Translation - art & business » Translator resources »
Monolingual Italian dictionary advice needed
Thread poster: Yuri Yuri
Yuri Yuri
Yuri Yuri
Local time: 14:33
English to Russian
+ ...
May 27, 2012

Hello everyone,
I am trying to decide on buying a dictionary and after much (re)search still am confused, so
your insight will be much appreciated.
I am looking for a monolingual Italian dictionary of general , i.e not any specific field of knowledge, scope
that would allow me to read (and understand the fine literature spanning few last centuries.
Currently I am using Oxford-Paravia Italian-Englis... See more
Hello everyone,
I am trying to decide on buying a dictionary and after much (re)search still am confused, so
your insight will be much appreciated.
I am looking for a monolingual Italian dictionary of general , i.e not any specific field of knowledge, scope
that would allow me to read (and understand the fine literature spanning few last centuries.
Currently I am using Oxford-Paravia Italian-English dictionary that falls short too frequently, and not only with the medieval Dante Alighieri but more modern writers like Pirandello as well.
Searching forum here and the Net and Amazon brings up few candidates, but unfortunately I
couldn't find review/opinion about them in order to decide which one to pick (buying all of them isn't an option) .
So far I see the following (but sure there are more):
"Grande dizionario di italiano" Garzanti , 2880 pages : http://garzantilinguistica.sapere.it/it/novita/grandidizionari/
"Vocabolario della lingua Italiana" Zingarelli 2012 : http://www.amazon.it/ZINGARELLI-2012-BASE-Nicola-Zingarelli/dp/8808205789/ref=pd_cp_b_3
"Sabatini Coletti, Dizionario della Lingua Italiana" : http://www.sansoniscuola.it/dizionari/italiano.html

Looking forward to your opinions and suggestions ,
Thanks
Yuri ▲ Collapse
 
Ester Maria Formichella
Ester Maria Formichella  Identity Verified
Italy
Local time: 13:33
Member (2011)
English to Italian
+ ...
DIZIONARIO DELLA LINGUA ITALIANA May 27, 2012

Dear Aluf,

I'm an Italian native translator. If you want to buy a good Italian dictionary, I think the best one is:

Il dizionario della lingua italiana di Giacomo Devoto e Gian Carlo Oli published by Le Monnier.

Otherwise you can take a look at

http://www.treccani.it/vocabolario/

Or if you need something more, I use an enciclopedic dict... See more
Dear Aluf,

I'm an Italian native translator. If you want to buy a good Italian dictionary, I think the best one is:

Il dizionario della lingua italiana di Giacomo Devoto e Gian Carlo Oli published by Le Monnier.

Otherwise you can take a look at

http://www.treccani.it/vocabolario/

Or if you need something more, I use an enciclopedic dictionary published by UTET and edited by Tullio De Mauro, but it's a little bit expensive.

if you need more info, please contact me.
Regards,
Ester ▲ Collapse
 
P.L.F. Persio
P.L.F. Persio  Identity Verified
Netherlands
Local time: 13:33
English to Italian
+ ...
Loescher May 27, 2012

Здравствуйте, Юрий!

I swear by my Dizionario della lingua italiana by Fernando Palazzi e Gianfranco Folena, Loescher Editore. It gives you the dates in which the words were recorded in writing for the first time, very useful for us translators, especially when working on literary texts.

Hope that helps.

P.
 
Yuri Yuri
Yuri Yuri
Local time: 14:33
English to Russian
+ ...
TOPIC STARTER
Thanks, picked the one May 28, 2012

Thank you very much, I wouldn't have found these dictionaries by myself .
I decided to go with the IL DEVOTO-OLI 2013 by Giacomo Devoto, Gian Carlo Oli (3240 p).
The Fernando Palazzi, Gianfranco Folena's "Dizionario della lingua italiana" looks great as well (2048 p) and is less expensive (38 Euro against aforementioned one for 65 Euro) but is substantially less available for purchase (probably went heavily out of print) and I don't want to risk buying from unknown sources.
A... See more
Thank you very much, I wouldn't have found these dictionaries by myself .
I decided to go with the IL DEVOTO-OLI 2013 by Giacomo Devoto, Gian Carlo Oli (3240 p).
The Fernando Palazzi, Gianfranco Folena's "Dizionario della lingua italiana" looks great as well (2048 p) and is less expensive (38 Euro against aforementioned one for 65 Euro) but is substantially less available for purchase (probably went heavily out of print) and I don't want to risk buying from unknown sources.
Again thank you for the advice.
Best Regards
Yuri

N.B Ester - Tullio De Mauro's 8-volume Dizionario (http://cultura.utet.it/cultura/catalogo/details.jsp?id=633&t=2) looks grandiose indeed , alas, at the price of about 150 Euro per tome will have to wait until i get rich ▲ Collapse
 


To report site rules violations or get help, contact a site moderator:

Moderator(s) of this forum
Maria Castro[Call to this topic]
Nawal Kramer[Call to this topic]

You can also contact site staff by submitting a support request »

Monolingual Italian dictionary advice needed







Pastey
Your smart companion app

Pastey is an innovative desktop application that bridges the gap between human expertise and artificial intelligence. With intuitive keyboard shortcuts, Pastey transforms your source text into AI-powered draft translations.

Find out more »
TM-Town
Manage your TMs and Terms ... and boost your translation business

Are you ready for something fresh in the industry? TM-Town is a unique new site for you -- the freelance translator -- to store, manage and share translation memories (TMs) and glossaries...and potentially meet new clients on the basis of your prior work.

More info »