FOREIGN LANGUAGES: TRANSLATIONS and TRANSLATORS
Basic to advanced resources for students, educators and language specialists:
translators, translations, languages, foreign language tutorials.
 

CURRENT INFORMATION
Greetings  From  Earth
Say Hello to the World
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
World News Languages: Foreign Language News & Newspapers

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DICTIONARIES: Dictionary - Glossaries by Language
* alphaDictionary Language Directory
  Language resource site that offers a wide variety of language
  materials intended to help its visitors learn and master anything
  they need to know about their native language or other languages.
* Cyndi's List - Dictionaries & Glossaries
* Dictionaries & Information
* Dictionaries & Language Resources (refdesk.com)
* Dictionaries & Languages - UT Library Online
* Dictionary Society of North America
  Check here for links to other dictionary societies.
* Foreign Language Online Dictionaries & Free Translation Links
* Foreignword.com
  Online dictionaries and free translation tools.
* Kamous.com
  Language center, translator, dictionary and translation.
* lexicool.com
  Directory of translation dictionaries.
* Oxford Language Dictionaries Online (OLDO)
  Offers essential language resources never before available online.
  Attractive, authoritative, and user-friendly; a new, higher standard
  for online language tools.  Available languages include: Spanish,
  French, Italian, German, Chinese and Russian.  Advanced options
  allow users to search by geographical variant, level of formality
  and even parts of speech.
* Yiddish Dictionary Online
  - Yiddish Links
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EDUCATION: Language Education
* FLTeach - Foreign Language Teaching Forum
  Foreign language teaching methods for all
  levels and all languages.  Includes school /
  college articulation, training of student teachers,
  classroom activities, curriculum and syllabus design.
* Global Language Monitor: Global Language Monitor
  Documents, analyzes and tracks trends in language the world over,
  with a particular emphasis upon global English.  Gives expert analysis on
  language trends and their subsequent impact on politics, culture and business.
* Language Technology Links
  - Graham Davies's Favourite Websites
    - ICT4LT English Modules: Blog
      Information and communications
      technology for language teachers.
* 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?
* Bryn Mawr College: Language Learning Center
  - Tri-College & Online Language Resources
* DLIFLC.edu - Language Resources
  Service provided by the Defense Language
  Institute Foreign Language Center; publicly
  available materials intended for independent
  learners: to provide them with the learning/teaching
  tools for improving their foreign language skills.
* FSI Language Courses
  Language courses developed
  by the Foreign Service Institute.
* How to Learn a Language
  - Languages Bookshelf
* LangMedia: Resources for World Languages
  Authentic language spoken in its natural cultural
  environment, providing interplay between
  a given language and its native culture.
* 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.
* Lingu@net WorldWide
  Multilingual centre for language learning.
* Linguistic Funland
  TESL, ESL, EFL, language and linguistics links.
  - Languages Other Than English
* Livemocha
  Learn languages and practice with native speakers.
* Open Culture: Free Language Lessons
  Learn languages for free.  Features at least 40 foreign languages,
  including Spanish, French, English, Mandarin, Italian and Russian.
  Download lessons to computer / mp3 player and you’re good to go.
* Phrasebase™: Learn Foreign Languages Online
  Conversational language learning
  resource center and community.
* Vocabulix
  Free online vocabulary trainer -
  learn Spanish, English and German.
* World Languages & Cultures
  Learn language, know cultures, visit Vistawide.
* World Languages - WannaLearn.com
* Yamada Language Center

RESOURCES:
* Ancient Languages Links
  Oxford University Language Centre
  weblinks and library shelfmarks.
  - List of Languages by First Written Accounts
* BBC - Languages: Languages across Europe
  - Family Tree
* British Library Language Resources
  Pages written by experts on collections
  by language or language group, worldwide.
* Corpus Linguistics
  Samples (corpora) or "real world" text corpus.
  - IMS Open Corpus Workbench: Important Links
    - Sketch Engine: SketchEngine
* KryssTal : Language Families
  - Languages : Indo-European Family
* Languages Online
* Omniglot - The Guide to Languages, Alphabets & Other Writing Systems
  A  B  C  D  E  F  G  H  I  J  K  L  M  N  O  P  Q  R  S  T  U  V  W  X  Y  Z
* Second Language Acquisition Bibliography
  SLABIB by Vivian Cook.
* UCLA Language Materials Project: Links
  Teaching resources for less commonly taught languages.
