Translation Resources

Online Dictionaries:

• Cambridge Dictionaries Online


• Dictionary of Difficult Words


• Die.net


• Linguasphere Observatory


• Merriam-Webster Dictionary


• MSN Dictionary


• OneLook Dictionary Search

• Synonym.com


• Tiscali References


• Wiktionary


• WordNet Search 3.0


• Wordsmyth


• Your Dictionary.com

English Language Etymology:

• Anglik.net


• British English Translations


• Etymology Dictionary


• Origin of Things

• Origin and History of the English Language


• University of Toronto English Department


• Word Origins e-Zine

Grammar and Usage:

• Bartleby.com


• Big Dog's Grammar


• Brian Paul's Common Errors in English


• British Council Grammar Archive


• CliffsNotes


• Eclectic English


• English the Easy Way


• English Glossary of Grammar Terms


• Englishpage.com


• English Rules Writing Guide


• English-Zone.com


• Eslbase English Grammar


• Guide to Grammar and Style

• Hypertext Guide to English Grammar,
  Mechanics, and Usage Rules


• Internet Grammar of English


• Modern English Grammar


• Purdue University Owl Online Writing Lab


• Refdesk.com


• Speakspeak Grammar


• Tiscali English Page


• University of Illinois Grammar Handbook


• University of Ottawa HyperGrammar


• Using English.com


• Well Bred Sentence


• Wikipedia Grammar


• YourDictionary.com Language Library

Miscellaneous Resources:

• Alternative English Usage


• Anglo-Saxon Heathen Terminology


• Anglo-Saxon Lexicon


• Cheesy American English Usage


• Dialectizer


• Dictionary of Foolish Language


• Dictionary of the Scots Languag


• Engrish.com

• Fun With Words


• Hellatine Dictionary of Bureaucratese


• Mathematical English Glossary


• Old English Lexicon


• Phrontistery International House of Logorrhea


• Scientific English


• Words: Frequently Asked Questions

Slang and Idioms:

• Alternative Dictionaries


• Dictionary of British Slang


• Dictionary of Historical American Slang


• Dictionary of Idioms and Idiomatic Expressions


• Double-Tongued Dictionary


• Common American Slang

• Idiom Connection


• Lexscripta Dictionaries of Slang


• Online Slang Dictionary


• Shadow Slang Glossary


• Slang Insider


• Slangsite.com

Specific Usage (Collocations):

• English Collocations Lessons


• Medical English


• PhrasalVerbDemon.com


• Phrasal Verb Dictionary

• Verb/Preposition Dictionary


• Wikipedia (Collective Noun)

Style Guides:

• Chicago Manual of Style Online


• Dictionary.com Style Guide


• Guardian Unlimited Style Guide


• Guide to Technical Writing


• Guidelines for Technical Writing


• James Madison University Technical
  Communication Style Manual

• Online Technical Writing


• Oxford University Press


• University of Alabama Guide
  to Style and Design


• US Government Printing Office Style Guide


• Writing Guidelines for Engineering and Science Students

Thesaurus:

• Itanda English Thesaurus


• LingvoSoft English Thesaurus


• MSN Thesaurus


• Project Gutenberg Etext of Roget's Thesaurus

• Thinkmap Visual Thesaurus


• Wordweb Quadrilingual Thesaurus
  (English, French, German, Spanish)

Translating British English/American English:

• American's Guide to Speaking British


• American-British English Dictionary


• Common Words in British and American English

• English Usage in the U.K.


• World Wide Words

This list of online resources was found in the September 2007 Issue of The ATA Chronicle
published by the American Translator's Association.     Wright, Lee. "Glossary Mining:
Brush Up Your English." The ATA Chronicle. Vol.XXXVI No.9. Sept 2007: 28-32.