Successful and stylish, the Chambers phrasebook range is ideal for holidays and business trips alike. Don’t confine yourself to a handful of well-trodden languages: with 20 titles from Arabic to Turkish, why not go further afield?

The first section consists of thematic chapters covering topics such as travel, accommodation, emergencies and food and drink; each chapter contains lists of basic vocabulary followed by phrases to help travellers express themselves and understand others. Practical and cultural information is included, as are informal and slang expressions.

The second section consists of a bilingual dictionary containing around 5,000 terms, so that the user can look up specific words. In addition, each phrasebook includes a grammar chapter, notes on the holidays and festivals of the relevant country, and a section on useful addresses and telephone numbers (tourist office, embassy etc).