Dictionary

Do you really need the actual book? Can't you just use the on-line versions? I would think it be would be easier to find translations by doing a search with Google.

Chinese are quite limited in the sites they can access..

In addition, not everyone has internet access at home there.

A dictionary is a good thing to have at home.

Sadly, I cannot advise...

Wish I had known a year ago - I would have mailed him my Oxford for free.

I couldn´t do without a dictionary. Have Webster and Oxford and others.
It is much easier and faster to look up things in a dictionary when you work at the computer than to go back and forth in internet. I have a dictionary next to me all the time and within reach in the bookcase depending what language I work with.
Not everything on the computer translates correct.

The Oxford English Dictionary is huge, and would be quite expensive, although you'll never find a more comprehensive dictionary. The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary retails at Amazon-dot-com for $165.00, and it says that it ships in one to three months. The second edition of the Oxford English Dictionary is in 20 volumes, and the cost would probably be prohibitive. It is also available in CD-ROM discs.

The full 20 volume set is available in the United States for $995.00. The CD-ROM set is advertized at Amazon-dot-com for $116.95.

The Collins English Dictionary is listed on Amazon-dot-com (tenth edition, 2009) for about $40.00 US (i found it quoted in Canadian dollars, but that's a good ballpark figure). Collins would probably be the best option for you.

It appears that you want a dictionary of the British version of English. If you were to purchase a dictionary of the American language, i would advise that you look either for the American Heritage Dictionary, or the Merriam-Webster dictionary.

With a screen name of Svenja, i had always assumed you are Swedish. Did i get that wrong?

I dream of one day owning the unabridged version of the OED (Oxford English Dictionary) !

Thank you for your information! Svenja is a German name. It's suggested by my friend and she is learning German.

Yes, i prefer a actual book.

Svenja is a Swedish name, but there are not many by that name in Sweden. Only 37 women.
Svenja comes from the male name Sven. 116 958 men in Sweden has that name and 12 women.
Svenja is polular in Germany - especially in northern Germany.

Like Saab, I much prefer to have a book at my side, rather than clicking from site to site to get a definition. Especially when you're in the middle of typing something, it's an aggravation to have to open another window. (For me, that is.)

I'd go for the Collins CoBuild, Svenja.

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=collins+cobuild&x=0&y=0

Like saab said, Svenja is a Swedish name, not German, but it was once popular
in the northern parts of Germany where people are blond and blue eyed.

I have a great dictionary from England, very comprehensive, except it's
German-English.

I don´t think that the northern Germans give their children a Swedish name because they are blond and blue eyed. I think names fit especially in Schleswig-Holstein with their Danish last names.
I can´t find that Svenja was that popular earlier.
Here one can find popular names in Germany according also to the different parts of Germany if you are interested.
http://www.beliebte-vornamen.de/

where has my BLOND hair gone ???

saab, from your link it says that Svenja was the most popular name for a girl
in 1990 (Der Vorname Svenja gehörte ca. 1990 zu den häufigsten Mädchennamen in Deutschland.)

Hamburger, you still have your blue eyes though....one out of two ain't so bad, eh?

I am not blond and blue eyed either.

Once on Sicily I and a friend took a cab. The driver had the bluest eyes one can imagen. Thinking that a Sicilian taxidriver could not speak or understand Swedish I said to my friend. "What beautiful blue eyes he has. "
He turns around and says in Danish "My mother is Danish"

The latest is to name kids after names from Ikea furniture.
I know one poor person with the name Maren which happens to be a toiletseat at Ikea.

Well, that's very interesting. I'll tell my friend.