Vizi e virtù dei dizionari bilingui francese-italiano

The importance of a bilingual dictionary for the task of translating is often understated. The author illustrates how, on the contrary, it can be an essential tool, whose function cannot be replaced by other dictionaries or other types of online resources, at least for those who translate from French to Italian. An overview of several dictionaries for this language pair highlight the merits and flaws of each of them, with the aim of guiding translators to the choice of a dictionary or dictionaries that best suit the type of translation required.