Translation Glossaries from the Web

In its work programme for 2005 the European Training Foundation (ETF) included a glossary presenting the Russian language version of key terms used in European vocational education and training (VET) policy. The aim of the project was to support cooperation with ETF partner countries in the framework of the European Neighbourhood Policy and EU deve... View more

This site provides an English to Hindi Dictionary as well as a Hindi to English Dictionary. Started in 2003 as an English to Hindi dictionary, this site is now used by hundreds of thousands of people in over a hundred countries around the world. इस अंग्रेज़ी हिन्दी अंग्रेज़ी शब्दकोश में आप आसानी से हिन्दी और अंग्रेज़ी शब्दों के अर्थ ढूंढ सकते हैं। ... View more

101 local resources, 4 externally linked databases, 2.3M terms, 625 345 entries, 200 000 definitions, 27 languages The EuroTermBank project focuses on harmonisation and consolidation of terminology work in new EU member states, transferring experience from other European Union terminology networks and accumulating competencies and efforts of the... View more

This work was completed on behalf of the European Food Information Resource (EuroFIR) Consortium and funded under the EU 6th Framework Food Quality and Safety thematic priority. Contract FOOD-CT- 2005-513944. This work was completed on behalf of the European Food Information Resource (EuroFIR) Consortium and funded under the EU 6th F... View more

E-Vocabulary is an educational project co-financed by the Leonardo da Vinci program. It is a common project of partners from seven European countries. The aim of the project is to develop a comprehensive online terminology bank of vocabulary specifically aimed at the hotel and tourism profession, in twenty European languages.

AGROVOC is the world’s most comprehensive multilingual agricultural vocabulary. Downloaded over a thousand times a year by dozens of countries it is in daily institutional use to index and search documents, web pages and digital objects.

The UNESCO Thesaurus is a controlled vocabulary developed by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation which includes subject terms for the following areas of knowledge: education, science, culture, social and human sciences, information and communication, and politics, law and economics. It also includes the names of cou... View more

A comprehensive glossary of microfinance terms (English - Arabic).

This is the Arabic version. There is also an equivalent English version on http://www.cma.org.sa/cma_cms/upload_sec_content/dwfile19/Glossary_251206_Eng.pdf It contains all the terms used by the Saudi Capital Market Authority, and applies across the Arabic speaking countries

With more than 30,000 listings, we believe the AskPhil Glossary to be the largest of its type anywhere ... whether on line or in print. With visitors from more than 150 countries, AskPhil has the benefit of perhaps the broadest range of stamp collectors view our reference of any reference provider.

Albeit being a monolingual source, the g... View more

A source with definitons and abbreviations on trauma and traumatic stress disorder. From the home page:

A web-accessible dictionary of language used within an area of special interest that is built up and continues to develop as a collective, not-for-profit activity.

The web design is simple and graphics free to make for qui... View more

Education glossary for all EU countries in all European languages. Click on the appropriate PDF or ZIP file (definitions in English, French, or German).

Dentistry EN<>SP glossary

In 1995, 5 institutions from different European countries founded the Urbandata Association with aims of:

- Spreading scientific, technical and cultural information on urban planning, transport, environment, architecture and building

- Developing common products and facilities

- Promoting exchanges between nat... View more

Not a glossary as such, this is a table establishing equivalents for grades awarded in 19 European countries. Despite being set out by the biology departments, they should apply to university grades in general for these countries.

List of placeholder names in different countries

Fraseología y expresiones populares de cada uno de los países hispanohablantes. Útil para traductores del español y también para hablantes nativos de este idioma. Phraseology and idioms of Spanish-speaking countries. Useful for people translating into Spanish and also for native Spanish speakers.

Dictionary of meat cuts for Argentina, Spain, Brazil, Chile, Portugal, USA/UK, France, Germany, Switzerland, Italy & with equivalent or approximate names of cuts for latinamerican countries (Ecuador, Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Chile, Mexico, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela).

Dictionary of Everything, Over 1 Million Terms. English monolingual with a search engine. Sections: Abstract Concepts, Arts and Entertainment, Biographies, Business, Design, Health, Recreation, Science, Society, Technology, World Geography.

Glossary of higher education and student financial aid terms, US English - Standard Spanish. "There are concepts represented in the glossary that are unique to the American higher education and financial aid systems. Therefore, invention and compromise were required at times when translating terms that describe concepts having no precise equival... View more

Definitions given here are a compilation of general terms used in British Columbia, Canada. The glossary does not include all forestry terms used in other countries. It is intended for staff, students, general public and interest groups. Also includes a search function for forestry acronyms and abbreviations.

Muleta, the multilingual and multimedia lexicon, is a European encyclopaedia of town planning and housing. Intended to be developed by the professional and scientific community, it enables tracing of concepts, tools and procedures in use in the participating countries. Muleta was originally created by a consortium working within the framewo... View more

Provides official country names and ISO abbreviations, and the names of capital cities, in the vernacular and the English form. (an equivalent list exists in French and Spanish as well).

Just to let them speak for themselves: "The aim of this site is to ultimately provide additional resources and information to people interested in the various countries of Europe. As most of these countries were once a small part of much larger Empires, borders and town names have undergone enormous changes over the past couple of centuries."... ... View more

The countries of the world in their local languages and scripts, with official names, capitals, flags, administrative divisions and translations of the country and capital names into many different languages. I created this site with the greatest possible care, but nevertheless errors may have occurred. Any corrections that might be necessary are... View more

Collection of dictionaries and background information on many languages and countries as well as search boxes for on-line dictionaries

Spanish governmental institutions (etc) and how they are called in English. Quite useful! (with links)

An official source of all information about practically any country in the world. Demographic info, flags, maps, governments, religion, industries, anything you can think of.

It's always useful to have a complete list of official country names, I guess as translators we've all come across the most unusual country names... The list you can download from the above quoted URL was published by the German Foreign Ministry. It's based on the "Terminology Bulletin" (TB) issued by the UN Secretariat and contains the official co... View more

PDF file, 23 pages. About the author: "Zebra delivers innovative and reliable bar code and specialty label printing solutions to businesses and governments in 90 countries around the world."

Denne databasen bygger på RTT 67 Forkortingsordbok. This database is based on RTT 67 Forkortingsordbok [Dictionary of Abbreviations].

This fourth volume of the European Glossary on Education deals with more than 500 national terms used to designate management, monitoring and support staff at all levels of education. In the first section of the Glossary, terms are listed in alphabetical order along with their grammatical variants, the name of the country to which they apply an... View more