Choosing a pocket Spanish dictionary I've already got an authoritative <Oxford Spanish Dictionary> on the bookshelf, it's not very heavy but rather inconvenient to carry around, so I'd like to get an intermediate level pocket dictionary. The edition of "Spanish-English & English-Spanish" (including the differences between Castilian & Latin American) would be much preferred. Do you have any suggestions for the following brand options? Thank you very much! 1. Oxford: 2. Random House: <Random House Spanish Dictionary> 3. Collins: <Collins Easy Learning Spanish Dictionary> 4. Merriam Webster: <Merriam-Webster's Spanish-English Dictionary> Remark: I personally can't get used to any electronic dictionaries, maybe I prefer to carry paper dictionaries around. Sometimes, I feel it's a pain looking up an electronic dictionary for more details. 1. Oxford: <Pocket Oxford Spanish Dictionary> 1. Oxford: <Pocket Oxford Spanish Dictionary> 1. Oxford: Pocket Oxford Spanish Dictionary

Am I Supposed To Learn Arabic? One of my friends (Chinese), who majored in Arabic (MSA) at university, has been working at a Chinese company in UAE (Dubai) for over 3 years. My major wasn't Arabic, and as yet I've known nothing about it. My 2nd foreign language is either Japanese or Korean (stopped learning it for private reasons), my 3rd may be 1 or 2 of Italian, French, Br.Portuguese and Spanish, and I'm hesitating for a 4th language between Arabic and German (not Russian). Should I choose to learn Arabic if I'm not going to UAE to make a living or do some business with Arabic people. Which kind of Arabic should I start with from scratch? MSA or Gulf Arabic? Frankly, I love German as much as Japanese, Italian, French, or Arabic, and it would be almost impossible for me to give enough attention to both Arabic and German one after another, mainly because it would be a wastage of time and energy to some extent. Would anyone like to give me some advice please? Thanks! العربية أكبر لغات المجموعة السامية من حيث عدد المتحدثين، وإحدى أكثر اللغات انتشارًا في العالم، يتحدثها أكثر من 422 مليون نسمة،1 ويتوزع متحدثوها في المنطقة المعروفة باسم الوطن العربي، بالإضافة إلى العديد من المناطق الأخرى المجاورة كالأهواز وتركيا وتشاد ومالي والسنغال وإرتيريا وللغة العربية أهمية قصوى لدى أتباع الديانة الإسلامية، فهي لغة مصدري التشريع الأساسيين في الإسلام: القرآن الكريم، والأحاديث النبوية المروية عن النبي محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم، ولا تتم الصلاة عبادات أخرى في الإسلام إلا بإتقان بعض من كلمات هذه اللغة Ру́сский язы́к — один из восточнославянских языков, один из крупнейших языков мира, в том числе самый распространённый из славянских языков и самый распространённый язык Европы, как географически, так и по числу носителей языка как родного (хотя также значительная и географически бо́льшая часть русского языкового ареала находится в Азии).Русский язык является единственным государственным языком России. Указом президента РФ № 1488 от 29 декабря 2006 2007 год был объявлен Годом русского языка, в рамках которого проводились культурно-просветительские, научные и образовательные мероприятия, Arabic & Cyrillic alphabet. Which kind of alphabet do you prefer? Which one seems more beautiful?

「大辞泉」VS「日本語大辞典」 小學館の「大辞泉」と、 講談社の「日本語大辞典」と、一体どちらがより良いでしょうか。他に、三省堂の「大辞林」．「新明解国語辞典」がどうでしょうか。ありがとうございます。 実は「広辞苑」があまり好きじゃありません。

Which dictionary is the best? 1, Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's English Dictionary 1st 2, Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary 7th 3, Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5th If you only want to buy one of them, then which one do you like best? Please don't recommend "Macmillan", "Cambridge", or "Collins Cobuild" (I don't like it). Thanks! Please don't recommend "American Heritage Dictionary", "Random House Webster's College Dictionary", or any other American dictionaries, except for "Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's English Dictionary".

"Teach Yourself (Languages)" or "Colloquial (languages)"? I just found 2 good websites (see below) by chance, to my surprise, one series of course books (Teach Yourself) actually contains 63 kinds of languages, and it involves much more languages than "Take Off In" that published by Oxford bookshop. I even found some uncommon books such as "Gulf Arabic", "Modern Persian", "Modern Hebrew", "New Testament Greek", & so on. Besides, the other series (Colloquial) also has many kinds of languages. But I don't want to buy from both of them, then which series is better? 【Teach Yourself (Languages): http://www.hoddereducation.co.uk/RVEd29f61b1267444b0b231be763d547941,,.aspx Colloquial (languages): http://www.routledgelanguages.com/books/browse】

Do you realize that Chinese Traditional Characters are really of great significance for the Sinosphere? Sinosphere (漢字文化圏) is also called “East Asian Cultural Sphere”, “Chinese Cultural Sphere”, or “Chinese world”. Traditional Chinese:『漢字文化圏』（Hànzìwénhuàquān）， Japanese:『漢字文化圏』（かんじぶんかけん）， Korean:『漢字文化圏』（한자문화권）， Vietnamese:『漢字文化圈』（Hán tự văn hóa khuyên）。 Traditional Chinese: 『漢字（Hànzì）』， Japanese:『漢字（かんじ/Kanji）』， Korean: 『漢字（한자/Hanja）』， Vietnamese:『漢字（Hán tự）』or『喃字（Chữ Nôm）』 English: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinosphere 日本語: http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%BC%A2%E5%AD%97%E6%96%87%E5%8C%96%E5%9C%8F 韓國語: http://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%95%9C%EC%9E%90_%EB%AC%B8%ED%99%94%EA%B6%8C Tiếng Việt: http://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%C3%B2ng_v%C4%83n_h%C3%B3a_ch%E1%BB%AF_H%C3%A1n

What are the main differences between "Modern Standard Arabic" & "Gulf Arabic"? Modern Standard Arabic (MSA): Written Form Gulf Arabic (Khaliji/al-lahjat al-khalijiya): Spoken Form If I only learned MSA, would I be able to talk with Arabian friends?

Would you make a fair comment about Brazilian Portuguese & Spanish (European + Latin American)? In Europe, Spanish is absolutely in a stronger position than Portuguese. In USA, the most popular foreign language is latin-american Spanish, especially Mexican style, because there're a lot of Mexico immigrants in USA. & In latin-america, people speak latin-american Spanish, it mainly includes Mexican, Argentine, Chilian style, & In Brazil, people speak Brazilian Portuguese, which sounds softer & more nasal than Spanish, & it shows some similarities to that of French. Brazil's been working to develop its economy and resolve societal problems, Brazil is the largest and most populous country in South America, the fifth largest country by geographical area, & its population comprises the majority of the world's Portuguese speakers. Brazil is the largest national economy in Latin America, the world's tenth largest economy at market exchange rates & the ninth largest in purchasing power parity. If you had to choose between Brazilian Portuguese & Spanish, which would you prefer to learn?