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Date: 6th Feb 2003
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Dear colleagues,
Abt: TANDEM-news
Tandem Publishing House has published a new book: Proverbs and sayings in six languages: about
2200 units / compiled by G.Bigun. 2nd edition, revised and supplemented - Kyiv: Tandem, 2003. -
320 p. - Bibliography: p. 315-316. - Ukrainian, Latin, German, Russian, English, Polish.
Brief annotation.
G.Bigun. Selected proverbs and sayings in six languages. Educational edition.
The collection contains 220 systematized blocks with proverbs and sayings.
Each unit contains semantic equivalents in Ukrainian, Latin, German, Russian, Polish, and English,
along with their meanings.
The selected phraseological units have a general cultural, educational and philosophical nature,
foreign proverbs and sayings are given with their literal translations. An alphabetical index of
Ukrainian proverbs is provided. For scholars, students, teachers, translators, and anyone interested in
folk wisdom.
Yours faithfully,
Serhiy Demyanov