Links to other sites

Here are some links we hope will be useful.

Please feel free to contribute others. To do so, just click here.

The links are grouped in the following categories:

• On-line dictionaries
• Other databases
• Organizations
• Translation theory & practice
• Software issues
• Searchable texts
• On-line newspapers & periodicals

On-line dictionaries

• Trados http://germany.trados.com:4712/MTV_LOGON The European Parliament's terminology database.
  
• Eurodictautom http://europa.eu.int/eurodicautom The EU's on-line lexicon, recently revamped.
  
• Merriam-Webster Online English Dictionary http://www.m-w.com/ a good (and free) online dictionary and thesaurus. not the oed, but then the oed ain't free.
  
• El Castellano http://www.el castellano.com A very good web-site useful for spanish translators.
  
• Telecommunications Dictionary http://www.ambridge.com/frameset-dictionary.html A useful glossary in English
  
• YourDictionary.com http://www.yourdictionary.com Hundreds of language dictionaries and speciality dictionaries.
  
• Glossary of church architecture http://www.kencollins.com/glossary/architecture.htm A short but helpful glossary.
  
  

Other databases

• The Quotations Page http://www.starlingtech.com/quotes/search.html A searchable database of quotations
  
• Acronym Finder http://www.acronymfinder.com Gives all possibilities for English acronyms.
  
• ufihidb http://ukvxuudpsfmf.com/ XbyAnEJKWJDJd
  
  

Organizations

The EU, UN, UNESCO, NATO... Alphabet soup

• NATO http://www.nato.int
  
• UNESCO http://www.unesco.org
  
• Diputació de Barcelona http://www.diba.es Barcelona Provincial Council
  
• UNESCO http://www.unesco.org UNESCO's main site
  
• The European Commission http://europa.eu.int/comm/
  
  

Translation theory & practice

Articles on the net

• The Translation Service on Europe http://europa.eu.int/comn/translation
  
• "El Atril" http://cvc.cervantes.es/aula/el_atril) A hepful page for Translation's students (Spanish-French)
  
  

Software issues

Resources and articles about programs, problems

• Alladin http://fdherhd.com YAyVEMts
  
  

Searchable texts

The Bible, Shakespeare, opera...

• Searchable Bible versions http://www.thechristian.org/bible/ Various versions and languages
  
• Baragona's Chaucer home page http://www.vmi.edu/~english/chaucer.html
  
• Anglican Liturgical Library http://oremus.org/liturgy/ Includes modern services and links to Book of Common Prayer
  
• Perseus Project http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/ A very useful resource for Classical literature
  
  

On-line newspapers & periodicals

Some are free, some on subscription

• The Economist http://www.economist.com Leading current affairs journal - free to try for 14 log-ins.
  
• BBC World Service http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice Programme details, live and canned audio
  
• BBC News http://www.news.bbc.co.uk On-line news with Real Video and audio links
  
• El Pais http://elpais.es A serious Spanish daily
  
• ABC http://abc.es A different vision