Online Diccionaries & Translation Memory Software Programs

What dictionary should I use? What online dictionary is better? Are there any software programs that we should invest in to help us in our translation jobs? What about glossaries?

All the questions above come from you, the students. The answers are not simple. It is up to each individual to chose the best tools for his/her job. But after consulting with some colleagues and checking the collection of links accumulated during the last few months, here is a preliminary list to give you a starting point:

Basic tools used by many of our students and teachers:

• electronic dictionaries


• Google: define searches.For example: define "attorney general"

Online dictionaries:

• DRAE, Diccionario de la Real Academia Española

• Oxford English Dictionary you have to subscribe


• Oxford Advanced Learners Dictionary (free)


• Collins


• wordIQ.com
• Diccionarios El País
• Diccionary reference
• My Language

Online glossaries:

• Lexicool.com


• IATE


• Termium
• Glosario internacional para el traductor Spanish
• kudoz glossaries
• proz (advanced search brings up different fields)
• google glossary search
• AltaVista-based glossary search (replace "keyword" at the end of the line by your search term and press Enter)
• Glosario internacional para el traductor (Spanish)
• Xlation
• Glossarist
• 1000 Dictionaries

Translation Memory Programs:

• Wordfast (free if you're not using it professionally)


• translatorstraining.com, where you'll find a list of the most popular ones
• MyMemory
• SDL TRADOS
  

Forums & language sites:

• cvc Instituto Cervantes Spanish
• wikilengua Spanish
• fundeuBBV Spanish
• Microsoft language portal
• proz
• Translators cafe

There are many other resources, check my link Web resources under dictionaries & search engines.

I have copied this page into our bridginggap wiki (dictionaries page). So feel free to add any resource to our list!

I hope this helps!