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Online Dictionaries,
Translation Sources, and
Language Learning Assistance

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Introduction

This page lists gateways and websites to online and internet dictionaries, translation sources, and language learning assistance. Sites are listed by alphabetically by language name, and alphabetically within each section. Links offering assistance in more than one language are either repeated within each language's section or listed in the Multi-Language section at the end of this alphabetical listing. You are encouraged to click to the Multi-Languages Section, where you will find many strong gateways to hundreds of foreign languages. Disclaimer.

Otherwise, choose the language for which you need assistance by clicking on the link below to advance to that section within this page. Suggestions for additions to this page? Send the exact website address for consideration. Thanks!

Arabic | Chinese | French
German | Haitian Creole | Hebrew
Italian | Japanese | Latin
Portuguese | Russian | Spanish
Links to Many Languages
Stichting Vada Languages

Arabic

IslamiCity, a giant Arabic language website which includes translation assistance.
Oilfield English-Arabic words and phrases

Chinese

Chinese Character Geneology, including English-Chinese word list.

French

French Grammar Exercise, from the University of Texas at Austin.
French Language Course, an online course.
French Verb Conjugation, the University of Chicago's French Langauge page.
Tennessee Bob's Famous French Links , a great French gateway site, from the University of Tennessee at Martin.

German

Der Stern, online periodical in German.

Haitian Creole

The Creolist Archives Homepage, a giant gateway from the University of Stockholm, Sweden, containing links and information about Creole language news, books, research, and more. Includes Haitian Creole materials and links.
Haiti Online. Resource for Haitian news and other events and information in Haitian Creole.

Hebrew

Israel News, online newspaper in Hebrew.

Italian

Japanese

Asahi Shimbum, daily Japanese newspaper in Japanese and English.
Jeffrey's Japanese-English Dictionary.

Latin

Allen and Greenough's "Latin Grammar".
English-to-Latin Dictionary.
Latin-English Dictionary
Latin Grammar and Word List, University of Notre Dame.

Portuguese

English-Portuguese On-line Dictionary.
Portugues para Viajantes.
Portuguese-English On-line Dictionary.
Portuguese Online Dictionary.

Russian

English-Russian Dictionary.
English-Russian Dictionary.
English-Russian, Russian-English Dictionary.
Russian-English, English-Russian Dictionary and Thesaurus of Computer Terms.

Spanish

The Alternative Spanish Dictionary, a dictionary of Spanish slang words.
CNN in Spanish.
La Pagine del Idioms Espanol, a gateway to Spanish Language grammar, dictionaries, Hispanic Culture, and more.
Travlang's English-Spanish On-line Dictionary.
Travlang's Spanish-English On-line Dictionary.

Multi-Language Links

Altavista Translations, an automatic word-by-word translation tool from Altavista.
Dictionaries, Etc.
The Human Languages Page, a gateway to dozens of languages. This site is amazing.
International Collection of Tongue Twisters, a multi-language tongue-twisting site!
Joint Language Training Center, a gateway to foreign language newspapers and country information.
LOGOS Dictionary.
Online Dictionaries and Translators, a huge gateway to language studies.
Pedro's Dictionaries, a gateway.
Research It! -- go to the "Language Tools" section.
Stichting Vada Languages -- a great place to find hundreds of languages and guides!

Disclaimer

These online dictionaries and translation sources are available to you for convenience and research. Please be aware that these sources are neither produced nor sponsored by FIU, and neither the FIU Libraries nor this web page's author are responsible for the content or accuracy of any source, link, or web site. However, sites which are not relevant to academic learning and research, or are unreliable, will be removed. If you find a source which either no longer exists, has had an address change, or discover a new site which could be useful for this page, send an email suggestion. Also, some foreign language assistance sites, especially full-text online periodicals, may require you to download fonts in that language. If this is needed, you should receive instructions at that site's homepage.

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Maintained by Douglas Hasty.

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