6th Edition

Eurojargon A Dictionary of the European Union

Edited By Anne Ramsay Copyright 2001
394 Pages
by Routledge

394 Pages
by Routledge

First Published in 2001. Eurojargon explains the meaning of more than 3,000 acronyms, abbreviations and sobriquets used across the European Union to identify European projects, schemes, and agencies (often used to avoid the problem of translation): many have crept into everyday use over recent years and have become almost a language in themselves. Eurojargon is an attempt to bring together those... Read more
Preface Acknowledgements Symbols and abbreviations not explained in the text Alphabetical listing of Eurojargon Appendix 1: Postal addresses of publishers and electronic hosts Bibliography

Biography

Anne Ramsay is a widely recognised expert on European documentation who has written and lectured extensively on the subject. Formerly in charge of the European Documentation Centre at the University of Northumbria at Newcastle, she is a Fellow of the Library Association and has won an award for outstanding achievement sponsored by Women in Enterprise. Revisions to this edition have been compiled by Lillian Stevenson and Jacqueline Woollam of the University of Wales at Aberystwyth

"In terms of breadth, depth, and quality of scholarship, this is an unusually valuable item... Among the numerous glossaries and acronym dictionaries available, none rivals this volume's coverage... Recommended for all university libraries and European studies programs." -- Choice