Language and Translation Resources

Dictionaries

Dict.cc over 50 language pairs!

Grand dictionnaire mainly FR-EN, but also others including ES, IT and PT

Leo DE-EN, DE-FR, DE-ES, DE-IT, DE-ZH, DE-RU

Linguee DE-EN, FR-EN, ES-EN, PT-EN

Wordreference FR-EN, IT-EN, ES-EN, DE-EN plus others

 

Termbases

IATE (Interactive Terminology for Europe) – The EU term base

Termium- The Government of Canada’s terminology and linguistic data bank

UNTerm – the United Nations Multilingual Terminology Database

TourisTerm - the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO)’s terminological database

 

Glossaries

Valeria Aliperta’s blog has a section dedicated to a huge collection of multilingual glossaries in a wide range of subject areas

 

Translation and Language Books

In addition to my blog posts on the subject here and here:

Advice for Translators

How to Succeed as a Freelance Translator – Corinne McKay

The Entrepreneurial Linguist: the business-school approach to freelance translation – Judy and Dagmar Jenner

The Prosperous Translator - Chris Durban

In Other Words: A Coursebook on Translation – Mona Baker

Introducing Translation Studies: Theories and Applications – Jeremy Munday

 

Language Books for Fun

Eats, Shoots & Leaves, The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation - Lynne Truss

Cambridge Encyclopedia of the English Language - David Crystal

Is That a Fish in Your Ear? Translation and the Meaning of Everything - David Bellos

Words Words Words - David Crystal

Mother Tongue - Bill Bryson

Mox’s Illustrated Guide to Freelance Translation - Alejandro Moreno-Ramos

Through the Language Glass – Guy Deutscher

Tyrannosaurus Lex: The Marvelous Book of Palindromes, Anagrams, and Other Delightful and Outrageouswordplay – Rod L. Evans

The Etymologicon: A Circular Stroll through the Hidden Connections of the English Language – Mark Forsyth

 

Language Books for Children

Alfie the Apostrophe

Usborne Children’s Books - I read these as a child in English, but they would also be a great resource for multilingual families

World Language Books

Little Linguist

Wieso? Weshalb? Warum? - I read these books with the boys that I au paired for in Austria and they’re great!