Phrasebooks
Phrases or sections you'd like added:
The Italian phrase book is laid out very well, easy to use. We really needed to ask if a bribe was appropriate - and how large should the bribe be. (desperate after waiting nine days for luggage). Thanks for a great book.
Ruby Gallagher in Portland, OR USA 01/29/2012
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Yasuhiko in Obara, WA USA 12/29/2011
For train travel - circola and non-circola, nei giorni, for menu deciphering - farro al tommo tonno capoline, grana, pecarino
Richard Szabo in Columbus, Oh USA 08/10/2011
In the medical/health section of the Italian phrase book: please add the Italian word for "stroke"
Dennis McKaig in London , On Canada 11/13/2009
In the Spanish phrasebook, add the distinction between tickets for admission to events (taquillos) and tickets for transport (billetes).
In big train stations and airports, the prominent Atención al Cliente offices, meaning traveler’s aid, can help you out of a jam, such as the one we found ourselves in when our train was canceled (sup = suprimido) owing to a May Day strike. They can rebook you in such situations, and provide you with an official stamp and written explanation that will entitle you to an (eventual) refund. They’re often next to the ticket windows and the tourist information (TI) booth.
Vocabulary: A few more useful words: sin (without, for features of a room, ingredients of a dish of food or beverage), con (with, a feature or an ingredient, as in café con leche), la cola (the queue, the line you have to stand in to wait), sup / suprimido (cancelled, as in scheduled trains or planes), ahora mismo (right now), venta de (sale of), por atrás (back the way you came), la parada (the stop that a train, bus, or metro will make, as in próxima parada).
Larry and Marjorie Porter in East Lansing, MI USA 02/25/2009
One future Suggestion for the French phrase book if possible to add different expression used inFrench Switzerland &/or Belgium
Mrs. Pilar Harrietha in Toronto, ON CANADA 02/14/2009