Dictionaries and Translation

Dictionaries

 

Acronym Finder     http://www.acronymfinder.com/

A searchable database of acronyms and abbreviations. Over 100,000 entries with an emphasis on computer, technology, communications and the military. You may search by exact acronym, beginning words and there is a reverse lookup where you search by keyword. 

 

ASL Dictionary Online     http://dww.deafworldweb.org/

Tutorial on American Sign Language (Ameslan) includes the alphabet and numbers, many commonly used words, animated gifs for each, stories in sign, a sign of the day feature, and a culture & languages section about signing in several cultures.

 

Dictionary of English Idioms & Idiomatic Expressions     http://www.usingenglish.com/reference/idioms

English idiomatic expressions with definitions.

 

WWWebster Dictionary     http://www.m-w.com/ 

Based on the Webster's 10th Collegiate edition, 1993. More than 160,000 entries. Each word is accompanied by definition, pronunciation, usage, grammatical function, and a brief etymology. A thesaurus can be queried for similar words, hypertext cross references are available, and misspellings return suggested spellings. Includes an extensive pronunciation guide.

 

World Wide Words     http://www.worldwidewords.org/

There are many sections at this site: Articles about the English language, ranging from the vocabulary of lotteries and words for irrational feelings to the slang terms for money, and The Word Hoard, words and phrases which have not yet reached most dictionaries. Nearly 800 pages are now available for browsing. The author tries for American, as well as British explanations.

 

Your Dictionary.com       http://www.yourdictionary.com/

Internet directory of dictionaries with more than 800 dictionaries in over 160 different languages. Contains the following sections: languages; multilingual; specialized, thesauri and other vocabulary aids; and an index of other dictionary indexes.

 

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Translation  

 

Aquarius Directory of Translators     http://aquarius.net

This directory of translators and interpreters lists over 8000 people and 1200 companies covering 369 languages and 91 areas of expertise

 

Google Translate      http://translate.google.com/translate_t
Google's translation tool ranks among the best available according to surveys and handles a number of languages. Be aware that no translation tool will be totally accurate.

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