Medienwissenschaft / Hamburg: Berichte und Papiere
70, 2007: Mehrsprachige Wörterbücher des Films.
Redaktion und Copyright dieser Ausgabe: Hans J. Wulff.
Letzte Änderung: 05. März 2012.
Die folgende Bibliographie erschien zunächst in: Film Theory: Bibliographic Information and Newsletter, nos. 10-11, 
1986, pp. 63-80 (= G177-G194).
URL der Hamburger Fassung: http://www1.uni-hamburg.de/Medien/berichte/arbeiten/0070_07.pdf.
Multilingual Dictionaries of Film Vocabulary: A Bibliography
Compiled by Hans J. Wulff and Klaus-Peter Hess
Inhalt: works on Arab theatre, etc. Extensively annotated. No 
Bibliography Arab Index.
Index of Languages
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sinamai yah fi ams lugat. / Vocabulaire du  cine-
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nematografici. / Filmwörterbuch. al-Qahirah [= Kai-
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The “Bibliography of Film Dictionaries” lists all dic- 1981, 151, 163 [= 263] pp.
tionaries dealing with cinema terminology including 1.024 entries. “Liste alphabéetique et numérique” of 
essential related areas such as theatre, photography, French terms; English, Italian, German, and Arab parts 
television, etc. each include an alphabetical list of film terms and a 
We didn’t judge or criticize the reliability of transla- numerical list according to the French list.
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noticed inaccuracies or errors. First, many of the lan- mini cinematografici. Dictionary of terms for the ci-
guages the dictionaries referred to were unknown to nema. Italiano-inglese, English-Italian. Roma: Me-
us; second, our aim was the listing and description diterranea 1952, viii, 95 pp.
of film dictionaries, not their (e)valuation; third, this 
is  the second part  of a descriptive bibliography of (4) Anonymous [1950?] Photowords in four lan-
the film reference shelf  (for  the first  part,  see our guages. London/New York: Focal Press [1950?], 63 
“Bibliography of Film Bibliographies”, this Journal, p.
nos. 4-7). 528 technical terms. English based. One index of French, German, and Spanish terms. Includes a list of 
We tried to get verification of bibliographic informa- “photoshop sentences” (pp. 54-62).
tion and a reliable description by direct inspection. 
In case this was not possible, the bibliographic ent- (5) Anonymous (1955) Saksalais-suomalainen va-
ries are marked by an asterisk (*). lokuvanssanasto. Helsinki: Helios Oy 1955, 112 pp.
We’d like to acknowledge Bernhard Gröschel. German-Finnish.
(6) Anonymous (1956) Kleines viersprachiges  
FiIm-Wörterbuch. Wiesbaden: Film-Echo-Vlg. 
1956, 36 p. (Der kleine Aufnahmeleiter. Sonder-
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les termes de théâtre et leur traduction en arab mo- (7) Anonymous (1973) International glossary of  
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et de Diffusion (SNED) 1973, 303 pp.
French based, with English equivalents added. The man House 1973, 95 pp.
Arab entries are listings of all translations the author Polyglot.
has found in general dictionaries, translations of plays, 
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(8) Arbeitsgemeinschaft der öffentlich-rechtlichen (13) Barginyj, B. G. / Bučinskij, A. S. (1961) Semi-
Rundfunkanstalten der BRD / Office de Radi- jazyčnyj slovar’ po televideniju, radiolokacii i anten-
odiffusion-Télévision Française (Hrsg.) (1970) nam. Anglo-russko-francuzsko-ispansko-ital’- jan-
Fachwörterbuch Hörfunk und Fernsehen. Deutsch- sko-gollandsko-nemeckij. Svyše 2000 terminov. 
Französisch / Französisch-Deutsch. Hrsg. von der Moskva: Glav. Red. Inostrannych Naučno-techn. 
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Rundfunkanstalten der BRD (ARD) und dem Office English, Russian, French, Spanish, Italian, Dutch, 
de Radiodiffusion – Télévision – Française German. Based on Elsevier’s Dictionary of television,  
(O.R.T.F.). [Von einer Arbeitsgruppe unter der Lei- radar and antennas, see below Clason (1975).
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breviations. Deutsch-russisch. Potsdam-Babelsberg: DEFA-Stu-
dio für Spielfilme1975, 27 pp. (Aus Theorie und 
(9) Arbeitsgemeinschaft der öffentlich-rechtlichen Praxis des Films. Sonderheft 1975.).
