English* | Message 1 of 3 12 January 2012 at 2:42pm | IP Logged |
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Just in case anyone was wondering, I ordered what I thought was a new version of the Hans-Wehr Arabic dictionary:
Hans-Wehr Dictionary But it appears to be just a reprint of the previous version except that the book is much larger (textbook size) and thus the print size has been considerably expanded. Easier to read, but not quite as convenient as the smaller paperback. I'm keeping it, but if you already have the dictionary, no need to upgrade unless you want the larger font. Edited by translator2 on 12 January 2012 at 2:42pm 4 persons have voted this message useful | |
| Andrew C Diglot Senior Member United Kingdom naturalarabic.com Joined 5191 days ago 205 posts - 350 votes Speaks: English*, Arabic (Written) | Message 2 of 3 12 January 2012 at 3:10pm | IP Logged |
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Thank you for the information.
To me this version looks a bit fishy - I wonder if it is legitimate. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Doitsujin Diglot Senior Member Germany Joined 5321 days ago 1256 posts - 2363 votes Speaks: German*, English | Message 3 of 3 12 January 2012 at 4:21pm | IP Logged |
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According to Amazon, this edition is published by "Snow Ball Publishing," which is rather suspect since all translations need to be licensed by the publisher of the German edition, Otto Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden.
And since the only licensed English copies that I'm aware of were published by Spoken Language Services, NY and Librarie du Liban & Macdonald & Evans Ltd, London this looks like a bootleg copy. The web site of the publisher also doesn't exactly instill confidence in their legality. Since it wouldn't be the first time that bootleg copies are offered for sale on Amazon, you may want to inform Otto Harrassowitz (verlag@harrassowitz.de) and ask Amazon for a refund. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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