bjornbrekkukot Newbie United States Joined 4722 days ago 25 posts - 58 votes Speaks: English*
| Message 25 of 174 21 March 2012 at 12:24am | IP Logged |
Does anyone know how long it generally takes for Amazon.fr to have Assimil books in stock, after they've been
released? It's now possible to order L'ukrainien sans peine from Assimil.com, but I generally prefer Amazon since
shipping is easier to track and usually more secure.
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willcouchman Newbie United Kingdom Joined 6348 days ago 23 posts - 26 votes Speaks: English* Studies: French, German, Spanish
| Message 26 of 174 21 March 2012 at 11:09am | IP Logged |
No idea, but I ordered the new Russian from Assimil directly on Friday, they sent me an email saying it was shipping
yesterday, and I got the package (I live in the North of England) this morning!!!
Very impressed with the speed of delivery :)
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ernestd Triglot Newbie United States Joined 4639 days ago 5 posts - 11 votes Speaks: Spanish, Catalan*, English
| Message 27 of 174 06 April 2012 at 10:45am | IP Logged |
Unfortunately, I didn't have a pleasant experience with them. I ordered Russian with ease directly on their website
and they sent me a Thai course instead.
My email exchange with them after that was very awful too. Very bad customer experience in my opinion.
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Elexi Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5565 days ago 938 posts - 1840 votes Speaks: English* Studies: French, German, Latin
| Message 28 of 174 06 April 2012 at 4:11pm | IP Logged |
According to the Italian branch of Assimil the new version of Claude Dessard's Il Latino
Senza Sforzo (the old Latin Sans Peine) which has been re-recorded with church and
restored classical Latin is in the post. I hope the text hasn't changed as I can read
French but not Italian. I'll give a report when it drops through the door...
Edited by Elexi on 08 April 2012 at 1:17pm
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sillygoose1 Tetraglot Senior Member United States Joined 4636 days ago 566 posts - 814 votes Speaks: English*, Italian, Spanish, French Studies: German, Latin
| Message 29 of 174 07 April 2012 at 8:20pm | IP Logged |
I'm not sure if it's been mentioned, but Assimil is working on releasing a new edition of Perfectionnment Allemand and Perfectionnment Italien
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ikinaridango Triglot Groupie United Kingdom Joined 6125 days ago 61 posts - 80 votes Speaks: English*, Japanese, Italian Studies: German, Polish
| Message 30 of 174 11 April 2012 at 1:42pm | IP Logged |
There's a new Portuguese book out, called, sensibly enough, Le portugais, which I presume
tackles the standard language of Portugal. It's currently available from Assimil.com.
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Hampie Diglot Senior Member Sweden Joined 6659 days ago 625 posts - 1009 votes Speaks: Swedish*, English Studies: Latin, German, Mandarin
| Message 31 of 174 11 April 2012 at 3:36pm | IP Logged |
Elexi wrote:
According to the Italian branch of Assimil the new version of Claude Dessard's Il Latino
Senza Sforzo (the old Latin Sans Peine) which has been re-recorded with church and
restored classical Latin is in the post. I hope the text hasn't changed as I can read
French but not Italian. I'll give a report when it drops through the door... |
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Oh, is that soon? The old audio is in a thick horrible french accent, but the material in the book I've seen been
gotten lots of praise.
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Elexi Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5565 days ago 938 posts - 1840 votes Speaks: English* Studies: French, German, Latin
| Message 32 of 174 11 April 2012 at 3:46pm | IP Logged |
I got it today - based on comparing the excerpt from Cicero's Catiline orations to those
of Leo Latinus/Nikolaus Groß, the restored classical Latin appears to be properly done -
they are professionally recorded (i.e. no reverb or appearance of distance from the mic)
and spoken faster than the old recordings. They are in a recognisable Italian accent,
however, but that does not really bother me compared to the old Dessard recordings.
I've only listened to the ecclesiastical Latin a little - it also appears well done.
The text is an unmodified (but Italian in L2) version of the original Dessard edition of
Le Latin Sans Peine, so that book has come alive to us again.
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