Rundfunkanstalten in der BRD (Hrsg.) (1972) 
Dictionary of radio and television terms. English- (15) Bindmann, Werner (1974/5) Fachwörterbuch 
German, German-English. / Fachwörterbuch Hör- Optik und optischer Gerätebau. Mit etwa 32000 
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(ARD), in Zusammenarbeit mit der BBC und dem Also: Berlin: VEB Verlag Technik 1974/75 (Technik – 
ZDF. / Comp. & ed. by the ARD, in collaboration Wörterbücher.).
with the BBC and the ZDF. London/New York/ 
Rheine: Heyden & Son. 1972, xxiv, 194, ii, 199 pp. (16) Blank, Michael (1972) The broadcaster’s Ger-
2nd ed. 1975. Comp. by three working groups (chief man-English pocket dictionary. Hamburg: Michael 
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12.000 terms; the English based part gives 17.000 and the special terminology of sailing (“... und 134 Se-
terms with their German eguivalents. gelausdrücke”, pp. 282-286). The dictionary “enthält 
die Grundbegriffe aus Rundfunk-, Fernseh- und Film-
(10) Badekow, Christian (Redaktion) (1973ff) technik (...), Konferenzterminologie sowie das im Zu-
Film-Fernseh ABC für Audiovision, Film, Funk,  sammenhang mit (internationalen) Sportveranstaltun-
Fernsehen, Musik, Presse, Theater, Ton, Werbung.  gen anfallende Vokabular der verschiedenen Wett-
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Dictionaries, encyclopedias, glossaries, nomenclatu- A.S.H. Craeybeckx. Amsterdam/New York: Elsevier 
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advertising, mass media and marketing. English- x, 151 pp.
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Index of Languages – Norwegian 18
(including indirect translations) – Russian 13, 43, 46, 50, 65, 68
– Spanish 4, 13, 20, 21, 22, 23, 39, 41, 43, 46, 47, 
American see English 55, 59, 66, 70, 76 
– Swedish 18, 29, 39, 66
Arab
– English 2 Finnish
– French 2 – Danish 18
– German 2 – English 18
– Italian 2 – French 18
– German 18
Czech – Icelandic 18
– English 38 – Norwegian 18
– Russian 49 – Swedish 18
Danish French
– Dutch 55 – Arab l, 2
– English 18, 55 – Danish 18, 55
– Finnish 18 – Dutch 13, 20, 21, 22, 23, 30, 30, 43, 55, 66, 69
– French 18, 55 – English 1, 2, 4, 10, 12, 13, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 
– German 18, 55 23, 25, 26, 28, 33, 35, 37, 39, 41, 43, 46, 50, 54, 55, 
– Icelandic 18 62, 64, 65, 66, 69, 70, 71, 74, 77
– Italian 55 – Finnish 18 
– Norwegian 18 – German 2, 4, 8, 10, 12, 13, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 
– Spanish 55 23, 25, 26, 32, 35, 37, 39, 41, 43, 46, 50, 55, 65, 66, 
– Swedish 18 69, 70, 71, 74
– Hungarian 46, 65
Dutch – Icelandic 18
– Danish 55 – Italian 2, 12, 13, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 37, 39, 41, 43, 
– English 13, 10, 21, 22, 23, 39, 43, 48, 55, 66, 69 46, 55, 66, 70, 74
– French 13, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 39, 43, 55, 66, 69 – Latin 37
– German 13, 20, 21, 22, 23, 39,43, 55, 66, 69 – Norwegian 18
– Italian 13, 20, 21, 22, 23, 39, 43, 55, 66 – Russian 13, 43, 46, 50, 57, 65
– Russian 13, 43 – Spanish 4, 13, 20, 21, 22, 23, 39, 41, 43, 46, 55, 
– Spanish 13, 20, 21, 22, 23, 39, 43, 55, 66 66, 70
– Swedish 39, 66 – Swedish 18, 39, 66
English German
– Arab 2 – Arab 2
– Czech 38 – Danish 18, 55
– Danish 18, 55 – Dutch 13,20, 21, 22, 23, 39, 43, 55, 66, 69
– Dutch 13, 20, 21, 22, 23, 39, 43, 48, 55, 66, 69 – English 2, 4, 6, 9, 10, 12, 13, 15, 16, 18, 19, 20, 
– Finnish 18 21, 22, 23, 25, 26, 32, 35, 39, 41, 42, 43, 45, 46, 50, 