  - Less Commonly Taught Languages
    Oxford University Language Centre weblinks and library shelfmarks.
* Variety (Linguistics)
  In sociolinguistics a variety, also called a lect, is a specific form of a language
  or language cluster.  This may include languages, dialects, accents, registers,
  styles or other sociolinguistic variation, as well as the standard variety itself.
  - Standard Language: Dialect
    - IDEA - Dialects & Accents Of The World
    - Peoplegroups.org AlphaSearch
      Search for people groups alphabetically based on their language.
      A  B  C  D  E  F  G  H  I  J  K  L  M  N  O  P  Q  R  S  T  U  V  W  X  Y  Z
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MAJOR DIRECTORIES and ARCHIVES: Language - Portal:Language
* Ethnologue: Languages of the World 
  Encyclopedic reference work cataloging all
  of the world’s 6,909 known living languages.
  - Ethnologue: Statistical Summaries
    Numerical tabulations of languages and number of speakers.
    - List of Languages by Number of Native Speakers
  - Lists of Languages
    - List of Languages by Name
      - Ethnologue Language Name Index
* iLoveLanguages
  Guide to languages on the web.
* Language Archives
  Archives which house materials that are intended to
  document and describe human languages, such as
  wordlists, lexicons, annotated signals, interlinear texts,
  paradigms, field notes and linguistic descriptions.
* Language Family
  History, status, sound system, grammar,
  vocabulary, writing and much more.
  - List of Language Families
  - MultiTree
* Languages of the World - Nations Online Project
  Language is the specifically human capacity for acquiring and
  using complex systems of acoustic as well as kinesic signals.
  - World Languages
    Where they are spoken, with language (3)
    three-letter codes and language description.
* Linguistics: Portal:Linguistics - Topic Outline of Linguistics
  - Language & Linguistics Links
  - LINGUIST List
    World's largest online linguistic resource
    concerning language and language analysis.
  - Linguistics & Language Glossary by Vivian Cook
  - Topical Index of Internet Linguistic Resources
* 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 & 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.
* LLOW - Languages of the World
  Extensive description of all languages of the world on the basis of
  linguistic-genetic (language families, clusters, ...) and sociolinguistic
  (status as official language, minority language, ...) criteria as well as
  social-, geopolitical and geographical parameters (number of speakers,
  geographical extension, ...).  In addition to this literature references,
  internet-links, short texts on the individual language families and groups
  as well as text- and audio samples of individual languages.
* Martindale's Language Center
  Language & Translation Center.
  - Indigenous Language
    - American Indian Language Resources: Tribal List
* Open Language Archives Community (OLAC)
  International partnership of institutions and individuals who are
  creating a worldwide virtual library of language resources by:
  (i) developing consensus on best current practice
  for the digital archiving of language resources, and
  (ii) developing a network of interoperating repositories
  and services for housing and accessing such resources.
  - OLAC Language Resource Catalog
* Rosetta Project
  Building an archive of all documented human languages.
* United Nations Educational, Scientific & Cultural Organization | CULTURE
  - Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger
    - Audio-Visual Resources
    - Websites & Online Resources
* WALS - The World Atlas of Language Structures: Languages
  Large database of structural (phonological, grammatical, lexical) properties
  of languages gathered from descriptive materials (such as reference grammars)
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MODERN LANGUAGES: Modern Language - Top Thirty Languages Spoken in the World
World Language Resources - Hundreds of Languages, Thousands of Products
* Language Geography
  - List of Countries by Spoken Languages
  - List of Languages by Total Number of Speakers
  - List of Official Languages
  - MuturZikin - Linguistic Maps: Linguistic Maps by Country
    Useful and practical information for thousands of
    languages displayed on specific geographical areas.
  - World Atlas of Language Structures Online
    Information on the structural
    diversity of the world's languages.
* Language Online: General Language Links
  Links for Languages of the Wider World
  Free foreign language resources.
  - Arabic Language
    - Arabic Weblinks
      - Arabic Language
  - Awadhi Language
    - Awadhi Language Search
  - Azerbaijani Language
    - Azerbaijani Weblinks
  - Burmese Language
    - Myanmar[Burma] Language
  - Chinese Language
    - Chinese Language Links
    - Chinese Weblinks
      - Bing™ Dictionary (Beta)
        English-Chinese online dictionary,
        translation and language learning.
