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| Maifun Newbie United States Joined 5074 days ago 3 posts - 3 votes Speaks: English* Studies: German | Message 1 of 2 08 June 2011 at 7:05am | IP Logged |
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I'm in the market for a large German-English English-German dictionary. So far I have used exclusively PONS, in three of the smaller sizes, the largest being the Kompaktwörterbuch at ~130,000 words. I was thinking of moving up to the Großwörterbuch, but I stumbled upon the Collins Unabridged. The PONS weighs in at about 390,000 entries, while the Collins somehow packs 900,000 on 100 more pages.(?)
The second distinction is price. The PONS would cost about 120USD including shipping from amazon.de, while the Collins cover price is about $35 in the US. Both are highly rated, but I'm not sure where to choose. On the one hand, I have a high-quality product, familiarity and a relatively thorough system I love with PONS, ...but Collins is cheaper. tl;dr, does anyone have experience with either of these dictionaries? How are the translations of terms, idioms, examples, context, etc., handled with the Collins edition? Are they well made? I will be using this new book for translations and further study of German. Thanks 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Doitsujin Diglot Senior Member Germany Joined 5115 days ago 1256 posts - 2363 votes  Speaks: German*, English | Message 2 of 2 08 June 2011 at 7:49am | IP Logged |
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BTW, both the PONS dictionaries and the Collins dictionaries are available online:
PONS Collins 1 person has voted this message useful |
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