Glossary Term: Reference Works

“Dietl/Lorenz” is the popular title for the “Wörterbuch für Recht Wirtschaft und Politik” – compiled by Clara-Erika Dietl and Egon Lorenz, available in German<>English (in two volumes). I bought the 5th edition of the DE>EN volume early in my career, and the latest editions appeared in 2016 (7th edition EN>DE) and 2020 (6th edition DE>EN).

Richard Ernst’s “Wörterbuch der industriellen Technik“, known simply as “der Ernst” has been a standard reference volume for technical translators since it was first published in 1948 (EN>DE) and 1951 (DE>EN). There are now also German to French, Spanish and Portuguese versions.

Hans E. Zahn’s “Wörterbuch für Bank und Börse / Dictionary of Banking and Stock Trading”, known as “Der Zahn” is a bilingual dictionary for banking, with the 7th edition due to be released in the Summer of 2024.