Multilingual Philatelic Dictionary
American Helvetia Philatelic Society www.Swiss-Stamps.org Multilingual Philatelic Dictionary German-English Dictionary page 2 What is the translation German-English Abbreviations page 128 of that word? Look here for most of the French-English Dictionary page 140 common terms in Italian-English Dictionary page 192 German, French, Spanish-English Dictionary page 199 Italian, and Spanish. Cantonal Names page 206 Swiss Town Names page 207 This document is divided into seven sections. The first five sections are dictionaries of foreign-language terms found in Swiss philately together with their English equivalents – German-English, German-English abbreviations; French-English, Italian-English, and Spanish-English. Thanks go to Christoph Hertsch of Zumstein & Cie for use of excerpts from the German - English - Italian dictionary found in the Zumstein Schweiz Liechtenstein catalog, to the Germany Philatelic Society for use of excerpts from its German / English Philatelic Dictionary, 2005, and to the Philatelic Foundation for use of excerpts from its Philatelic Vocabulary in Five Languages, 1978. The format is alphabetic in the non-English language. The sixth section is a listing of the names of the cantons of Switzerland in each of the four national languages – German, French, Italian, and Romansh. For example, Grisons, Graubünden, Grigioni, and Grischun are all names of the canton in south-east Switzerland. The final section is a listing of Swiss town names that are different in German, French, or Italian. For example, the capital of Canton Valais is Sion in French and Sitten in German. It is hoped the collector with little or no knowledge of a foreign language can, by using these dictionaries, decipher at a minimum the basic catalog listings in the Zumstein catalog.
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