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Construction Spanish (en inglés y español)

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Manufacturer: Craftsman Book Company

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Construction Spanish - Over 1,000 words and phrases used on home, commercial, heavy and highway construction projects - tools, equipment, safety, landscaping english/spanish - spanish/english - the instant jobsite translator - increases safety and productivity 1,000's in use by government and industry nationwide


PRODUCT DESCRIPTIONS:

Binding: Paperback
EAN: 9780964243514
ISBN: 0964243512
Label: Craftsman Book Company
Manufacturer: Craftsman Book Company
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 116
Publication Date: 1999-01-01
Publisher: Craftsman Book Company
Studio: Craftsman Book Company


SIMILAR ITEMS:

• DEWALT Spanish/English Construction Dictionary: Illustrated Edition (Dewalt Trade Reference Series)
• Jobsite Phrasebook, English-Spanish
• Easy to Learn Construction Spanish
• Learning Construction Spanglish
• Easy Spanish Phrase Book: Over 770 Basic Phrases for Everyday Use (Dover Easy Phrase)


CUSTOMER REVIEWS:

pocket size and very helpful -
This was just what we were looking for. The only suggestion is that it be published in a waterproof/sweatproof edition (out on the jobsite in a pocket it gets pretty damp).

Most useful and portable book in Construction Spanish -
If you are a construction professional and have Spanish speaking workers, this is the best book for the money. If you have this book and learn the phrase "c?mo se dice-pronounced(como say dee-say)" or "how is it said?", you can rule the Latin American world-in construction... I have found every word I've needed for construction in this book, except in a few rare instances. If it's not in here, I say c?mo se dice?, hold up the item and write the word in the book. This book also translates in both directions, so I purchased the book for my regular Spanish speaking crew and now they are learning the words in English. There are also helpful phrases and words not used in construction per se, but are used on the job like anatomy parts for when your worker smashes a finger, nails their hand to the roof, or something like that. I am very satisfied with this book. If you're not, you should set higher goals for yourself like taking a professional Spanish language course. If you need to get work done and don't have time to learn an entirely new language, this book will take care of your Spanish language issues.

Handy little book -
I bought this book because I wanted to round out my overall knowledge of Spanish. What I found was a very handy book. I mean this literally: it's a very tiny book that you can easily carry around in your back pocket.

Right up front, the author says "This is not written in textbook Spanish, but it is Spanish used on the job." I would concur. Mr. Scott shows his jobsite experience in the last phrase in the book: "No soy de la migra" ("I am not from immigration"). The only real downside is that there are some questionable translations and some Spanglish - "aguantar" instead of "sostener", "ahorrar" instead of "guardar", "concreto" instead of what I believe is the (sometimes) more proper "hormigon", etc. (To his credit, he translates "hold this" as "agarre esto" instead of "coja esto", which may get you smirks.) But I am sure the people would understand what you mean.

There is also no information on the hardest part of Spanish: conjugating verbs. But as I tell people, you can probably get by in most any language with only pronouns, the infinitive, and forget the articles and gender. "Usted recoger herramientas, pongalo aqui" sounds pretty "Me Tarzan-You Jane"-ish ("Pick up the tools, put them here", literally "You to pick up tools, put it here") but it gets the idea across. As you can see, some verbs are conjugated in at least the imperative - although the book's a bit inconsistent between formal and informal.

As another reviewer mentioned, some words that would be useful are missing - such as concrete related terms (screed and footing, though trowels are included) - but that's to be expected: no book can include everything. With the number of Latino concrete workers, though, it may be useful to include some in the next revision.

All in all, it's a very good little book, and you can't beat either the portability or the price. Although you definitely can't use it to learn Spanish (try "Dicho y Hecho", along with "Breaking Out of Beginner's Spanish" if you're serious), you can certainly use it to pick up important words you will need on the jobsite, and I highly recommend it for anybody who either needs a bit of Spanish on the job or would like to round out their general Spanish knowledge with some work-related terminology.

Helpful on the job -
This book is very helpful on the job, figuring out construction terms English vs.Spanish. Not comprehensive, but it's charm is it is a pocket size, so it's really at hand when needed. Also, for those with little Spanish, it has enough common words that sometimes the English speaker can find help for the words that need to go with the construction term. I work with construction teams of volunteers in Spanish speaking areas, and I recommend all such teams have a copy of this book.
--Tom Mitchell

"I've needed this for years... Well done, Mr. Scott!" -
Those folks in the construction business, will find that the author has compiled an enormous listing of useful words, terms and phrases into a handy "shirt pocket" sized format, thus making it easy to use on the job. This book should be sold at every Home Depot in the country!

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