ONLINE DICTIONARIES, TERMINOLOGY, TRANSLATION RESOURCES and WEBSITES OF INTEREST

On this page you can find a selection of the very best online dictionaries, encyclopedia, translation and language resources available on the Internet.

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GERMAN / ARABIC / CATALAN / ENGLISH / SPANISH / FRENCH / GALICIAN / MULTILINGUAL RESOURCES / PORTUGUESE / "SPANGLISH" / PERSONAL WEB SITES / COMPUTER ASSISTED TRANSLATION SOFTWARE (CAT tools) / SOFTWARE, OPEN CODE / ANTIVIRUS / GROUPS & ASSOCIATIONS / VALENCIA / ON-LINE PRESS

Institut für translationwissenschaft (Universidad de Innsbrück): University of Innsbrück.

Ajeeb:  “Translates from English to Arab and vice versa with a free automatic online translator.” (website in Arab /English)

Arabismo: “The online portal for the Arab language and Arab expression. This website aims to serve as a meeting and information point for anyone interested in the study of the Arab language.” (website in Spanish).

Institut d’Estudis Catalans: Online Catalan-Valencian-Balearic dictionary.

Revista Tradumàtica: Online translation magazine.

Barcelona University: Library service.

AboutUs: "The free directory about every domain in the world"

Acronym Server: Acronyms and their meaning.

Acronym Finder: "The web’s most comprehensive online dictionary of acronyms, abbreviations and initialisms. 399,000+ definitions.”

All About Jewels:“Illustrated dictionary of Jewellery.”

Alphadictionary: “Searches 992 online English dictionaries at the same time!”

Bartleby: “The preeminent Internet publisher of literature, reference and verse providing students, researchers and the intellectually curious with unlimited access to online books and information, free of charge.”

Bilingual Review-Press: “Bilingual Review Press publishes literary works, scholarship, and art books by or about U.S. Hispanics under the name Bilingual Press/Editorial Bilingüe..”

Books Factory: "Free online encyclopedias and electronic dictionaries"

British Council: Official online site.

British Library’s “Turning the pages”: “An award-winning interactive, online program that allows visitors to virtually “turn” the pages of precious manuscripts in a realistic way (The Leonardo Notebook, The Lindisfarne Gospels and the Sultan Baybars´ Qur´an, among others), using touch-screen technology and interactive animation.”
This site requires the installation of the Macromedia Shockwave plug-in, which can be easily downloaded.

Campbell R. Harvey, Professor of International Business, Fuqua School of Business, Duke University: Online glossary of financial terms.

Dave’s ESL: “The Internet’s meeting place for ESL and EFL teachers and students from around the world!.”

Duhaime’s Law dictionary: “Researched, written in plain language and provided free of charge by lawyer Lloyd Duhaime.”

Economist.com: Economics A-Z.

Ethnologue: SIL International presents: “Ethnologue”, languages of the world and a whole lot more. Publications, software, bibliography.

The Electric Editors: Dixon Servicios Lingüísticos, SL, is an Electric Editor.

Encyclopaedia Britannica: “Consult the 32 volumes of the Encyclopaedia Britannica, as well as Britannica’s Student and Concise encyclopaedias.”

Flo Joe’s: “The place on the web for Cambridge exam preparation!.”

Geographic.org: Information on geography, climate, countries, maps, flags, population

Google Help Center: “In addition to providing easy, online access to more than 8 billion pages, Google has many special features to help you to find exactly what you’re looking for. It includes tools for doing calculations, finding word definitions, doing local searches, finding telephone numbers, databases, street maps and more.

Guardian Style Guide: Online style guide of "The Guardian" newspaper.

Historian.net: “Downloadable sources for scholars, academics and students.”

Hyperdictionary: “The online English dictionary is based on WordNet 1.7.1 (Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved). It contains around 150 thousand terms with examples, synonyms, antonyms, and related words."

Universidad de Indiana: Acronyms.

ISO - International Organization for Standardization: “ISO is a network of the national standards institutes of 148 countries.”

ISBN: Search online for a book using the title / author / subject / ISBN (in English).

JSTOR at MIMAS Homepage: JSTOR is a digital archive collection of core scholarly journals. It is unique in that complete archives of these journals have been digitised, starting with the very first issues, many of which were published as far back as the nineteenth century..

