Lang's Chinese-English Bilingual Dictionary

Author: Ye Bendu
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Publish Date: 2000-02-01
Features: Since the publication of the Langenscheidt Standard Chinese-English Dictionary in 1993, it has evoked great response among readers and scholars both domestically and internationally in Germany. This is because it is currently the most prominent teaching-oriented tool for foreigners learning German: concise and practical. Native speakers look up words mainly for reading and comprehension, while non-native speakers use the dictionary not only for reading but also to learn how to coin phrases and write articles. Therefore, they pay particular attention to standardized and systematic language knowledge, including semantics, word formation, grammar, as well as cultural and social information that reflects changes in the language country. In this regard, the efforts of the Langenscheidt Standard Chinese-English Dictionary are truly pioneering and noteworthy. This dictionary includes approximately 66,000 entries, with a wide selection of words. Additionally, new words and concepts reflecting the development of the times, social changes, and youth behavior are also clearly reflected in the dictionary. It is especially noteworthy that the dictionary thoughtfully incorporates over 30,000 compound words from a pedagogical perspective, and its unique arrangement of entries and definitions for major word-forming elements stimulates readers' desire to expand their vocabulary and enables them to generalize in word formation, while also opening a door for readers to explore the vastness and depth of the German lexical treasure. Learning to use words and sentence structures correctly is what every foreign language learner desires. The intentionally designed structural formats for verbs, nouns, and adjectives, the explanations of over 2,100 grammatical difficulties, and the pointers on the governing relations of prepositions and the syntactic functions of adjectives in this dictionary indeed serve the respective needs of teaching and learning.