Berlitz Romanian Phrase Book & Dictionary

the book was great - compact and yet gave me enough info to handle basic conversation in Romanian - will give me just enoughfor a trip and the categorization quickens the lookup of words /hrases

All of the Berlitz phrase book/dictionaries are excellent, but lately they've gotten better with the edition of a CD to help with pronunciation. Since this has been recently updated, I was expecting to find a CD. However, this is book only. Still, it provides written pronunciation assistance and is very good.

This is an excellent phrase book that does not always display word for word interpretations of Romanian expressions and also does not always teach the reader the proper phonics for the Romanian language. The reader needs to understand that a book cannot do these things because some of the Romanian expressions, vowels, and consonants do not exist in the English language. Having taken three vacations in Romania and a couple of basic CD language courses, I still find this Berlitz Romanian phrase book an outstanding source of basic Romanian expressions that a tourist can use in Romania. I have memorized the useful sayings in this book, and I highly recommend it for English-speaking tourists going to one of the most beautiful countries on Earth.

Was very helpful and I highly recommend if don't speak good romanian

Great book! The phrases amd color break down make it so easy to find what you need

There aren't very many Romanian language resources out there, so this is your best option. I got a ton of use out of this phrasebook while I was in Romania. It's small enough to carry around in pretty much any purse or even a deep pocket. Not all the translations are perfect, but you will at least be able to get your point across. The book is sorted into categories and situations you might run into, which is useful. For example, there was a transportation section which helped when I was trying to buy a train ticket at the window. While many Romanians speak excellent English, everyone I spoke to was very happy I was at least trying to speak a little Romanian. I did also run into a few locals who didn't speak any English so this was a very helpful tool.

Just needed something to help me get by … great little vocab book especially if you familiarize yourself with the verbal language first.

I'll start of by saying that this little phrase book is littered with information and phrases and is quite useful. However, it's not without its mistakes.For instance, there were a lot of words that were missing the Romanian specific ț (T-comma), thus changing the pronounciation of the word which would make you look like a fool if trying to say it. For example, cunoştintă instead of cunoştinţă was a mistake they made. It made me feel uneasy as to what else they could have gotten wrong in the book, so I always had to double before hand the things that I would actually intend to say to make sure that I wouldn't make a mistake. Also, some of the phrases were a little different than what you would hear a native Romanian speaker use or say. All in all it's the best phrase book out there for the Romanian language, and a must have if travelling to Romania.

Very handy

Excellent book. Only wish this one also had the CD like many of the other languages. Perhaps it is available and I just missed it. As noted in another comment, it is great having the same Berlitz Phrasebooks for French, Spanish and Italian at my side so I can compare the four Romance languages and how they have developed differently.

Good book really

Arrived very promptly , would have like a BT more of an extended dictionary but otherwise quite a useful small phrase book.

This will be a good "tool" for my trip to Romania. I like that it has all the phrases I should need and is small enough to tuck into a backpack pocket or handbag.