CONTENTS

Translation Software

Dictionaries, glossaries and terminology
General information
Link lists
International organizations
Translators' associations
International newspapers
 

TRANSLATION SOFTWARE

Computer Aided Translation Software

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CYPRESOFT TRANS Suite 2000

TRADOS WORKBENCH
DÉJŔ VU


Machine Translation Software

SYSTRAN

DICTIONARIES, GLOSSARIES AND TERMINOLOGY

Dictionaries

EURODICAUTOM  (database of the European Commission)
BABYLON  (the quick online dictionary)
ONLINE-WÖRTERBÜCHER  (200 dictionaries on the Internet)
WEBSTER'S DICTIONARY  (monolongual English dictionary)
DICTIONNAIRE UNIVERSEL FRANCOPHONE  (monolongual French dictionary)
DICCIONARIO DE LA REAL ACADEMIA  (monolongual Spanish dictionary)
ALTERNATIVE DICTIONARIES  (have fun)

Glossaries

FINANCIAL GLOSSARIES  (established by Manon Bergeron in many different languages)
BILINGUAL AND MULTILINGUAL GLOSSARIES  (compiled by the mailing list "Euręka")
MULTILINGUAL GLOSSARIES  (compiled for InterpNet, an online community of interpreters)
MORE ENGLISH-LANGUAGE DICTIONARIES AND GLOSSARIES
ENGLISH-LANGUAGE GLOSSARIES  (managed by Michael McCann)
DICTIONARY OF AGRICULTURAL TERMS  (Congressional Research Service of the USA)
DICTIONARY OF MEDICAL TERMS  (compiled by the American Medical Association)

Terminology

NEUTRAL ENGLISH WORDS  (university of Purdue)
ZOOLOGY AND BIOLOGY  (English terminology for translators)
MEDICINE  (English terminology for translators)
 

GENERAL INFORMATION

META  (humorous translator newsletter)
BRITANNICA (the famous encyclopaedia)
LANGUAGE IDENTIFIER  (determines the language of a word or phrase of your choice)
TECHNOLOGY  (drawings and explanations for technical translations)
NATIONAL CURRENCIES  (arranged by country)
THE ETHNOLOGUE  (language families, geographic distribution, etc.)
CULTURE  (capitals, gastronomy, currencies, embassies, consulats, national holidays, etc.)
E-CONFLICT WORLD ENCYCLOPEDIA  (maps, flags, geography, national anthems, etc.)
LATIN WORLD  (search engine for Latin America)
 

LINK LISTS

ARTS  (Tower of Babel's library of links to resources in the arts)
USEFUL LINKS FOR TRANSLATORS  (many issues)
THE TRANSLATOR'S HOME COMPANION
INTER-LINKS  (An Internet resource locator and navigator, access to thousands of libraries) 
LINKS TO DICTIONARIES  (many languages)
 

INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

THE INTERAMERICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK
THE INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
THE ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES
THE UNITED NATIONS
THE WORLD BANK GROUP
NAFTA-NET  (Economic, demographic, cultural, and business information)
 

TRANSLATORS' ASSOCIATIONS

International

AIIC  (International Association of Conference Interpreters)
FIT  (Fédération Internationale des Traducteurs) 
TTIG  (The Translators and Interpreters Guild)

Europe

ITT  (Institute of Translating & Interpreting - UK)
IOL  (The Institute of Linguists - UK)
ITA  (Irish Translators' Association - Ireland)
SFT  (Société française des traducteurs - France)
BDÜ  (Bundesverband der Dolmetscher und Übersetzer - Germany) 
ADÜ NORD  (Germany)
ÖVG   (Österreichischer Verband der Gerichtsdolmetscher - Austria)
BKVTF   (Belgische Kamer van Vertalers, Tolken en Filologen - Belgium) 
NGV  (Nederlands Genootschap van Vertalers - Netherlands) 
ACT  (Associación de Centros de Traducción - Spain)
EIZIE  (Euskal Itzultzaile, Zuzentzaile eta Interpretarien Elkartea - Basque Country)
AITI  (Associazione Italiana Traduttori e Interpreti - Italy)
NOF  (Norsk Oversetterforening - Norway)
RIC  (Russian Interpreters Co-op - Russia)

SFÖ (Sveriges Facköversättarförening - Sweden)

