This new edition has been expanded to include 800 new headwords with particular attention paid to new terminology for IT and Spanish culture and customs. It is updated for 2004 with over 800 new entries covering: euro (with value of euro compared to old currency); IT ( internet, internet cafe, double click, interactive compact disk, hard disk, floppy disk, @ the at sign in email addresses, website); ecology (endangered species, oil slick, wind farm) and Spanish culture and customs (telephoning, sport, food and modern life such as text messaging) even includes SARS. Its features include: new design to increase clarity of layout, 2 colour and with virtual alphabet tabs; perfect for individual use as a quick-reference tool or extended classroom work; Geographical terminology expanded to include adjectives derived from Latin American and Caribbean terms; colour headwords, phrases, verb table section and virtual alphabet tabs; Castillian Spanish; and clear examples show the words in context. Nicholas Rollin is an experienced editor of bilingual dictionaries. Most recently he has been project manager for the "Oxford Spanish Dictionary" (Academic, 2003).
He is also the chief editor of the "Oxford School German Dictionary" new edition 2004 and "Oxford School French Dictionary" new edition 2004.
- ISBN10 0199112088
- ISBN13 9780199112081
- Publish Date 1 June 2004
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 29 July 2009
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Oxford University Press
- Edition New edition
- Format Paperback
- Pages 640
- Language English