Translation and Interpreting

 THE BRITISH COUNCIL – THE ART OF TRANSLATION
http://www.literarytranslation.com/
This is a very interesting site for translators interested in literary translation. It includes analysis of different translations and contains a brief section on translation theory and the history of translation, amongst other useful information.

FIT (FÉDÉRATION INTERNATIONALE DES TRADUCTEURS – INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF TRANSLATORS)
http://www.fit-ift.org/
This page contains information on associations in various countries, publications available and information about translators.

 ITI – INSTITUTE OF TRANSLATION & INTERPRETING
http://www.iti.org.uk/
This provides good advice about getting into translation and interpreting as well as advice for businesses who need translations.

 La Europa de las lenguas
http://www.europarl.eu.int/language/default_es.htm
Translators and interpreters of the European parliament. This page contains information about the translation, interpreting and terminology divisions, how to access them, how they work, grants etc. The translation section has interesting links for translators outside the EU and translators in general. There are also links to EU glossaries and terminology databases.

 ACETT (Sección Autónoma de Traductores de Libros de la Asociación Colegial de Escritores)
http://www.acett.org
This page contains information about the world of literary translation, the ