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My Reference Desk
General Reference
Dictionaries
Bilingual Dictionaries
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ARTFL Project- French-English Dictionary Form
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Bokmålsordboka og Nynorskordboka (Norwegian)
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(British) English Translated for Americans
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Diccionario de Regionalismos de la Lengua Española
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Directory of Bilingual and Multilingual
Dictionaries
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English-Albanian Dictionaries. Babylon -- This collection of English
to Albanian and Albanian to English dictionaries and glossaries
provides users and learners of both languages with a rich linguistic
resource of terms and definitions with clear and concise translations.
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English-Arabic Dictionaries. Babylon -- These English to Arabic
and Arabic to English Dictionaries are a must for anyone learning one
of these languages. They provide the user with clear definitions, synonyms
and antonyms in both English and Arabic.
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English-Chinese Dictionaries. Babylon -- A good dictionary is an
essential tool for anyone learning a foreign language. Our Chinese to
English and English to Chinese dictionaries feature both
Traditional and Simplified Chinese styles as well as an extensive
database in both languages. They also feature the all so important Pinyin
forms for people who can speak Chinese but do know the Chinese alphabetical
system.
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English-Danish Dictionaries. Babylon -- This collection of English to
Danish and Danish to English dictionaries and glossaries provides
users and learners of both languages with a rich linguistic resource of
terms and definitions with clear and concise translations.
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English-Dutch Dictionaries. Babylon -- This collection of Dutch to
English and English to Dutch dictionaries is an extensive
language resource, comprised of general, encyclopedic, slang & informal
terms. It covers a wide range of professional fields. With quick recognition
of all inflected and derived forms of every entry, it features a searchable
database of over 2 million words, phrases, abbreviations and acronyms. Each
entry is complete with part of speech and numerous meanings, enriched with
synonyms, explanations, and etymological information.
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English-French Dictionaries. Babylon -- This collection of French to
English and English to French Online Dictionaries not only
comprises general, encyclopedic, slang & informal terms but also covers a
wide range of professional fields. Each entry is complete with part of
speech and numerous meanings, enriched with synonyms, explanations, and
etymological information.
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English-German Dictionaries. Babylon -- These comprehensive English
to German and German to English dictionaries contain words,
phrases, abbreviations & acronyms. They also include terms from a vast
variety of subjects, such as Medicine, Electronics, Zoology, Business,
Computers, Religion, etc., and feature both the American and British forms
of spelling.
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English-Hungarian Dictionaries. Babylon -- This collection of English
to Hungarian and Hungarian to English dictionaries and glossaries
provides users and learners of both languages with a rich linguistic
resource of terms and definitions, from the every day to most technical,
with clear and concise translations.
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English-Indonesian Dictionaries. Babylon -- Selected Indonesian
English dictionaries with an unusual linguistic match and a large
database which will certainly satisfy the most demanding users involved in
the two languages.
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English-Italian Dictionaries. Babylon -- This comprehensive list of
English to Italian and Italian to English dictionaries is an
extensive language resource, comprised of general, encyclopedic, slang &
informal terms. It covers a wide range of professional fields. These
dictionaries feature all inflected and derived forms of every entry and a
searchable database of over 2 million words, phrases, abbreviations and
acronyms. Each entry is complete with part of speech and numerous meanings,
enriched with synonyms, explanations, and etymological information.
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English-Japanese Dictionaries. Babylon -- These Japanese to English
and English to Japanese dictionaries are an exciting searchable
database of over 3 million words includes recognition of all possible
inflections and derivatives, regardless of what form they are in or what
auxiliary word is attached to them. In addition, the Kanji,
Hiragana and Katakana forms of writing are all recognized and
displayed. In addition, they overcome the unique problem of long undivided
texts, and know how to divide them up and extract the relevant words and
phrases from within the texts.
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English-Portuguese Dictionaries. Babylon -- This extensive collection of
Portuguese to English and English to Portuguese dictionaries
is an extensive language resource, comprised of general, encyclopedic, slang
& informal terms. It covers a wide range of professional fields. With quick
recognition of all inflected and derived forms of every entry, it features a
searchable database of over 2 million words, phrases, abbreviations and
acronyms. Each entry is complete with part of speech and numerous meanings,
enriched with synonyms, explanations, and etymological information. They
also feature both the American and British/Brazilian and European forms of
spelling.
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English-Russian Dictionary
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English-Spanish Dictionaries. Babylon -- This collection of English
to Spanish and Spanish to English dictionaries is an extensive
language resource, comprised of general, encyclopedic, slang & informal
terms. They cover a wide range of professional fields. With quick
recognition of all inflected and derived forms of every entry, they feature
a searchable database of over 2 million words, phrases, abbreviations and
acronyms. Each entry is complete with part of speech and numerous meanings,
enriched with synonyms, explanations, and etymological information.
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English-Swahili Dictionaries. Babylon -- The Swahili English
dictionary offers an easy approach to the Swahili language with simple
translations into this major Bantu language of an elementary and general
English vocabulary. As well, you shall find a Kiswahili IT Glossary,
with computer and internet vocabulary that is a useful, quick-reference
resource.
