Dictionary Review Reviewed by The Dictionary Reviews are compiled by Jacopo Madaro Moro Peter A. Gergay

Dictionary of Maritime Terms

Author: Price: Pietro del Rosso $33.48

Publisher: ISBN: Witherby Seamanship International 978-1-85609-639-3 (Print) 978-1-85609-640-9 (e-Book) Publication date: 2014 (first edition: 2011) Available from: Witherby Publishing Group Number of pages/entries: www.witherbyseamanship.com 409 pages Around 6,000 entries

Mention the term “seafaring national Maritime Dangerous Goods • Papagno, Domenico, and Guidetti, nation” and one immediately thinks (IMDG) code, and the ranks in the Armando (PDGA). Dizionario of a country with seacoasts all Navy, to name just a few categories. Tecnico Marittimo Commerciale, around like Greece and Italy. It is English-Italian (Milan: Pirola therefore not strange that the Dict- Reference Comparison Editore, 1986). ionary of Maritime Terms would Considering the wealth of material make particular reference to Italian contained in this compact dictionary, it The results appear in Table 1 on seafaring terms and water-borne seems useful to compare its coverage page 29. vehicles. This dictionary review was of specific terms with those found in This brief comparison highlights written by one of my predecessors as the glossary of the World Shipping some of the strengths of the DMT, chair of ATA’s Dictionary Review Council (http://ow.ly/HEGD4) and to namely its completeness, especially Committee, Jacopo Madaro Moro. check these against the following gold when it comes to acronyms and ter- standards: minology related to the shipping industry. Nevertheless, the World The Dictionary of Maritime Terms • Brodie, Peter. Dictionary of Shipping Council glossary tells us (DMT) is a slender paperback printed Shipping Terms, English-Italian little about what is missing in del on acid-free paper and illustrated with (London: Lloyd’s of London Rosso’s impressive recueil. In fact, an estimated 600 black-and-white Press, Ltd., 1988). only a targeted reading reveals that photographs and drawings. The illus- the DMT focuses on current vessels trations are small but high-resolution, • Bernabò, Silorata, and F. Picchi and maritime practices but is defi- and the two-column format with bold- (BSP). Dizionario di Marina, cient in entries for technolo- faced headwords is highly readable. Italian-English (Salerno: Di gies and terminology. While the The DMT English>Italian section Mauro Editore, 1970). DMT lists all seven components of covers 141 pages. It is separated from an anchor (fuso, ceppo, cicala, dia- the Italian>English section by 65 pages • Illustrated Technical Dictionary, mante, marra, palma, and unghia — of acronyms (some 3,000 entries). Italian-English-French-Dutch- or shank, stock, ring, crown, arm or The dictionary per se is followed by a Spanish-German (Bruxelles: World fluke, blade, and bill or pea), the table of irregular English verbs and a Association for Waterborne Trans - same cannot be said about in 56-page appendix, which contains port Infrastructure-PIANC, 1967). general. For example, out of 27 pos- basically everything, including sible rigging variations found in the schematics, the Saffir/Simpson hurri- • Segditsas, P. E. Nautical Dictionary, BSP dictionary, the DMT includes cane scale, casting off and steering English-French-Italian-Spanish- only the terms listed in Table 2. orders, flags of the international code Dutch (Amsterdam: Elsevier While “” is present (albeit of signals, ship signage, the Inter- Publishing Co., 1965). translated as veliero veloce or “fast

28 The ATA Chronicle n February 2015 Table 1. Presence of WSC terminology (and its Italian equivalent) in various maritime dictionaries

World Shipping Council Italian Meaning Brodie BSP PIANC Segditsas PDGA DMT Bill of lading (B/L) Polizza di carico ☑ ☑ ☑ ☑ ☑ ☑ Box Container ☑* ☑* ☑ ☑* Brake horsepower Potenza al freno ☑ ☑ ☑ Break hull Groupage / carico frazionato ☑ Bulk cargo Carico alla rinfusa ☑ ☑ ☑ ☑ ☑ Carrier Vettore ☑** ☑ ☑ ☑ ☑ ☑†††† Charter rate Rata di nolo

