Dictionary of French Tools & Materials: English-French/French-English: A bilingual sourcebook for home-owners in France

by Richard Wiles

Overview

English-speaking home-owners bent on renovating a property in France may be baffled by the vagaries of the French language when purchasing essential tools, materials and equipment - but there are also anomalies between the countries beyond a disparity of sizes, quantities and terms.With a dash of humour from an established author, the Dictionary of French Tools & Materials demystifies the choice of what's available, exposing the oddities and inconsistencies - and highlights items that don't exist in the UK. A dictionary of more than 10,000 French terms translated into English, including hundreds of technical words you won't find in a standard dictionary.Entries divided into the main categories that cover all aspects of home renovation: Building, Carpentry & Joinery, Decorating, Electricity, Ironmongery & Hardware, Metalwork, and Plumbing & Heating.Ready reference on numbers, fractions, decimals and percentages, a list of the major trades - plus a handy guide to useful words and phrases.This book is the first in the series of La Source! Bilingual Dictionaries.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781526201416
Publisher:	Platanos Publications
Publication date:	03/10/2016
Series:	La Source! Bilingual Dictionaries , #1
Pages:	318
Product dimensions:	5.06(w) x 7.81(h) x 0.67(d)

About the Author

Richard Wiles is a professional author and editor. He gained his knowledge of home renovation from a career on Do It Yourself, Homemaker and Ideal Home magazines, and partworks Jobmate, Do It Right and Fix It, later establishing himself as one of the UK's foremost DIY columnists, contributing to Traditional Homes and Period Living magazines. He has written and edited more than a dozen home interest books.

His connection with France began in the 1990s, when he bought a 13-acre farm in the Limousin region, renovated its rundown barn and kept llamas - the subject of his bestselling humorous travel books, Bon Courage! (Summersdale 2003/13) and Bonne Chance! (Summersdale 2006). He offered practical advice to ex-pats in articles for Living France, Everything France, Destination France, Homes Overseas, Living Abroad, and The Connexion. His Dictionary of French Building Terms (Summersdale 2006) is a best seller.

He is now renovating a ramshackle hill-top property in the beautiful Lot department, where he is writing La Source!, third book in his travel series.