Law.com Dictionary: “Real life online dictionary of the Law.”

Law Smart:   “LawSmart provides you with free samples of forms and legal documents.”

‘Lectric Law: “What many consider the best online law dictionary: Thousands of Definitions and Explanations of Legal Terms, Phrases and Concepts.”

Lost in Babel: Online resources for translators.

Merriam-Webster OnLine: Online dictionary and thesaurus.

National Geographic: Online maps and geographical resources.

OneLook Dictionary Search: “Multilingual dictionaries and glossaries classified by the OneLook® search engine.”

Peevish Slang Dictionary: “A regularly updated dictionary of English slang and informal expressions currently in use in Britain.”

SIL International: “A guide which finds sources on the internet. More than 400 sites and 123 languages.”

THINKERS.NET: “Creativity, Literature, Authors, Thoughts, Editorials, Words, Languages.”

Time and date: Find out what the time and date is anywhere in the world.

Cambridge University: “The University of Cambridge local examinations syndicate.”

Virginia Tech Multimedia Music dictionary: Online multimedia music dictionary.

Webopedia: “The only online dictionary and search engine you need for computer and internet technology definitions.”

World Time Server: “World Time Server can easily calculate the time difference between two locations, no matter what time zone they are located in.”

X-rates: Online currency converter.

AFESIP: “AFESIP exists to combat trafficking in women and children for sex slavery; to care for and rehabilitate those rescued from sex slavery; to provide occupational skills and to reintegrate those rescued into the community in a sustainable and innovative manner. AFESIP also seeks to combat the causes and effects of trafficking and sex slavery through outreach work in AIDS prevention; through advocacy and campaigning; through representation and participation in women’s issues at national, regional and international forums.”

AENOR – Normalización: “The only approved body for carrying out standardisation and certification tasks in Spain.”

Asociación de teóricos de la informática (ATI): “Basic online English-Spanish glossary for internet users.”

Spanish National Library: Official website.

Bufet Almeida: Rights of detainees according to the Spanish Penal Code.

CISA: Online glossaries of property terms.

Club de Finanzas Navarre University: Online financial glossary.

El Comercial: “El Comercial presents the first dictionary of Online Sales.”

Editorial Bosch, S.A.: Website of a Spanish company specialising in publishing legal and financial texts.

El Castellano: “The online Spanish language page.”

Emile Slager: Online Spanish glossaries and dictionaries (website in English).

Enciclonet: Online encyclopaedia.

Estandarte: “The leading literary magazine dedicated to presenting and criticising books by all kinds of authors."

Estudia fuera: “ESTUDIAFUERA is a service aimed at Spanish-speaking students or professionals who wish to begin or broaden their studies, in the five main English-speaking destinations.”

Globe Gate: Online Spanish glossaries and dictionaries (website in English).

Guía de Editores de España: “Directory of the editorial sector. Resources for editors.” 

Guia campsa: “Plan your holidays: restaurants, maps, routes, offers… with the Campsa Guide from Repsolypf.com"

Gusgsm: “Online glossary of graphic arts, design and related themes.”

HTML con clase: Online computing glossary.

InterDic: Computing terminology.

Jorge de Ros y Valverde: Online economic-financial dictionary.

Juan Manuel Soto Arriví: Grammar and spelling.

“EL PAIS” Style Book”: “On the other hand, its constant presence alongside numerous professionals – and not just journalists – shows that the newspaper’s daily work of accumulating, refining and communicating information is undoubtedly useful to those who use our language.”

Map24: “Your partner for mapping and route-planning” Available in 11 languages.

MedTrad: “An abundance of online information for medical translators.”

MSN Encarta: Online encyclopaedia.

Real Academia Española: “The academic dictionary of the Royal Spanish Academy and the twenty-one other Academies which make up the Association of Academies of the Spanish Language, which is granted a normative value in the Spanish-speaking world.” Official website.

Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas: Online resource page of the Superior Council of Scientific Investigation (CSIC).

Rodrigo López Carrillo: Grammar and linguistics.

Segurval: Online glossary of insurance terms.

