Leo James English

Father Leo James English, C.Ss.R. (born 1907) is the Australian compiler and editor of two of among the first most widely used bilingual dictionaries in the Philippines. He is the author of the two companion dictionaries namely, the "English-Tagalog Dictionary" (1965) and the "Tagalog-English Dictionary" (1986). Father English saw the successful completion of his dictionaries that were carried out in the course of his 51 years of religious service in the Philippines. He is a member of the Redemptorists or the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer, a religious order that has been engaged in preaching missions using the vernacular language in the Philippines for more than seventy years. English-Tagalog Dictionary by Leo James English, Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer, Manila, 1211 pages, ASIN B0007B8MGG] "Tagalog-English Dictionary by Leo James English, Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer, Manila, distributed by National Book Store, 1583 pages, ISBN 971910550X]

His dictionaries

The dual dictionaries of Fr. English pioneered the launching of many bilingual dictionaries and thesauruses in the Philippines including those authored by the Filipino compiler, Vito C. Santos, namely the "Vicassan's Pilipino-English Dictionary" and the "New Vicassan's English-Pilipino Dictionary" (1995). Fr. James English acknowledged that he himself had to consult Vito Santos’s Pilipino-English Dictionary for reference while completing his "Tagalog-English Dictionary". Vito C. Santos once worked with Father English.

Fr. English's dictionaries had been influential in the development and propagation of the Filipino language in the Philippines and abroad.

References

External links

* [http://www.alibris.com/search/search.cfm?S=R&wauth=Leo+james+english&siteID=1JSk6CbYEf0-092rD33eFC40sInCViqN4g Leo James English’s Bilingual Dictionaries]
* [http://www.library.wisc.edu/guides/SEAsia/refbib/philrb.html Resources about the Philippines]
* [http://ciaran.compsoc.com/languages.html#tagalog Tips on Learning Tagalog]
* [http://www.multilingualbooks.com/online-radio-tagalog.html Online radio in Tagalog]
* [http://www.copewithcytokines.de/TAGALOG/cope.cgi Tagalog-English-Tagalog Online Dictionary]

Other Philippine dictionaries

* An English-Cebuano-Visayan Dictionary by Rodolfo Cabonce, Metro Manila, Philippines: National Book Store, 1983
* Ilokano Dictionary by Ernesto Constantino, Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1971
* Diksyunaryong Filipino-English by "Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino", Pasig, Metro Manila, 1993
* JVP English-Filipino Thesaurus-Dictionary, Metro Manila, Mhelle L. Publications, 1988
* Vicassan's Pilipino-English Dictionary by Vito C. Santos, Metro Manila, National Book Store, 1988
* Tagalog Slang Dictionary by R. David Paul Zorc, Manila, De la Salle University Press, 1993

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NAME=English, Leo James
ALTERNATIVE NAMES=Australian Catholic priest, compiler and editor of bilingual English & Tagalog dictionaries
SHORT DESCRIPTION=Contemporary Australian visual artist and writer
DATE OF BIRTH=1907
PLACE OF BIRTH=Australia
DATE OF DEATH=
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