Lonely Planet Turkish Phrasebook Paperback Author: Arzu Kurklu | Language: English | ISBN:
1741045827 | Format: PDF, EPUB
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National Geographic Traveler, September 2006
'Lonely Planet Phrasebooks. Portable, pocket-size, cheap, and available for almost any country you might want to visit...'
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- Series: Phrasebook
- Paperback: 260 pages
- Publisher: Lonely Planet; 4 edition (July 1, 2008)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1741045827
- ISBN-13: 978-1741045826
- Product Dimensions: 1.4 x 2.2 x 0.2 inches
- Shipping Weight: 4.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
A wealth of detail is provided in this phrasebook and for someone planning a trip to Turkey and needing situational survival language skills, this resource fits the bill. I think that it could use a thorough review in terms of vocabulary -- what to include or not to include, in the end, is a judgment call of the author and sometimes details are extraneous. For example, to know that "hesap" means bill or check is certainly essential but less so account bank balance "hesap bakiyesi" or calculator "hesap makinesi." One reviewer castigates the author for indicating "Iyi Sabahlar" for good morning; the better word to introduce is indeed "Gunaydin," which you hear every day in Turkey. ["Iyi sabahlar," however, does mean good morning -- it is not an error (as assumed by the aforementioned reviewer)]. Rather, it derived from an Arabic-based word (sabah) and appears to be consistent with the phenomenon of some Arabic-based words having gone out of vogue in modern Turkish. However, certain basic "chit-chat" expressions, so commonly heard in Turkey, are absent from the phrasebook in the greetings section.
I would also say that certain of the situations need to be updated. For example, with respect to mobile phones, there is no situation dealing with registration of mobile phones (enabling use of Turkish sim cards without having you service cut off after a few days).
I wouldn't rely on the dictionary contained in the back of the phrasebook. Rather I would carry a small pocket dictionary that fits into a shirt pocket or back jeans pocket like the FONO pocket dictionary (now probably out of print) with 20,000 words. Reviewers expecting phrasebooks to substitute for pocket dictionaries are using the wrong yardstick of effectiveness.
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