BiblioNoticias No. 93, January 1998

Editor: Ann Hartness

Specialized Bilingual Dictionaries

Compiled by Craig Schroer

This bibliography offers a cross-section of bilingual dictionaries devoted to specific subjects or to those with special features (such as pictorial dictionaries) with a focus on those which are most up-to-date. In a few cases the items listed may not be recent but are deemed of significant value for other reasons (e.g., authoritative reference works which have not been updated). Bilingual dictionaries of a general nature are not included but may be located by searching the online catalog by subject under "Spanish language-Dictionaries-English;" "English language-Dictionaries-Portuguese;" etc.

AGRICULTURE

Pérez Jorge, María M. Glosario de términos agrícolas: inglés-español, español-inglés. La Habana: ENPES, 1988.
S 411 P47 1988 LAC -- Latin American Reference Collection

Rice, Robert P. Thomson's Spanish-English/English-Spanish Illustrated Agricultural Dictionary. Thomson's español-inglés/inglés-español diccionario agropecuario ilustrado. S.l.: Thomson Publications, 1993.
S 411 R48 1993 LAC -- Latin American Reference Collection

BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS

Cavalcante, José Cândido Marques. Dicionário inglês-português de termos econômicos & comerciais. Fortaleza: Banco do Nordoeste do Brasil; Petrópolis: Editora Vozes, 1979.
Arrangement is alphabetical by English term followed by its Portuguese equivalent. Includes a definition in English.
HB 61 C37 LAC -- Benson Collection stacks

Downes, John. Dictionary of Finance and Investment Terms. Dicionário de termos financeiros e de investimento. São Paulo: Nobel; Bolsa de Valores de São Paulo, 1993.
The arrangement is alphabetical by English term followed by its Portuguese equivalent and a definition in Portuguese. An appendix includes common English abbreviations and acronyms followed by their Portuguese equivalents.
HG 151 D6917 1993 LAC -- Latin American Reference Collection

International Monetary Fund. Bureau of Language Services. IMF Glossary: English-French-Spanish. 3rd ed. Washington, DC: International Monetary Fund, 1986.
This reference work is strictly a glossary without any definitions.
HG 3881 I63 1986 LAC -- Latin American Reference Collection

Kaplan, Steven M. Wiley's English-Spanish/Spanish-English Business Dictionary. New York: Wiley, 1996.
HB 61 K323 1996 LAC -- Latin American Reference Collection; another copy at PCL

Knox, John, Professor. Dicionário de economia, finanças, sociologia, comércio e relações sindicais. A Dictionary of Economics, Finance, Sociology, Commerce & Labor Relations. Rio de Janeiro, Freitas Bastos, 1968.
The Benson Collection has volume one (Portuguese terms followed by their English translations) of this two-volume set.
H 49 K57 V.1 LAC -- Latin American Reference Collection

Novo dicionário de economia. São Paulo: Círculo do Livro, 1994.
HB 61 N676 1994 LAC -- Latin American Reference Collection

Pinho, Manoel Orlando de Morais. Dicionário de termos de negócios: português-inglês/English-Portuguese. São Paulo: Editora Atlas: Price Waterhouse, 1995.
HF 1002 P56 1995 LAC -- Latin American Reference Collection

Rosenberg, Jerry Martin. Diccionario de administración y negocios. México, DF: Ventura Ediciones, 1995.
Entries are alphabetical in English followed by their Spanish equivalents and definitions (in Spanish). Also includes a glossary of Spanish terms followed by their English equivalents.
HF 1001 R7918 1995 LAC -- Latin American Reference Collection

Salles Berges y Chapital, Marcelo. Diccionario del negocio inmobiliario: guía español-inglés/inglés-español de términos de mayor uso en Norte, Centro y Sudamérica. Chicago: Real Estate Education Co., 1997.
A bilingual dictionary of real estate terms used throughout the Americas.
HD 1365 S25 1997 LAC -- Latin American Reference Collection

Torres Morales, Virgilio. Glosario de marketing y negócios. 1st ed. México: McGraw-Hill, 1993.
Spanish terms followed by their English translations and definitions in Spanish. Also includes a glossary of English terms followed by their Spanish equivalents.
HF 5415 T675 1993 LAC -- Latin American Reference Collection

Tamames, Ramón. Diccionario de economía y finanzas. 1st ed. Madrid: Alianza Editorial: CDN, Ciencias de la Dirección, 1994.
HB 61 T34 1994 LAC -- Latin American Reference Collection