      - Chinese
        Dictionary, flashcards, text-to-speech and tools.
      - Chinese as a Second Language
        - International Chinese Language Program
      - CJK Quick Start
        Chinese, Japanese and Korean
        characters in English Windows.
      - Gan Chinese
        - Gan Language
      - Hakka Chinese
        - Hakka Language
      - Min Chinese
        - Min Chinese Search
      - Min Nan Chinese
        - Min Nan Chinese Search
      - Wu Chinese
        - Wu Chinese Search
      - Xiang Chinese
        - Xiang Language
      - Yue Chinese
        - Yue Chinese Search
  - Dutch Language
    - Dutch Weblinks
  - English Language
    - BBC - Learning English
    - English Language Links
    - English Weblinks (International Links)
      - English & Literature
        Includes art, dance, music and theater.
  - French Language
    - French Language Links
    - French Weblinks
  - German Language
    - German Language Links
      - German Weblinks
      - Germany on the Internet - Goethe-Institut
        - Material for Learners of German.
          - Business & Special Languages
          - Chat, Fora, E-Mail
          - Dictionaries
          - Grammar
          - Kids
          - Regional and Social Studies
          - Tasks & Exercises
          - Texts & Literature
  - Hausa Language
    - Hausa Weblinks
  - India - Language Information Service (LIS - India)
    Web based, on line, multi-media, authentic, comprehensive
    information source in the public domain on the Indian languages.
    Languages of India (Languages with Official Status in India)
    Major Indian Languages (spoken by more than a million people)
    Lists of over ten million speakers; multi-country listed alphabetically.
    - Assamese Language
      - Xophura - Assamese Culture & Literature
    - Bengali Language
      - Bengali Weblinks
        - Learn to Speak Basic Bengali
   - Bhojpuri Language
      - Bhojpuri Language
    - Gujarati Language
      - GujaratiLexicon
      - Some Gujarati Language Resources
    - Hindi Language
      - Hindi Links
      - Hindi Weblinks
      - History of Hindustani
    - Kannada Language
      - Kannada Language
    - Maithili Language
      - Maithili: The language
    - Malayalam Language
    - Marathi Language
      - Marathi & English Dictionary
      - Marathi Footsteps Around The World
    - Oriya Language
      - Comprehensive English-Oriya Dictionary
    - Punjabi Language
      - Learn to Read Punjabi
    - Tamil Language
      - Tamil Electronic Library
      - Tamil Language In Context
    - Telugu Language
      - Telugu Literary
    - Urdu Language
      - Urdu Weblinks
  - Italian Language
    - Italian Language Links
    - Italian Weblinks
  - Japanese Language
    - Japanese Language Links
    - Japanese Weblinks
      - CJK Quick Start
        Chinese, Japanese and Korean
        characters in English Windows.
  - Javanese Language
    - Javanese Language
    - Online Javanese Lessons
  - Korean Language
    - Korean Weblinks
      - Introduction to Korean
        - CJK Quick Start
          Chinese, Japanese and Korean
          characters in English Windows.
  - Malay Language
    - Malay Language Search
    - Utusan Malaysia Online
  - Marwari Language
    - Marwari Language Search
  - Pashto Language
    - Pashto / Pushto Weblinks
  - Persian Language
    - Persian (Farsi) Weblinks
  - Polish Language
    - Polish Weblinks
      - BBC - Languages - Polish
  - Portuguese Language
    - Portuguese Weblinks
      - BBC - Languages - Portuguese
      - Learn Portuguese Language
  - Romanian Language
    - Romanian Weblinks
  - Russian Language
    - Russian Language Links
    - Russian Weblinks
  - Spanish Language
    - Spanish Language Links
    - Spanish Weblinks
      - StudySpanish.com: Learn Spanish | Free Lessons
        - 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.
  - Sindhi Language
    - Sindhi Language Search
  - Sundanese Language
    - Sundanese Language Search
  - Tagalog Language: Filipino Language
    - Tagalog Links
  - Thai Language
    - Thai Language Search
  - Turkish Language
    - Turkish Weblinks
      - Learn Turkish
  - Ukrainian Language
    - Ukrainian Links
      - BBC - Languages - Ukrainian
  - Uzbek Language
    - Uzbek Links
  - Vietnamese Language
    - Language & Culture
* USA:
  - Center for Applied Linguistics: Site Map
    - Resources: Links to Related Websites
  - 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.
