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From the familiar to the highly specialized, the Oxford-Duden Pictorial Dictionaries offer comprehensive coverage of thousands of objects. They have become widely known and valued throughout the world for their clear and simple presentation of complex and detailed items in the technical,scientific, and natural world. The straightforward numbering system and comprehensive index lead you effortlessly and unambiguously to the correct translation, offering at a glance the relevant Chinese and English names. Specialist and non-specialist vocabulary are covered in eleven differentthemes:The Atom, the Universe, and the EarthMan and his social environmentNature as environment, agriculture, and forestryTrades, crafts, and industryPrinting industryTransport, communications, and information technologyOffice, bank, and Stock ExchangeCommunityRecreation, games, and sportEntertainment, culture, and artAnimals and plantsWith over 1,500 items in the areas of computing, audio and video, typesetting, communications, and transport, this dictionary is an invaluable guide to objects in the modern world.