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This dictionary offers over 5000 terms translated to and from English, covering all aspects of business, including office practice, the stock market, international trading, accounting and marketing terminology.
Learn Spanish as you read and hear about the vibrant Latino cultureRead & Think Spanish, the innovative, non-intimidating approach to learning Spanish, is now available with an audio CD. Compiled by the expert editors of Think Spanish! magazine, this audio package brings together more than 100 engaging, fully illustrated readings and articles about the life and cultures of Spanish-speaking countries. The 70-minute audio CD features many of the articles read aloud by native speakers, as well as questions for review and reinforcement of new vocabulary.
Break down the language barriers and enjoy better working relationships. Perfect Phrases in Spanish for Household Maintenance and Childcare gives you the necessary phrases to communicate with your Spanish-speaking employees–no prior knowledge of Spanish needed! The book features more than 500 vital words and phrases specific to the household and childcare fields, with translations spelled out phonetically so you can say what you need to right away. From interviewing potential employees to discussing wages and every subject in between, Perfect Phrases in Spanish for Household Maintenance and Childcare will help you conquer the language barrier in the workplace, leading to increased productivity and a more collaborative environment.
In its scope and inclusiveness, this ambitious volume is far more than a history of the literature of France from its origins to the present day, though it is that too. It is a book that fully registers the impact of post-modern thought upon our understanding of what we mean by ‘literature’ and what historically has been meant by the term. David Coward’s book allows us to see the diverse wealth of French literature, which has been extended and enriched by new Francophone writing in Europe, Canada, the West Indies and North and Sub-Saharan Africa. His history is set in the widest cultural context and links the development of literature to the mentalities and social conditions which produced it. Coward takes us beyond ‘literature’ into the world of the best-seller and, beyond words, to graphic fiction and cinema. In the course of his account he maps the rise of the intellectual, from the time of Dreyfus to the divisions of the 1930s, from the Existentialists to the Post-Structuralists and beyond, and in so doing charts a progression from literary doctrine to critical theory.Whatever the subject in hand, from the ‘feminism’ of the Middle Ages to the Feminism of the present, from the ‘modernism’ of the fifteenth century to the Modernism we associate with Proust and his contemporaries, Coward proves to be a fascinating and inspiring guide. Topics, themes and genres are clearly signposted so that the reader may follow the evolution of theatre, poetry or fiction as well as wider matters such as censorship and writers’ rewards. The text is complemented by a fully comprehensive and reader-friendly index.
The Spanish Language Today describes the varied and changing Spanish language at the end of the twentieth century.As conflicting forces work towards the unification and fragmentation of both Peninsular and Latin American Spanish, this book examines:* where Spanish is spoken on a global scale, from its decline in the Philippines to its vitality in the southern states of the US* the status of Spanish within the realms of politics, education and media, with particular reference to the English-only movement in the US* the standardisation of Spanish* specific areas of linguistic variation and change including: phonetics and phonology, orthography, lexis and morphosyntax* the effects of language contact on Spanish which is spoken widely in contexts of bi- and multilingualism* the linguistic and pragmatic factors which underlie variation and change* whether new technologies are an opportunity or a threat to SpanishThe Spanish Language Today contains numerous extracts from contemporary press and literary sources, a glossary of technical terms and selected translations. It is suitable for those engaged with modern Spanish language, from beginning students with no prior knowledge to researchers.