CO2 emissions Emissioni di CO2 Container Container ☑*** ☑ ☑ ☑†† ☑ ☑ Container terminal Terminal per container ☑ ☑ ☑ ⇔ FEU ☑ [Forty-foot Equivalent Unit] Freight rate Tariffa di nolo ☑ ☑††† Gantry crane Gru a ponte ☑**** ☑**** ☑ ☑ Intermodalism Intermodalismo

International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea ⇔ ☑ ☑ ☑ (SOLAS) International Maritime Organization (IMO) ⇔ ☑ ☑ International Organization for Standardization (ISO) ⇔ ☑ ☑

International Ship and Port Facility Security Code ⇔ ☑ (ISPS Code) Knot Nodo ☑ ☑ ☑ ☑ ☑ ☑ Maiden voyage Viaggio inaugurale ☑ ☑ ☑ ☑ Manifest Manifesto ☑ ☑ ☑ ☑ Pallet ⇔ ☑ ☑ ☑ ☑ Reefer Container frigorifero ⇔ ☑ ☑† ☑ ☑ Shipper Caricatore ☑ ☑ ☑ ☑ ☑ ⇔ TEU ☑***** [Twenty-foot Equivalent Unit] ***** ☑ ☑ US Customs - Trade Partner Against Terrorism (C-TPAT) ⇔ ☑ Vessel Nave ☑ ☑ ☑ ☑ ☑ ☑ World Customs Organization (WCO) ⇔ ☑

Total terms found/ 17 13 7 10 19 21 28 total terms Completeness of coverage (%) (61%) (46%) (25%) (36%) (68%) (30%)

Legend: * Translated as cassa † Translated as nave frigorifera  Found ** Translated as trasportatore †† Translated as contenente ⇔ Lemma unchanged in Italian *** Translated as contenitore ††† Translated as tassa di nolo **** Translated as cavalletto †††† Translated as nave da trasporto ***** Only translated as contenitore equivalente a venti piedi

The ATA Chronicle n February 2015 29 Table 2. Counting of rigging types listed in the DMT Italian English DMT Dinghy ☑ Bilancella Seiner sailship”), only 15 masts and yards are listed, whereas the BSP dictionary offers 38 variations. To be fair, Sloop these absences are fully justified by the dictionary’s Tartana Tartan focus on today’s maritime realities. Navicello Periagua Overall Evaluation Feluca Feluca The DMT is not a maritime encyclopedia. It was Bovo Bovo intended as a working tool for the men and women involved in current maritime activities. As such, it is Yawl uniquely valuable and ranks with the very best refer- Ketch ences. The dictionary is exhaustive and accurate (I found only one typo: a dubious “to make water” or Trabaccolo ☑ imbarcare acqua instead of “to take water”). Those of Sciabecco ☑ us who work with and admiralty law should not Valacciere Sicilian coaster do without it, and even the generalists can profit from its broad coverage of maritime matters. So, I highly Lugro Lougre recommend it. n Goletta ☑ Bombarda Bomb-ketch Brigantino goletta Schooner ☑ Information and Brigantino Brig ☑ Goletta a palo Tern schooner Contacts Nave goletta Barquetine ☑* Brigantino a palo Bark ☑ Square rigger Nave Jacopo Madaro Moro has worked as a freelance translator and Nave a palo Four-masted bark interpreter since 1982, specializing in technical and scientific subjects for Nave a 4 alberi Four-masted square rigger the U.S., Italian, and Japanese markets. He chaired ATA’s Dictionary Review Committee from 1989 to 1993, has contributed over 20 Goletta a 5 alberi Five-masted schooner dictionary reviews and articles, and translated several books in a variety Nave a 5 alberi Five-masted square rigger of fields, from biomechanics to World War I. Contact: Nave a 5 alberi a palo Five-masted bark [email protected]. Goletta a 6 alberi Six-masted schooner Have an idea for a dictionary you would like to see Total terms found/ 8 terms reviewed? Contact Peter A. Gergay, chair of ATA's 27 total rigging variations Completeness of coverage (%) found (30%) Dictionary Review Committee, at [email protected].

Note: * Incorrectly listed as “schooner”

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