FOREIGN LANGUAGES: TRANSLATIONS and TRANSLATORS
Basic to advanced resources for students, educators and language specialists:
translators, translations, languages, foreign language tutorials.
hola * bonjour * hallo * ciao * olá * àëî * halo!nazdar! * hei
tiens! * guten label * ãåéÜ * szia * god dag * powitanie
àëëî * pazdrav * zdravo * konnichi wa * sha-lòm * hello
 

CURRENT INFORMATION
Foreign Language News and Newspapers
Global Language Monitor
Greetings From Earth
Index Translationum

FOREIGN LANGUAGES

DICTIONARIES:
Dictionary
* Cyndi's List - Dictionaries & Glossaries
* Dictionaries and Information
* Dictionaries and Language Resources (refdesk.com)
* Dictionaries and Languages - UT Library Online
* Foreign Language Online Dictionaries and Free Translation Links
* Foreignword.com
  Online dictionaries and free translation tools.
* Jennifer's Page of Links: Language Resources
  Dictionaries, grammars and
  other online language resources.
* Kamous.com
  Language center, translator,
  dictionary and translation.
* lexicool.com
  Directory of translation dictionaries.
* Yiddish Dictionary Online



EDUCATION:
FLTeach - Foreign Language Teaching Forum
Foreign language teaching methods for all
levels and all languages.  Include school -
college articulation, training of student teachers,
classroom activities, curriculum and syllabus design.
SCOLA.org
Non-profit educational organization that receives
and re-transmits television programming from around
the world in native languages.  These programs are
available via satellite, cable TV and the Internet to
students of language study, ethnic communities
and anyone seeking a global perspective.

LEARNING LANGUAGES:
When do People Learn Languages?
* How to Learn a Language: Languages Bookshelf
* Language Chat Sites
  Chat with people from around the
  world and practice your language skills.
* Language Learning Advisor
* Language learning resources,
  tips and advice.
* Languages on the Web
  Learn foreign languages online.
* Learn a Language
  English, Spanish, German, Italian,
  French, Portuguese, Russian, Chinese,
  Japanese and other languages.  Learn
  a language or find a language course.
* Learning Languages
   Information on how to learn any language.
* LingNet
  Service provided by the Defense Language
  Institute Foreign Language Center.
* Lingu@net Europa
* Livemocha
  Learn languages and practice with native speakers.
* Phrasebase™: Learn Foreign Languages Online
  Conversational language learning
  resource center and community.
* Resources and Lesson Plans for World Languages
* Vancouver Public Library
  Language learning: non English languages links.
* Vocabulix
  Free online vocabulary trainer -
  learn Spanish, English and German.
* World Languages - WannaLearn.com
* Yamada Language Center

RESOURCES:
* American Dialect Society
  Language-related web sites not affiliated with ADS,
  including reference works, discussion forums, weblogs,
  dictionary-makers, research organizations and other sites.
* KryssTal : Language Families
  - Languages : Indo-European Family
* Languages of Europe from BBC Online Languages
* Languages Online
* SLABIB: Second Language Acquisition Bibliography: SLABIB by Vivian Cook
* UCLA Language Materials Project: Links
  Teaching resources for less commonly taught languages.



MAJOR DIRECTORIES and ARCHIVES:
Language - Portal:Language
* Ethnologue: Languages of the World
  Encyclopedic reference work cataloging all
  of the world’s 6,912 known living languages.
* iLoveLanguages
  Guide to languages on the web.
* Language Archives
* Language Families
  History, status, sound system, grammar,
  vocabulary, writing and much more.
  - Language Listing
* Linguistics: Portal:Linguistics - Topic Outline of Linguistics
  - Intute: Arts and Humanities - Linguistics
    Web resources for the study of language
    in both its theoretical and applied aspects,
    in all its forms, spoken, written, and signed.
  - Language and Linguistics Links
  - LINGUIST List
    World's largest online linguistic resource
    concerning language and language analysis.
  - Linguistics and Language Glossary by Vivian Cook
* List of Wikipedias - Meta
  Contains a list of the official Wikipedias
  under the auspices of the Wikimedia Foundation,
  for various languages.  Test Wikipedias are listed
  at the Wikimedia Incubator Wiki Project.
  - Complete list of Wikimedia projects - Meta
    - Table of Wikimedia projects - Meta
  - List of Wikipedias by Language Family
  - List of Wikipedias by Language Macrofamily - Meta
  - Regional Genealogy and Local History Research
    All English Wikipedia country articles are further
    combined, on a selected country by country basis,
    with key articles in the related language edition
    of Wikipedia, as attached ":" with language description.
* Lists of Languages
* LLOW - Languages of the World
* Martindale's Language Center
  Language & Translation Center.
  - Indigenous Language
    - American Indian Language Resources: Tribal List
* National and Specific Languages: UNESCO Culture Sector
* Rosetta Project
  Building an archive of all documented human languages.



