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 Dictionaries
 Travlang's Translating Dictionaries
    
Dictionaries for German, Dutch, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Danish, Finnish, Norwegian, Afrikaans, Hungarian, Czech, Esperanto, & Latin.

 Yahoo's Translating Dictionaries:
    
If Travlang doesn't have what you need, perhaps Yahoo! will.

 yourDictionary.com: 
    
Site includes 500+ dictionaries of 140 languages.

 

 Language & Culture
 American Sign Language Browser
    
An interactive, online version of the ASL dictionary.

 English as a Second Language: 
     A starting point for ESL learners with materials on grammar, writing, reading, and other ESL related topics.

 Gaelic and Gaelic Culture: 
     Site has info on Gaelic languages and a link to the current Irish Times.

 HandSpeak.com
     A practical virtual dictionary intended for fun learning.

 Rosetta Project
    
Archives 1,000+ of the 7,000 languages of the world.

 Say Hello to the World
    
Internet Public Library site that links to "hello" in 30 languages.  This site also includes other language links.

 The Virtual Shtetl: 
     Links to Yiddish schools, art, recipes, and more.

 Yamada Language Guide
     Site from the U of Oregon includes an archive of non-English fonts, language-related news groups, language-related web connections, and more.

 

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 Language Testing

 TOEFL.org: 
     The official Web site for the Test of English as a Foreign Language programs and services.

 For more materials on this subject available through the Library, visit Starting Points - Language.

 

 Phrase & Translation
 Babelfish Translations
    
Translates: English, Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, and Italian.  Use text or a web site to translate online.

 Central and Eastern European Languages: 
    
Links to basic phrases from Albania, Bulgaria, Croatian, Czech, Estonian, Hungarian, Latvian, and more.

 Foreign Language for Travelers: 
    
Basic language traveling info for 60+ languages with links to translating dictionaries and currency exchange rates.

 FreeTranslation.com: 
    
Get the gist of foreign language text and web pages.

 The Language Bank: 
     This Orlando company offers translation & interpretation for convention services, web site translation and design.

 Translator's Home Companion: 
     Resources available online and elsewhere for translators, interpreters, and those interested in foreign languages.

 

 Trivia
 AskOxford.com: 
     Read fun facts about the English language, including origins, symbols, usage, and more.


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