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Title: Outdated Translation Styles
Review: As an Egyptologist I add to my library regularly and I am always looking for a good hieroglyph workbook to improve my translation skills. This one is based upon extracts from Wallis Budge's work and was actually assembled in 1927. Since that time the approach in transliterating and translating hieroglyphs has evolved considerably and I would not recommend this publication for anyone especially a beginner since they will be sent off on the wrong track from the very beginning. Budge's work was seminal to be sure but is now very dated. An alternate excellent publication would be "How to read Egyptian Hieroglyphics" by Mark Colier augmented with other publications to enlarge the sign resources. Collier's book will set you to translating immediately in the style now taught.
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