The World Bank Glossary: English-Spanish/Spanish-English. Glosario del Banco Mundial: inglés-español/español-inglés. Washington, DC: World Bank, 1996.
Contains two glossaries, Spanish-English and English-Spanish. The English-Spanish glossary includes term definitions in English.
HB 61 W615 1996 LAC -- Latin American Reference Collection

COMPUTERS

Bussotti, Bruno. Dicionário de termos chaves de computadores e processamento de dados: inglês-português. 1st ed. Santos: Imp. pela Comercial e Editora Gráfica S. Vicente, 1976.
QA 76.15 B877 LAC -- Benson Collection stacks

Chiri, Alfredo U. Spanish-English/English-Spanish Dictionary of Computer Terms. New York: Hippocrene Books, 1993.
QA 76.15 C58 1993 LAC -- Latin American Reference Collection; another copy at PCL

Collin, S. M. H. Michaelis dicionário prático de informática: inglês-português; glossário português-inglês. São Paulo: Melhoramentos, 1993.
QA 76.15 C57719 1993 LAC -- Latin American Reference Collection

Diccionario McGraw-Hill de computación. 1st ed. México, DF: McGraw-Hill, 1992.
QA 76.15 M39518 1992 LAC -- Latin American Reference Collection

Freedman, Alan. Diccionario de computación. Bogotá: McGraw-Hill/Interamericana, 1993.
Alphabetical listing by English term followed by Spanish equivalent and definition in Spanish. Volume 3 (Tomo 3) has a Spanish-English glossary.
QA 76.15 F73318 1993 T.1 / T.2 / T.3 LAC -- Latin American Reference Collection QA 76.15 F73318 1993 COMPUTER SOFTWARE LAC-Z -- Benson Collection Rare Books

Microsoft Press dicionário de informática: inglês-português e português-inglês. Rio de Janeiro: Editora Campus, 1993.
The Portuguese-English glossary is located in the front of this book. Main listings are organized by English terms followed by their Portuguese definitions and equivalent terms.
QA 76.15 M5417 1993 LAC -- Latin American Reference Collection

ENVIRONMENT

Braile, P. M. Dicionário inglês/português de termos técnicos de ciências ambientais. Rio de Janeiro, Brasil: SESI-DN/COHISI, 1992.
English terms followed by their Portuguese equivalents and definitions in Portuguese. Includes an appendix of US and Brazilian measurement units and their conversions (e.g., volume, weight, temperature).
GE 10 B735 1992 LAC -- Benson Collection stacks

Vásquez, Milton. English-Spanish Glossary of Environmental Terms and Abbreviations. Español-inglés glosario de términos ambientales y abreviaciones. Houston: Gulf Pub., 1995.
GE 10 V37 1995 LAC -- Latin American Reference Collection

Vocabulário básico de meio ambiente. Rio de Janeiro: Serviço de Comunicação Social da Petrobrás, 1990.
Alphabetical listing of Portuguese terms followed by their equivalents in Spanish, English and French. Also includes separate alphabetical indexes in these three languages.
QH 540.4 V63 1990 LAC -- Latin American Reference Collection

LAW

Benmaman, Virginia. Bilingual Dictionary of Criminal Justice Terms (English-Spanish). Binghamton, NY: Gould, 1991.
Terms and definitions in both languages. Also includes flow charts of criminal justice procedures.
K 52 S6 B45 1991B LAC -- Mexican-American Reference Collection

Cabanellas, Guillermo. Butterworths Spanish/English Legal Dictionary. Diccionario jurídico español/inglés Butterworths. Austin,TX: Butterworth Legal Publishers, 1991.
K 52 S6 C33 1991 V.1 & V.2 LAC -- Latin American Reference Collection: another copy at PCL

Diccionario terminológico de derecho: inglés-español/español-inglés. Dictionary of Legal Terminology: English-Spanish/Spanish-English. Madrid: La Ley, 1992.
LAW K 52 S6 D53 1992 -- Law Library Reference Collection

Goyos Jr., Durval de Noronha (Goyos Júnior). Noronha's Legal Dictionary: English-Portuguese/Portuguese-English. 1st ed. São Paulo: Editora Observador Legal, 1993.
K 52 P67 G69 1993 LAC -- Latin American Reference Collection

McCotter, Lawrence C. The English-Spanish Criminal Court Handbook. Duncanville, TX: L.C. McCotter, 1991.
LAW KF 9217 M32 1991 -- Law Library Reference Collection

Mello, Maria Chaves de. Dicionário jurídico português-inglês/inglês-português. Portuguese-English/English-Portuguese Law Dictionary. 1st ed. Rio de Janeiro: Barrister's Editora, 1984.
K 52 P67 M45 1984 LAC -- Benson Collection stacks

