davidm3440 Posted March 23, 2007 Share Posted March 23, 2007 Hi, does anyone know of any books which have both thai and english in the same volume ? I currently have two and would like to find others, any topic or subject is OK as the point is to become literate (?) in reading thai. The 2 books I currently have are : Thailand Fever by Chris Pirazzi and Vitida Vasant , published by Paiboon Poomsan Publishing and Fascinating Folktales of Thailand by Thanapol Chadchaidee, published by D.K. Today Co Both are available at Bookazine Thanks for any help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdinasia Posted March 23, 2007 Share Posted March 23, 2007 There's a book abut Thong Daeng ... the King's dog that is in both Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crow Boy Posted March 23, 2007 Share Posted March 23, 2007 Hi, does anyone know of any books which have both Thai and English in the same volume ? I currently have two and would like to find others, any topic or subject is OK as the point is to become literate (?) in reading Thai. The 2 books I currently have are : Thailand Fever by Chris Piazza and Vida Vacant , published by Baboon Parmesan Publishing and Fascinating Folktales of Thailand by Ethanol Chickadee, published by D.K. Today Co Both are available at Booking Thanks for any help :roll eyes: You have already got both the volumes I would have suggested. There are a couple of Thai/English children's books - can't think of the link just now but if I can remember I will post a reply later. Be a little carefull with Thailand fever because it is not a LITERAL translation, there are differences between the two because of cultural and literary considerations. However they make good reading although I had to really struggle to read the Thai Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farma Posted March 23, 2007 Share Posted March 23, 2007 The Thai inflight magazine is dual language. There's a series of dual language books designed for Thai medical and other professions that have basic to more complex conversations that would be used in everyday business life. Depending on your needs they may help. I’ve found these books stocked in a lot of book shops. Browse the book shops and you’ll find plenty to choose from. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rikker Posted March 24, 2007 Share Posted March 24, 2007 I have a nice oversize softcover book about the Ramakien with pictures of selected frescoes from Wat Phra Kaeo .. every page has both a Thai and English description of the given painting. Attractive book, cost about B250, as I recall. Bought it at Se-Ed a couple years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taxexile Posted March 24, 2007 Share Posted March 24, 2007 IDEA LANGUAGE is a monthly magazine , costing 20b , it takes short articles from western newspapers and magazines and prints them in english and on the facing page they are translated into thai. the magazine is directed at improving english skills , but it works just as well the other way. the articles are short ( 50 - 300 words ) and usually about entertainment , travel , nature etc. all pretty trivial , there is no heavyweight political or philosophical stuff. i buy at a local bookshop that sells educational stuff. you can contact the magazine at02-935-8125 to take out a subscription if you cant find it locally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rak sa_ngop Posted March 25, 2007 Share Posted March 25, 2007 There is a small number of 'young adult' books published by Nation Egmont which provide useful contemporary Thai and English language stories. These include Scooby-Doo (about 7 titles), Disasterous Dez (2 titles), The Chills (2 or more? titles), Captain Fact (2 or more? titles), Pickle Hill Primary (many titles) etc. They are designed for Thai learners of English but for some reason can only be found in the Thai sections of many bookshops e.g. Central department stores and Se-ed bookshops etc. price generally less than 100 baht. I think they are great for Thai language learners although the English I would think is a bit too colloquial for many Thai to comprehend completely. Some of the stories are a bit naff though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grover Posted March 25, 2007 Share Posted March 25, 2007 (edited) There are a number of Buddhist books with dual language. (english one page thai the next page). Check out the buddhist bookshops in BKK - the one near wat mahatat and near wat bovoriwet. The one I have in mind is called something like "consitution for life" or "a guide for living" its good because it has simple sentences and point form phrases with accurate translations. regards, grover. Edited March 25, 2007 by Grover Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topfield Posted March 25, 2007 Share Posted March 25, 2007 If what one needs is to be able to listen to Thai and make out the words, the solution came arrived a few years back with the proliferation of music videos thich have the English (romanised) words highlighted as each sound of the words of the lyrics is sung. So there you are....watch some Thai karaoke videos ....and read the sounds in English /Roman script ! It helped me no end to make out what Thais are saying !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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