DUSHANBE, May 5, Asia-Plus — Publishing-house Sahbo has printed the English-Tajik Dictionary, compiled by known Tajik translator and language expert Abdusalom Mamadnazarov, Associate Professor with English Department at Tajik National University.
A 1,090-page dictionary, containing more than 25,000 words and expressions, is the largest English-Tajik dictionary ever published in Tajikistan or outside it.
The book is intended for students at higher educational specialists, English teachers and translators as well as those who want to study English.
The dictionary has a circulation of a 2,000 and is available in bookshops in Dushanbe.
The dictionary has been prepared at English Department within Tajik National University under the program launched by president’s order to improve the study of the Russian and English languages at educational facilities.
Dr. Abdusalom Mamadnazarov is author of a number of monographs and translations. He, in particular, translated from Tajik into English books such as “Our President” (2006) and “History of Contemporary Statehood” (2002). He also translated from English in Tajik the following books: “History of America” (1996); “Economy of America” (1997), and “History and Doctrine of Ismaili”. Mr. Mamadnazarov is also author of the English-Tajik Dictionary for University Students (2003), etc.