Traduim: “Portal specialised in the world of translation and language, aimed at professionals and students, and the public in general.”

Unit converter: Unit converter, from the old British system to the metric system and vice versa, provided by www.miliarium.com “Civil and Environment Engineering”

X-extrainternet: Online glossary of internet terms.

ATILF: Online resources related to the French language.

Swiss Federal Administration: Online resources for translators.

Le Devoir Conjugal: “Le Devoir Conjugal allows you to find the conjugations of more than 7,400 French verbs."

Grand Dictionnaire: “The website of the Office of the French language in Quebec, a minefield of information."

Terminobanque: Online terminology bank in French, English, Dutch and German.

Webenciclo: Online encyclopaedia.

Xunta de Galicia: Galician dictionaries.

Ángel Álvarez Rodríguez: “Common errors in computing Spanglish“ (website in Spanish).

Nelson González: “Language terms and definitions which many consider to be a "disgrace" and think that they "degrade" the Spanish language, that is Spanglish. There is also a dictionary of “informal” terms from English to Spanish, and Spanish to English” (website in Spanish).

UNED – Department of Artificial Intelligence: “Spanglish is a “hybrid” language formed from Anglo-Saxon words being introduced to the Spanish language without being translated, or being incorrectly translated. This practice is especially common in computing, where Castilian is constantly being threatened."

Andy Miles: Business glossary (Spanish / English).

Biblegateway: “Free service for reading and researching scripture online - in the language or translation of your choice” (website in English).

CELEX: “European Union Law” (The official languages of the European Union).

Cercaterm: “Automatic service for online terminology checks” (Catalan / English / Spanish / French / German / Latin).

Eurodicautom: The European Commission’s terminology base (The official languages of the European Commission).

International Monetary Fund: This terminology database contains over 4,500 records of terms useful to translators working with International Monetary Fund material. It provides versions of terms in a number of languages, without definitions. Multilingual glossary (German / English / Spanish / French / Portuguese).

Foreignword: “Use this global dictionary to search in 275 dictionaries on the internet. Translate from 69 source languages into 73 target languages – 400 language combinations.

Multilingual glossary of technical and medical terms: “Project initiated by the European Commission (DG III) and put in place by the Heymans Institute of Pharmacology and the Department of Applied Linguistics of Mercator School.” (Multilingual).

Lexicool: "This text-analysis tool provides information on the readability and complexity of a text, as well as statistics on word frequency and character count.” (website in Spanish, English, French and Italian).”

Logos: “Multilingual E-translation Portal”

European Parliament: Translation Division (Spanish version, also available in the official languages of the European Parliament).

Susana Cancino: “Language resources” (English / German / Spanish).

Termisti: Specialised glossaries of nautical and maritime terms.

UNTERM: “UNTERM is a multilingual terminology database which provides United Nations nomenclature and special terms in all six official UN languages: English, French, Spanish, Russian, Chinese and Arab.”

Weblens: “Specialised glossaries for every type of industry, profession or hobby imaginable" (Multilingual).

Wikipedia: “The free-content encyclopaedia, accessible free of charge in more than a hundred languages.”

World Language Resource: “Hundreds of languages, thousands of products” (multilingual website).

YourDictionary.com: General and specific multilingual dictionaries (website in English).

Priberam: More THAN 95,000 entries, online grammar, conjugation of more than 13,000 verbs

Xosé Castro: Interesting selection of links and resources (website in English / Spanish).

Franck Charreire: Professional English / Spanish < > French translation services

Darle a la Lengua: Professional English < > Spanish translation services(website in English / Spanish)

Ricard Lozano: Many resources for translators, including very useful information about how to register and bill as a freelance. (website in English / Spanish).

José Antonio Millán(website in Spanish).

Anita Nuopponen, Department of Communication Studies, University of Vaasa, Finland: Multilingual dictionaries and glossaries, general and specialised (website in English).

Javier Roque Dias: “Translation links for translators, interpreters and restless minds” (website in 13 languages).

Vinti Traduzioni: Professional English / Spanish < > Italian translation services

Déjà Vu (ATRIL): (website in English).

Marc Prior: Translation memory applications for Linux.

SDLX (SDL International): (website in English / German / Spanish / Italian / Japanese / Chinese).