    - Native American Language Net
      Preserving and promoting indigenous American Indian languages.
      - American Indian Library Association Resources
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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
* FamilySearch.org Research Wiki (English)
  - Deutsch -  Español -  Français - Italiano - 日本語
    한국어 - Português - Русский - Svenska - 中文
* Free Human Translation Help
  There are a number of free human translation services
  for translating more than a sentence: table summary.
  - TransServ – GenWiki (German) Transserv - GenWiki (in English)
    Human translation service (for genealogy-related material only).
    - GenWiki - das Genealogie-Wiki (GenWiki - Genealogical Wiki)
* Jewish Web Index: Languages
  Languages related to doing
  Jewish genealogy research.
* Latin: Latin Alphabet
  - Beginners' Latin
  - Corpus Scriptorum Latinorum
  - Latin Genealogical Word List
  - Latin Language & Culture
  - Latin Literature (Links)
  - Latin Names & Abbreviations
  - Latin Place Names File
  - Latin Words and Expressions
  - Learn Latin
  - Romance Studies: Romance Languages
  - Selected Resources for Latin
* TraductionsGenWeb, un service de FranceGenWeb (In French)
  - Translated version (English)
    All our services are free.
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ONLINE TRANSLATIONS & ADVANCED SEARCH: Translation
Language Limits by Search Engine
Current list of language limits offered
by each of the main search engines.
* Apertium
  Open-source shallow-transfer machine
  translation engine and toolbox.
* Ask.com - Advanced Search
* Chinese Romanization Converter
* Exalead®: Web Search - Exalead®
  Allows advanced refining on the results page
  (language, geographic location, file type, categories)
  but also further data refinement, such as rich content
  (audio, video, RSS) and related terms.
* Free Translation and Professional Translation
  Services from SDL, worldwide provider of free / professional
  language translation services for websites and documents.
* 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™ Translate
* iBoogie™ Advanced Web Search
* LOGOS® - Multilingual E-Translations Portal
  - Multilingual Language Links
* MSN® Worldwide
* SearchEngineZ: Translate the Web
  Select resources for serious searchers.
* translation map / what is it?
  Connecting people together over
  the Internet, to facilitate a re-writing
  process, that will produce collaborative
  translations and geographically-based messaging.
* Wiki-Translation
  Exchange best practices and tools; discuss how to improve them.
  - TranslateWiki
    Free wiki to translate words and sentences.
    - LDS Community Translation Project
* Word2Word Language Resources & Translating Chat
* Yahoo!® Advanced Web Search
  - Yahoo!® Everything & World
* Yahoo!® Babel Fish
  Text translation and web page translation.
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PROFESSIONAL TRANSLATORS: International Federation of Translators: IFT
* ATA - American Translators Association
  Translators, interpreters, translation and interpreting.
  - Directory of Translation and Interpreting Services: Search
  - Directory of Language Services Companies: Search
* Applied Language Solutions
  Free Translations for websites and text.
* 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 & Professional Translation Services
  Translate web pages and text into different languages.
* InterTran™ - translation result
  Translate between language pairs.
* Kwintessential Ltd.: Index
  Translation services, interpreters, intercultural
  communication and cross cultural training.
  - Country Profiles - Guides to Culture, Etiquette, Customs & Protocol
  - Free Online Language Translation Service: Live Translator
* Lingotek
  Translation technologies, workflow management and community collaboration.
* myGengo™
  Simple human translation and translation resources.
  - Directories for Freelance Translators
  - Specialist Translation Agencies
* National Virtual Translation Center (USA) - Worldwide Data
* PROMT® Translator
  Free online translator and dictionary – English,
  German, French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese
  (Brazilian) and Russian languages.
* ProZ.com
  Translators and translator resources.
* 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
  Online translation, translation software and tools.
* tolingo.com
  Free computer-generated text and website translations.
* Translation Journal
  Publication for translators by translators; about translators and translation.
  - Translators’ On-line Resources
    - Miscellaneous Translators’ Resources
    - On-line Glossaries and Dictionaries
    - Translation Aid Software
    - Translators’ Associations
    - Translators’ Databases
    - Translators' Discussion Groups
    - Translators' Educational Resources
    - Translators' Publications
* Translation Wizard
  Tool which is directly connected to online translation tools.
* Translator's Home Companion
  Resources on the Internet and elsewhere for translators,
  interpreters, 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.
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