MODERN LANGUAGES: Modern Language and World Languages
Mandarin - English - Hindi/Urdu - Arabic: Modern Standard - Spanish - Russian
Bengali - Portuguese - Indonesian - German - Japanese - French - Punjabi
Javanese - Teluga(u)  - Tamil - Marathi - Korean - Vietnamese - Italian - Turkish
Kannada - Polish - Ukrainian - Persian/Dari/Tajik - Gujarati - Malayalam - Hausa
Oriya - Burmese - Swahili - Yoruba - Thai: Estimated Populations using Languages
* Intute: Arts and Humanities: Modern Languages and Area Studies
  - African - American- Australasian - Celtic - Chinese
    French - German - Italian - Japanese - Latin American
    Middle Eastern - Modern Languages (General) - Portuguese
    Russian - Scandinavian - Slavonic and East European: Other European
    South Asian: Other Asian - Spanish
* Modern Language Association (MLA)
  - MLA Language Map
    Display the locations and numbers
    of speakers of thirty languages and
    three groups of less commonly spoken
    languages in the United States.
* Modern Languages and Foreign Language Resources
  Free online courses, tutorials, music, audio, video and activities.
  - Chinese Language Center: Learn Chinese
  - English and Literature - Art, Dance, Theater and Music
  - German: Links to Resources
  - Spanish Online: A Free Tutorial
    - BBC - Languages - Spanish
    - My Spanish Picture Dictionary
    - Paso a paso
      Extend your Spanish textbook to sites
      worldwide as well as do online activities,
      games & puzzles and take self-tests.
    - Spanish-English Translation Dictionary
    - Spanish Language Schools
      Spanish language source for Latin America,
      Spain and the United States.
    - Visual Link™ Spanish
 

TRANSLATIONS and TRANSLATORS

GENEALOGY RESOURCES: genealogy - Definitions from Dictionary.com
The genealogy language: Ahnenforschung, Genealogie, généalogie, genealogia,
genealogía, geslachtkunde, genealogi, genealogy, genealogical, genealogist . . . Word List
* Cyndi's List - Languages & Translations
* German Translator (German):
  Hauptseite - GenWiki and Transserv - English GenWiki
  TransServ is a free translation service for genealogische topics.
* Languages: Jewish Web Index
  Languages related to doing
  Jewish genealogy research.
* Latin: Latin Alphabet
  - Beginners' Latin
  - Corpus Scriptorum Latinorum
  - Latin Genealogical Word List
  - Latin Language and Culture
  - Latin Literature (Links)
  - Latin Names & Abbreviations
  - Latin Place Names
  - Latin Words and Expressions
  - Learn Latin
  - Selected Resources for Latin
* TraductionsGenWeb, un service de FranceGenWeb (In French)
  - Translated version (English)
    All our services are free.



ONLINE TRANSLATIONS & ADVANCED SEARCH: Translation
Language Limits by Search Engine
Current list of language limits offered
by each of the main search engines.
* AltaVista® - Babel Fish Translation
* AOL® International
* Apertium
  Open-source shallow-transfer machine
  translation engine and toolbox.
* Ask.com - Advanced Search
* Chinese Romanization Converter
* Exalead: Preferences - Exalead
  Database search engine results
  narrowed by language preference.
* Free Translation Service
  Computer generated translation sites
  on one page.  Machine translation
  systems produce a "gisting translation",
  a rough translation that gives the "gist",
  or central idea; the essence contained
  in the source text.
* Google™ Language Tools
  - 2lingual
    Google™ Search in 2 languages and
    translate search terms into other languages.
  - Google™ Translate
* iBoogie™ Advanced Web Search
* LOGOS® - Multilingual E-Translations Portal
* MSN® Search Search Builder
  - MSN® Worldwide
* SearchEngineZ: Translate the Web
  Select resources for serious searchers.
* Translation Map
  Connecting people together over
  the Internet, to facilitate a re-writing
  process, that will produce collaborative
  translations and geographically-based messaging.
* Word2Word Language Resources and Translating Chat
* Yahoo!® Advanced Web Search
  - Yahoo!® International
* Yahoo!® Babel Fish
  Text translation and web page translation.



PROFESSIONAL TRANSLATORS:
International Federation of Translators: IFT
* American Translators Association
  Translation services directory search.
* Applied Language Solutions
  Free Translations for websites and text.
* CA : Language Identifier - Xerox XRCE
  Try to identify an unknown language.
* CIUTI: WWW Links (Translating and Interpreting)
  International permanent conference of university
  institutes of translators and interpreters.
* Free Online Translation Services
  Commercial sites that are providing
  free language translation.
* Free Translation and Professional Translation Services
* InterTran™ - translation result
* National Virtual Translation Center (USA) - Worldwide Data
  Shared database that contains up-to-date
  information on available certified translators.
  - Continuing Education
  - Translation Associations
* PROMT Company
  Free online translator and dictionary – English,
  German, French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese
  (Brazilian) and Russian languages.
* Rosette Name Translator - Basis Technology Solutions
  Names of people, places and organizations are often the
  most important information contained within a document.
* Squidoo™
  Free online translation tools & resources.
* SYSTRAN® Language Translation Technology
* Translation Journal
* Translation Wizard, with List of Languages
* Translator's Home Companion
  Information for the professional translator
  and those in need of translation services.
* translatortips®com
  Freelance translators resources and translation
  agencies, helping translators do better business.
* Yahoo!® Translation Services
  Multi-language translations and resources.

Foreign Languages: Translations and Translators
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