Trados Workbench (Trados GmBh): (website in English / German / Italian / Japanese / Chinese).

Transit (Star AG): (website in English / German / French).

Wordfast: “Wordfast is a translation memory engine available for Microsoft Word on PC and Mac" (multilingual website).

Acronis True Image: “Create backup copies simply, securely and quickly. Keep copies on any magnetic medium. Fast and secure restoration. Automatic copies. Image verification.”

CNET: “Come to CNET to find reviews, news and prices on tech products, as well as free downloads and newsletters.”

Dot Project: “The Open Source tool for project management."

Download.com: “Find the software you’re looking for at Download.com, the most comprehensive source for software downloads on the web. Includes audio programmes, utilities, Internet and desktop software, applications, and more."

Dynamic Web Coding: “Presenting dhtml scripts for use on your site. The scripts are practical and easy to customise.”

EasyPHP: “EasyPHP is a complete software package allowing you to use all the power and flexibility offered by the dynamic language PHP and the efficient use of databases. Package includes an Apache server, a MySQL database, full execution of PHP code, as well as easy development tools for your website or applications."

FSF/UNESCO Free Software Directory: "The Free Software Directory is a project of the Free Software Foundation (FSF) and United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO). We catalog useful free software that runs under free operating systems – particularly the GNU operating system and its GNU/Linux variants.”

InfoRapid Search & Replace: one of the most powerful text retrieval programs currently available for Microsoft Windows. InfoRapid Search & Replace is freeware and may be copied, distributed and used for private purposes without any limitations. (Web in English and German).

Joomla : "Joomla! is one of the most powerful Open Source Content Management Systems on the planet. It is used all over the world for everything from simple websites to complex corporate applications. Joomla! is easy to install, simple to manage, and reliable. ."

Mambo: “Mambo is a CMS (Content Management System). It is the engine behind your website that simplifies the creation, management and sharing of content.”

Mambo Hispano: “The Mambo Open Source community in Castilian.”

Norton Ghost: “Symantec’s Norton Ghost 9.0 provides advanced backup and recovery for your PC. Quickly restore individual files, selected folders, or the entire hard drive.”

NVU: A complete Web Authoring System for Linux desktop users, Microsoft Windows and Macintosh users. (Multilingual web).

PortableApps.com : "A portable app is a computer program that you can carry around with you on a portable device and use on any Windows computer. When your USB flash drive, portable hard drive, iPod or other portable device is plugged in, you have access to your software and personal data just as you would on your own PC. And when you unplug, none of your personal data is left behind."

Programmer's Notepad: the free, open source, text editor with special features for coders. (Web in English).

Shareware.com: “Find and download thousands of Shareware and free programs from dozens of downloadable software directories.”

Skype: “Skype is free Internet telephony that just works.”

Soft 411: “Software directory for companies.”

Source Forge: “SourceForge.net is the world’s largest Open Source software development website. Contains the largest repository of Open Source code and applications available on the Internet. SourceForge.net provides free services to Open Source developers.”

Sysinternal: “The Sysinternals web site provides you with advanced utilities, technical information, and source code related to Windows NT/2000/XP/2K3 and Windows 9x, Windows Me internals that you won't find anywhere else.“

Twin Helix: Angus Turnbull's excellent online website offering free JavaScript, DHTML, XHTML, CSS and CGI applications.

World Wide Web Consortium (W3C): “The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) develops interoperable technologies (specifications, guidelines, software, and tools) to lead the web to its full potential. W3C is a forum for information, commerce, communication, and collective understanding.”

Xoops: “XOOPS is an extensible, OO (Object Oriented), easy to use dynamic web content management system written in PHP. XOOPS is the ideal tool for developing small to large dynamic community websites, intra company portals, corporate portals, weblogs and much more.”

Zonelabs: “Zone Labs is a leading creator of endpoint security solutions protecting millions of PCs..."

AntiVir® : “AntiVir Personal Edition offers the effective protection against computer viruses for the individual and private use on a single PC-workstation.” Free.

Avast : "Complete anti virus protection for all computers with a fast incremental update. Free download."

Panda Software: (Spanish version).

Per Antivirus: (Spanish version).

Symantec/Norton: (multilingual website).

