Poll: How many dictionaries and/or thesauri have you bought in the past 12 months? Thread poster: ProZ.com Staff
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This forum topic is for the discussion of the poll question "How many dictionaries and/or thesauri have you bought in the past 12 months?".
This poll was originally submitted by Alessandra Martelli. View the poll results »
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| I can't remember buying my last hard copy dictionary | Jul 11, 2010 |
I can't remember buying my last hard copy dictionary - it was very long ago
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| I can't resist! | Jul 11, 2010 |
These days I get most of my terminology help from the Internet and KudoZ colleagues, but I still can't resist growing my hardcopy collection.
I replaced one of my everyday dictionaries that was falling apart, bought a more recent edition of another one; and added new titles to my collection.
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I have more than 10 but don´t use them that much. I tend to use online dictionaries instead...
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| None, though sometimes it's very hard to resist | Jul 11, 2010 |
I have a vast collection of dictionaries in the bookshelf and I love to look at them and to read them (when I have time).
But I discovered that lately I can find in the internet virtually all I need for work. There is hardly any need to consult a paper dictionary so I don't buy anymore...
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| I've bought three... | Jul 11, 2010 |
but only because I took the DipTrans exam in January, and wasn't allowed to bring a computer! I almost exclusively use the Internet for work. I also move a lot, and it is difficult to bring large books from country to country.
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Amy Duncan (X) 
Brazil
Local time: 05:36
Portuguese to English
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I have two paper dictionaries for my language pair, and the rest are online.
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William Murphy
Italy
Local time: 10:36
Member (2009)
Italian to English
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Though I have had three of my most worn and tattered ones rebound in the last two years. Like many other colleagues here, I tend to use online resources more for translating. But I still love my books!
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I use online dictionaries and now I realize that I forget when I used paper dictionary for the last time.
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Anna Katikhina
United States
Local time: 01:36
English to Russian
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| electronic 1 | Jul 12, 2010 |
I finally got myself an electronic multi-language dictionary... Not that I need it that much, but it comes handy (not as handy as I wish though) when Internet is down.... and I don't think i'll buy anything else soon since everything is online
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| I am like Muriel | Jul 12, 2010 |
I can't resist! I am attracted like a magnet... But in the last 12 months I only bought four! This is a sure sign that I am on the right track (for now, I mean...).
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Chun Un
Macau
Member (2007)
English to Chinese
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One was a dictionary of Classical Chinese (文言文) for myself; the other was the Oxford Advanced Learners' Dictionary (8th Edition) as a gift for a friend's son who's studying in the UK.
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Anita du Plessis
South Africa
Local time: 10:36
Member (2008)
English to Afrikaans
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| 2 and would buy more if there were available... | Jul 13, 2010 |
Yes, you guessed it, I am addicted to dictionaries and reference books....
I have about all the Afrikaans dictionaries that are available on the market, and I am always on the lookout for more to buy. I still love paging through a real book, even though the internet is so available and practical.:)
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