- Langenscheidt
Langenscheidt is a privately-held German publishing company, specialising in language resource literature. As well as producing monolingual dictionaries, Langenscheidt also produces bilingual dictionaries and travel phrase-book, as well as maps and atlases.
The use of blue
headword s greatly enhances the ease of word-finding. Langenscheidt has language-to-language dictionaries in many languages, including, but not limited to: English, German, Dutch, Greek, Chinese and Croatian, and in varying sizes, ranging from small travel pocket dictionaries to large desk sized ones.Dictionary structure
The structure for most Langenscheidt dictionaries is the same. Most pocket dictionaries include around 55,000 references designed for tourists or people studying beginning or intermediate foreign languages, while larger desk sized dictionaries include around 220,000 references. After the two languages' references conclude, grammatical assistances appear in the Appendix section, including helpful abbreviations, geographical regions, currency values, temperature conversions, and numerical values.
Langenscheidt Publishing Group
The Langenscheidt Publishing Group is also a major map publisher in the United States, encompassing former privately-held regional map publishers Arrow (Boston area), Hagstrom (New York area), Patton (Philadelphia area), ADC (Washington DC/Baltimore/Mid-Atlantc area), Creative Sales (CSC) (Chicago area), and
Trakker (Florida). They also have national and international coverage withAmerican Map Company (AMC) andHammond Map respectively, which absorbed the assets ofGeneral Drafting in 1992.Recently, Langenscheidt became the exclusive distributor of the Green Michelin travel guides and the Red Michelin hotel and restaurant guides. Overall, the Langenscheidt Publishing Group offers over 3,000 US and international street maps, road maps, atlases, travel guides, language-learning guides, and bilingual dictionaries.
External links
* [http://www.americanmap.com/ Official Site (in English)]
* [http://www.langenscheidt.de/ German Site (in German, focus is on dictionaries)]
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.