Romanach, Julio. Dictionary of Legal Terms: Spanish-English/English-Spanish. Diccionario de términos jurídicos: español-inglés/inglés-español. Baton Rouge, LA: Jura Division, Lawrence Pub. Co., 1992.
K 52 S6 R66 1992 LAC -- Benson Collection stacks

Torres, Arturo L. Latin American Legal Abbreviations: A Comprehensive Spanish-Portuguese Dictionary with English Translations. New York: Greenwood Press, 1989.
KG 25 T67 1989 LAC -- Latin American Reference Collection

LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE

Jurasek, Sonia Regina Gonçalves. Pequeno glossário de termos técnicos em biblioteconomia e documentação, inglês-português. 2nd ed. Rio de Janeiro, 1987.
Z 1006 J88 1987 LAC -- Benson Collection stacks

Technical Dictionary of Library and Information Science: English-Spanish/Spanish-English - Diccionario técnico de bibliotecología y ciencias de la información. New York: Garland Pub., 1993.
Z 1006 T39 1993 LAC -- Latin American Reference Collection

MEDICINE

Fajardo Rodríguez, Alfonso. Diccionario de términos de nutrición. Bosques de Aragón, Edo. de México: Auroch, 1996.
Arranged by Spanish term followed by its English equivalent with definition in Spanish. Does not include an English-Spanish glossary.
TX 349 F347 1996 LAC -- Latin American Reference Collection

Harvey, William C. Spanish for Health Care Professionals. Hauppauge, NY: Barron's, 1994.
Sections arranged by areas of the human body or type of ailment. Also contains a English-Spanish and Spanish-English wordfinder.
PC 4120 M3 H37 1994 LAC -- Benson Collection stacks

Pérez-Sabido, Jesús. Spanish-English Handbook for Medical Professionals. Compendio en inglés y español para profesionales de la medicina. 3rd ed. Oradell, NJ: Medical Economics Books, 1988.
Arranged by medical procedure and associated terms and phrases, complete with definitions in both languages.
PC 4120 M3 P47 1989 LAC -- Benson Latin American Collection; another copy at PCL

Teed, Cynthia Ann. Conversational Spanish for the Medical and Health Professions. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1983.
PC 4120 M3 T4 1983 LAC -- Benson Collection stacks

Veiga, Reginaldo da Graça.Vocabulário médico: inglês-português/português-inglês. São Paulo: Editora Pedagógica e Universitária, 1979.
R 121 V443 LAC -- Benson Collection stacks

Vocabulário breve de medicina: español-inglés/inglés-español. 1st ed. en español. México: Ediciones Científicas, La Prensa Médica Mexicana, 1989.
R 121 V63 1989 LAC -- Latin American Reference Collection

Zuazo, José. English-Spanish: Quick Reference of Medical Terms. Lista concisa de términos médicos. Philadelphia?: Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Dept. of Community Affairs, Dept. of Health, Governor's Council on the Hispanic Community, 198?.
R 121 Z 829 1980Z LAC -- Benson Collection stacks

MILITARY TECHNOLOGY

Dicionário de termos militares: português-inglês, inglês-português. 1st ed. Brasília?: Estabelecimento General Gustavo Cordeiro de Farias, 1980.
U 25 D487 1980 LAC -- Benson Collection stacks

Wells, Rowland A. English-Spanish, Spanish-English Modern Dictionary of Military Technology. Diccionario moderno de tecnología militar inglés-español, español-inglés. Fairfax, VA: Lexicon Press, 1977.
U 25 W44 LAC -- Latin American Reference Collection

PICTORIAL DICTIONARIES

Corbeil, Jean Claude. The Facts on File English/Spanish Visual Dictionary: Look up the Word from the Picture, Find the Picture from the Word. New York: Facts on File, 1992.
Particularly useful for looking up ordinary objects or activities to learn their Spanish names and the names of all their auxiliary parts (e.g., trains, toilets, submarines, bowling alleys). The illustrations approach a complex level of detail and are useful for finding the names of such things as the "compression coupling" on a sink ("uerco unión").
PC 4629 C65 1991 LAC -- Latin American Reference Collection

Hill, L. A. Oxford Children's Picture Dictionary: Diccionario Oxford en imágenes: inglés-español. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1983.
PC 4629 H55 1983 LAC Ð JE-- Benson Collection stacks

The Oxford-Duden Pictorial Portuguese-English Dictionary. Oxford: Clarendon Press; New York: Oxford University Press, 1992.
Similar to the Facts on File English/Spanish Visual Dictionary described above.
PC 5333 O94 1992 PCL-- PCL Stacks