– French 2, 4, 10, 12, 13, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 25, 55, 58, 65, 66, 67, 69, 70, 71, 74
26, 27, 28, 33, 35, 36, 39, 40, 41, 43, 46, 50, 54, 55, – Finnish 5, 18
61, 63, 64, 65, 66, 69, 70, 71, 74, 76,  77 – French 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 13, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 
– German 2, 4, 9, 10, 12 , 13, 15, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 25, 26, 32, 35, 39, 41, 43, 46, 50, 55, 58, 60, 65, 66, 
23, 25, 26, 32, 35, 36, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 69, 70, 71, 74
50, 51, 55, 65, 66, 67, 69, 70, 71, 74, 76 – Hungarian 46, 65
– Hungarian 46, 65 – Icelandic 18
– Icelandic 18 – Italian 2, 6, 12, 13, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 32, 39, 41, 
– Italian 2, 3, 12, 13, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 39, 41, 43, 43, 55, 66, 70, 74
46, 55, 61, 65, 69, 71 – Norwegian 18
– Japanese 76 – Russian 11, 13, 14, 31, 43, 46, 50, 56, 65
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– Spanish 4, 13, 20, 21, 22, 23, 32, 39, 41, 43, 46, – German 11, 13, 31, 43, 46, 50, 65
55, 58, 66, 70 – Hungarian 46, 65
– Swedish 18, 39, 66 – Italian 13, 43, 46
– Spanish 13, 43, 46
Hungarian
– English 46, 65 Spanish
– French 46, 65 – Danish 55
– German 46, 65 – Dutch 13, 20, 21, 22, 23, 39, 43, 55, 66
– Italian 46, 65 – English 4, 13, 20, 21, 22, 23, 39, 41, 43, 46, 55, 
– Russian 46, 65 66, 70 
– Spanish 46 – French 4, 13, 20, 21, 22, 23, 39, 41, 43, 46, 55, 66, 
70 
Icelandic – German 4, 13, 20, 21, 22, 23, 32, 39, 41, 43, 46, 
– Danish 18 55, 67, 70
– English 18 – Hungarian 46
– Finnish 18 – Italian 13, 20, 21, 22, 23, 39, 41, 43, 46, 55, 66, 70
– French 18 – Russian 13, 43, 46
– German 18 – Swedish 39, 66
– Norwegian 18
– Swedish 18 Swedish
– Danish 18
Italian – Dutch 39, 66
– Arab 2 – English 18, 39, 66
– Danish 55 – Finnish 18
– Dutch 13, 20, 21, 22, 23, 39, 43, 55, 66 – French 18, 39, 66
– English 2, 3, 12, 13, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 34, 39, 41, – German 18, 39, 66
43, 46, 55, 66, 70, 74, 75 – Icelandic 18
– French 2, 12, 13, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 34, 39, 41, 43, – Italian 39, 66
46, 55, 66, 70, 74, 75 – Norwegian 18
– German 2, 12, 13, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 32, 34, 39, – Spanish 39, 66
41, 43, 46, 55, 66, 70, 74, 75
– Hungarian 46
– Russian 13, 43, 46
– Spanish 13, 20, 21, 22, 23, 39, 41, 43, 46, 55, 66, 
70 Index of Lexicographical Domains
– Swedish 39, 66
Acoustics see Sound
Japanese Advertising 44 
– English 52 Cinematography see Photography
Education 39
Norwegian Electronics 21, 59, 60, 61, 62
– Danish 18 Film 2, 3, 5, 6, 10, 14, 17, 19, 24, 25, 27, 32, 33, 
– English 18 35,36, 38, 41, 47, 49, 50, 51,53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 63, 
– Finnish 18 65, 68, 69, 70, 72, 73, 74, 75,76, 77
– French 18 Marketing 44
– German 18 Music 11, 20, 45, 46
– Icelandic 18 Optics 15, 58, 67, 71
– Swedish 18 Photography (including Cinematography) 4, 7, 26, 
27, 29, 34, 36, 37, 38, 40, 41, 42, 47, 48, 50, 56, 57, 
Russian 64, 67, 68, 69, 74
– Czech 49 Propaganda 52 
– Dutch 13, 43 Radio 8, 9, 39
– English 13, 43, 46, 50, 65, 73 Sound (including Acoustics) 20, 25, 48, 59, 60, 61, 
– French 13, 43, 46, 50, 65 62
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Television (including Video) 8, 9, 10, 13, 16, 21, 22, Theatre l, 12, 18, 28, 30, 31, 35, 66
23, 39, 43, 51, 54, 72, 76