Aquarius: “Online directory with more than 10,000 translators, interpreters and agencies” (website in English).

European Language Industry Association:  The 1st association born to represent and promote the interests of translation, interpretation and localization companies active in Europe. (Web in English)

Foreignword: (multilingual website).

GALA: The Globalization and Localization Association: "Non-profit, international industry association for internationalization and localization"

Go Translators: “The only translator directory in 30 languages.”

ITI: Institute of Translation and Interpreting (website in English).

The Localization Industry Standards Association (LISA) is the leading international forum for organizations doing business globally. (Web in English).

PROZ: “The web’s leading directory of translation agencies, freelance translators and translation jobs” (multilingual website).

SIIT VIRTUAL: Information service for translation, based on a regional network of information centres and documentation about translation (website in Spanish / Portuguese).

Translation Town: “Language translation services and translator search” (website in English).

Translators Café: “Directory of translators, interpreter and translation agencies” (website in English).

TransRef: "The Translation Reference Center"

TRIAC: Traductores e Intérpretes Asociados pro Colegio (website in Catalan / Spanish).

All About Spain: Complete information about the city of Valencia and surroundings (website in German / Spanish / English).

Arden Producciones: Website of the theatre company Arden Producciones.

Auditori de Torrent: Municipal auditorium dedicated to promoting stage arts and music.

Barrio del Carmen: “barriodelcarmen.net is experiment and investigation, a concept or free and horizontal tool..." It is embryo of a global network between districts.” (website in Spanish)

Casa Montaña: “Bodega Casa Montaña is a century old tavern located in the area of “El Cabañal” near the port of Valencia. A high quality cellar committed to promoting and extending the culture of wine.”

Ciudad de las Artes y de las Ciencias: Official website (website in Spanish / English / French).

Comunitat valenciana: Official tourism web of the Valencian community (website in Spanish / Valencian / English / French / German).

Escuela Oficial de Idiomas de Valencia: Official website (website in Spanish / Valencian).

Generalitat Valenciana: Language policy area (website in Valencian).

Gongo Labs, SL: IT consultancy, Web design, Internet solutions. (Web in Spanish).

Hôme Backpackers: Economical accommodation in the centre of Valencia.

Hotel Ad Hoc: Attractive hotel located in Valencia city centre.

InfoGuía2007: website with information about the Americas Cup, which will be held in Valencia in 2007 (website in Spanish / English).

Instituto Valenciana de la Música: Regional organisation dedicated to the promotion of Valencian musicians and Valencian musical heritage. (Web in English, Spanish and Valencian).

IVAM: Valencian Institute of Modern Art (website in Spanish / English / Valencian).

Lyn Hines Marine Marketing: Information, articles and photos related to the world of sailing (Website in English / Spanish / French))

Morphoprod: Morpho prod. is a franco-spanish audiovisual production company. Morpho prod. is located in Valencia (Spain) and is present in Madrid, Barcelona, Cádiz, Marseille, Grenoble and Paris. (Website in English / Spanish / French))

Nest Youth Hostal: Modern youth hostel located in Calle de la Paz, in the heart of Valencia city centre.

OENUS: Design, configuration and installation of networks and servers, maintenance of computer networks and systems, design, programming and accommodation of websites, internet audio broadcasting, and corporate identity design.

Restaurante Balansiya: Arab restaurant located in the university area of Valencia.

Sedajazz: “Sedajazz is the meeting point for a large group of musicians who have, for more than ten years now, organised international jazz seminars and festivals, produced records, many concerts and shows. It has also provided training for many jazz orchestras on the Spanish music scene.

´Teatre de L'Ull´ : Teatre de l’Ull is an independent street theatre company based in Valencia, Spain. Founded in 1982, the company has produced over 40 shows during the last 20 years.

Via Cultural: Resources for organising events.

La Vanguardia: (website in Spanish).

El País: (website in Spanish / English).

El Mundo: (website in Spanish).

Guardian Unlimited: “Best daily newspaper on the world wide web” (website in English).

Unión Europea: “The portal of the European Union” (multilingual website).

On-line Newspapers: “Thousands of online newspapers.”

A GALA Member Company

Socio del Valencia Convention Bureau