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Esperanto to English Translation Dictionary
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Eurodicautom (Multiple European Languages)
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foreignword.com (Words in 58
languages)
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Free Online Bidirectional English-Japanese Dictionary
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French Dictionary (Thresor de la langue française, 1606)
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iLoveLanguages (Tyler Chambers)
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The Internet Dictionary Project (English-Spanish-German-Italian)
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Internet Living Swahili Dictionary
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Islamic Dictionary
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Italian - English On - Line Dictionary
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Japanese-English Dictionary Portal
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Language Dictionaries and Translators (Bigben)
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Latin Dictionary (This
resource at the University of Notre Dame translates English-Latin and
Latin-English; allows searching by stem of words; and includes a link to
Word by William Whitaker, Latin to English with 39,000 entries.)
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LEO English-German Dictionary
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Lexin: Swedish-English Dictionary
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Lin Yutang's Chinese-English Dictionary of Modern Usage
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LOGOS Dictionary ( English, French, Italian, Estonian and Cantonese)
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Logosdictionary (Logos Language
Service provides this multilingual dictionary, which has entries posted by
individuals. The entries are concise, neatly normatted, and correspond to
multiple meanings. This service translates into dozens of languages and
dialects and uses icons, such as flags, to designate the country where the
language is spoken.)
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Multitran (A dictionary
that offers alphabetic, morphologic, and phrase searches for English-Russian
and Russian English.)
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On-Line Chinese Tools
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OneLook (Over 900 dictionaries)
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Online English to Indonesian to English Dictionary
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Online English to Portuguese to English Dictionary
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Online English to Russian to English Dictionary
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Online English to Spanish to English Dictionary
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Online English to Swahili to English Dictionary
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Online English to Swedish to English Dictionary
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Say Hello to the World
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Translation (AltaVista)
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Verbix (A tool for conjugating verbs in
many languages, although some entries are still under construction.)
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WordReference (This site
concentrates on translations of English, French, Italian, Portuguese, and
Spanish as either the target or the source language.)
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yourDictionary.com (In this portal site, select from 300 languages and
search for a term in multiple languages or search for synonyms and antonyms
for the term in the target language. These multilingual dictionaries have an
overwhelming wealth of resources with hyperlinks to other bilingual
glossaries on specialized topics, such as library science, gymnastics,
computer terms and wine.))
English Dictionaries & Thesauruses
Foreign Language Translators and Glossaries
- Alphas Dictionary.com (This
site directs users to the "best" multilingual dictionaries.
- AltaVista
(BabelFish)
- Babel Port (This portal page for
translators has many unique tools with useful customizable features for
members.)
- Beolingus
(On this site from Chemnitz University of Technology is a German-English,
English-German and German-Spanish, Spanish-German translation service.)
- Chartered Institute of Linguists
(This site has links to 5,000 dictionaries and "knowledge banks," such as
Lexicool (www.lexicool.com), where the
search engine looks at target and source languages and subject areas.)
- Dyer Laboratories,
Inc. (This site offers advance glossaries for scientific and technical
translations, such as Chromatography, Microbiology, and Direarms in German
and English and Optical Microscopy in French, English, German, and Spanish.)
- Eurodicautom
(European Commission Translation Service)
- Foreign Word (The language site)
- Free Translation (To get
gist of foreign language)
- Go Translators (This site is
a directory of translators in 30 languages, but also includes dictionaries,
lexicons, glossaries, vocabulary lists, and mailing lists. The user selects
source and target language as well as subject area.)
- Greek and
Latin Language Resources (This resource is on Bruce MacLennan's homepage
at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville site.)
- Health Information
Translations (This resource, sponsored by several medical centers in
Ohio, provides education and procedural instructions about health topics for
patients with limited English proficiency.)
- Interactive Terminology for Europe
(formerly EuroDicAutom Europa) (At this site is the European Commission's
glossary. Find terms within politics, international relations, economics,
law or European communities in 24 source languages that are spoken in the
European Union.)
- Jergas (This site has
Spanish slang terms from different Spanish-speaking countries. It is
monolingual but is up-to-date with detailed explanations of the terms.)
- Language Links (This site from the
University of Wisconsin contains links from language types or regions to
dozens of dictionaries and glossaries.)
- Naked Translation (This
translator's blog by Celine Graciet is not only full of useful sources and
interesting linguistic tidbits, but also lists links to dozens of other
blogs about translations.)
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Perseus Digital Library (The Perseus Project is an evolving digital
library focused on humanities resources. This site includes Greek and Roman
materials).
- ProZ.com (This site has a directory of
translators and also offers resources for translators.)
- Spanish Translator
Services (This site is noted for its bilingual resources in English and
Spanish, which include financial and accounting dictionaries, glossaries,
abbreviations and acronyms, tools that convert and translate temperature,
metrics and currency, and a forum with 2250 active members.)
- UCLA Language Materials Project
(This Web-based teaching guide has common, as well as less commonly taught,
language resources.)
- WordReference.com (Translate
English to Spanish, Italian, French and German)
Specialized Dictionaries
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