North America

ATA (American Translators Asociation - USA)
NTA (National Translator Association - USA)
NAJIT (The National Association of Judiciary Interpreters and Translators - USA)
NCTA (Northern California Translators Association - USA)
OTIAQ (Ordre des Traducteurs et Interprčtes Agrées du Québec - Canada)
S.T.I.B.C. (The Society of Translators & Interpreters of British Columbia - Canada) 

South America

SATA  (South American Translator Association) 
SINTRA  (Sindicato Nacional dos Tradutores - Brazil)

Asia

JAT  (Japan Association of Translators - Japan)

Australia

AUSIT  (Australian Institute of Interpreters and Translators)
 

INTERNATIONAL NEWSPAPERS

Europe

THE TIMES  (UK)
DAILY TELEGRAPH  (UK)
THE GUARDIAN  (UK)
THE INDEPENDENT  (UK)
IRISH X-PRESS  (Ireland)
LE MONDE  (France) 
DIE ZEIT   (Germany) 
DER SPIEGEL  (Germany)
STERN  (Germany)
DIE SUEDDEUTSCHE  (Germany)
TAZ  (Germany)
FRANKFURTER ALLGEMEINE ZEITUNG  (Deutschland)
DER STANDARD (Austria)
TAGES-ANZEIGER  (Switzerland)
DE STANDAARD  (Belgium)
GAZET VAN ANTWERPEN  (Belgium)
LE SOIR  (Belgium)
NRC WEBPAGINA'S  (The Netherlands)
DET FRI AKTUELT  (Denmark)
DAGBLADET POLITIKEN  (Denmark)
SVENSKA DAGBLADET  (Sweden)
GUDBRANDSDOELEN-LILLEHAMMER TILSKUER  (Norway)
EL PAÍS  (Spain)
ABC  (Spain)
EL MUNDO  (Spain)
EL PERIÓDICO  (Spain)
JOURNAL DE NOTICIAS  (Portugal)
IL GIORNALE  (Italy) 
CORRIERE DELLA SIERA  (Italy)
ELEVTHEROTYRIA  (Greece)
TA NEA  (Greece)
KOMSOMOLSKAJA PRAVDA  (Russia) 
NEZAVISIMAYA GAZETA  (Russia) 
RUSSIA TODAY  (Russia)
CENTRAL EUROPE ONLINE  (Czech Republic)
ALBANIAN DAILY NEWS  (Albania)
KONTINENT  (Bulgaria)
RUMANIAN PRESS REVIEW  (Rumania)

North America

USA TODAY  (USA)
NANDO NET   (USA)
VILLAGE VOICE  (USA)
THE WASHINGTON POST  (USA) 
NEW YORK TIMES  (USA)
LOS ANGELES TIMES  (USA)
HALIFAX HERALD  (Canada)
STERLING NEWS SERVICE (Canada)
EXCELSIOR  (Mexico)
EL DIARIO DE YUCATÁN  (Mexico)
EL IMPARCIAL (Mexico)
EL NORTE  (Mexico)
REFORMA  (Mexico)
LA NACIÓN  (Costa Rica)

South America

CLARIN  (Argentina)
LA NACIÓN  (Argentina)
EL MERCURIO  (Chile)
EL TIEMPO  (Colombia)
EL ESPECTADOR  (Colombia)

Middle East

THE JERUSALEM POST  (Israel)
SHANI  (Israel)

Africa

AFRICA NEWS ONLINE (Africa)
L'AUTRE AFRIQUE  (Africa)
EGYPTIAN GAZETTE  (Egypt)
ELSHAAB  (Egypt)
THE ADDIS TRIBUNE  (Ethiopia)
THE NAMIBIAN  (Namibia)
DIE BURGER  (South Africa)
THE INDEOENDENT ONLINE  (South Africa)
THE POST  (Zambia)
ZIMBABWE STANDARD NEWSPAPER  (Zimbabwe)

Asia

MAINICHI DAILY NEWS  (Japan)
ASAHI NEWSPAPER  (Japan)
JAPAN TIMES (Japan)
ASIA-ONE - LIAN-HE ZAO-BAO  (China)
INDIA WORLD  (India)
KOREA CENTRAL DAILY (Korea)

Australia

SYDNEY MORNING HERALD  (Australia)
THE AGE  (Australia)
CANBERRA TIMES  (Australia)
THE AUSTRALIAN  (Australia)