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

General Dictionaries

Antas, Luiz Mendes. Dicionário técnico-científico: com termos afins: inglês-português. São Paulo-Brasil: Traco Editora, 1986. T 10 A584 1986 LAC -- Latin American Reference Collection

Bini, Edson. Dicionário técnico industrial: inglês/português/inglês. Technical and Industrial Dictionary: English/Portuguese/English. São Paulo: Hemus, 1978.
T 10 B553 LAC -- Latin American Reference Collection

Collazo, Javier L. Encyclopedic Dictionary of Technical Terms, English-Spanish, Spanish-English. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1980.
T 10 C593 V.1/V.2/V.3 LAC -- Latin American Reference Collection

García Díaz, Rafael. Diccionario técnico: inglés-español. 1st ed. México, DF: Editorial Limusa, 1983.
T 10 G37 1983 LAC -- Benson Collection stacks

Subject-Specific Dictionaries

Alamilla Esquivel, Guillermo. Diccionario automotriz de términos técnicos inglés-español. 1st ed. Saltillo: Alamilla Editores: Distribuido por Librería Continental, 1991.
TL 9 A43 1991 LAC -- Latin American Reference Collection

Colman, Beatriz Z. Glosario inglés-castellano, castellano-inglés de términos de uso actual para minería y tecnología en minas. Buenos Aires: Fundación Editorial de Belgrano, 1997.
Main entries are in English with Spanish definitions and equivalent terms. Includes a Spanish-English glossary.
TN 10 C65 1997 LAC -- Benson Collection stacks

Glosário de términos cartográficos y fotogramétricos. Glossaire de termes cartographiques et photogrammétriques. Glossary of Cartographic and Photogrammetric Terms. Glossario de termos cartográficos y fotogramétricos. México?: Instituto Panamericano de Geografía e Historia, 1986.
An alphabetical listing in Spanish with definitions given in Spanish, English, Portuguese, and French. Also includes separate indexes in each language for locating main entries and definitions.
GA 102 G56 1986 LAC -- Latin American Reference Collection

Glossary of the Petroleum Industry: English-Spanish/Spanish-English. 2nd ed. Tulsa, OK: PennWell Pub., 1982.
"Contains more than 12,000 technical terms and idiomatic expressions commonly used in all phases of the oil industry..." TN 865 G63 1982 LAC -- Latin American Reference Collection

Kennedy, Felicitas. The Wiley Dictionary of Civil Engineering and Construction: English-Spanish, Spanish-English. New York: Wiley, 1996.
TA 9 K46 1996 LAC -- Latin American Reference Collection; another copy at TA 9 K46 1996 ENG -- Engineering Library Reference

Oliveira, Cêurio de. Vocabulário inglês-português de geociências. Rio de Janeiro: Fundação Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e EstatísticaÐIBGE, 1995.
Does not include a Portuguese-English glossary.
QE 5 O448 1995 LAC -- Latin American Reference Collection

OTHER SUBJECTS

Cambridge Word Selector. Cambridge, England; New York: Cambridge University Press, 1995.
A thesaurus of 450 groups of words in English with equivalents and explanations of their subtleties in Spanish, as well as examples of usage. An extensive index (both English-Spanish and Spanish-English) serves to locate particular words quickly.
PE 1129 S8 C24 1995 LAC -- Latin American Reference Collection

Mattoso, Glauco. Dicionarinho do palavrão & correlatos: inglês-português, português-inglês. Rio de Janeiro, RJ: Editora Record, 1990.
A bilingual dictionary of slang, sex-slang, and obscenities.
HQ 9 G53 1990 LAC -- Benson Collection stacks

Orellana, Marina. Glosario internacional para el traductor. Glossary of Selected Terms Used in International Organizations. 3nd ed., Santiago: Editorial Universitaria), 1990.
PC 4640 O69 1990 LAC -- Latin American Reference Collection

Schneider, John T. Dictionary of African Borrowings in Brazilian Portuguese. Hamburg: H. Buske, 1991.
A dictionary of Brazilian-Portuguese words derived or borrowed from African words with definitions in English. Many entries are related to religion, slang, musical instruments, ethnic dishes, etc.
PC 5446 S363 1991 LAC -- Latin American Reference Collection

Stephens, Thomas M. Dictionary of Latin American Racial and Ethnic Terminology. Gainesville: University of Florida Press: 1989.
Terms in Spanish or Portuguese with definitions in English.
GN 564 L29 S84 1989 LAC -- Latin American Reference Collection

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