Англо-русский учебный словарь

For the English Vocabulary I have relied throughout on the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary of Current English (A. S. Hornby). Later J met Professor Colin Smith; I have made much use of the English side of his English-Spanish Dictionary (Collins) and after 1978 of the English side of the Collins-Robert Dictionary. I was particularly encour­aged to find that my own approach to lexicography coincided so closely with that of Professor Colin Smith whom I regard as a pioneer in his approach to modern two-way lexicography. I have also found very helpful Volume I of the Oxford Dictionary of Current Idiomatic English (Cowie and Mackin).

On the Russian side my first acknowledgement must be to the admirable Dictionary of the Russian Language by Professor S. I. Ozhegov. I have also used largely the mammoth two-volume New English-Russian Dictionary of Professor Galperin and his many colleagues. I have found Professor Marcus Wheeler's lucid Oxford Russian-English Dictionary an invaluable check-back, and very helpful in its admirable layout of grammatical points. For grammar and syntax I have made extensive use of Russian Syntax (Borras and, Christian) and for quick reference I still use the elementary, but lucid and comprehensive New Russian Grammar of Anna H. SemeonofT (first published in 1934!).

INTRODUCTION

The user.

Coverage (lexis).

The language.

Illustration.

Layout.

Order within an entry.

Translation of headwords.

Grammatical indications.

Stylistic and Field labels.

Indicators of meaning.

NOTES FOR USERS

Order of the entries.

Pronunciation.

Use of the tilde.

Use of the hyphen, and of the hyphen plus vertical stroke.

Use of brackets.

Indicating alternatives: the diagonal stroke, the comma, and "or".

Grammar: treatment of nouns.

Grammar: treatment of verbs.

Verbs of motion with two imperfectives.

The translation of "it".

INTRODUCTION

THE USER

This dictionary is primarily a practical one for the student whose approach to the Russian language will be through English, irrespective of whether he lives in Britain, North America or elsewhere. The vocabulary comprises the words which the average educated man might want to use in speaking or writing Russian, including the simple technical terms in common use.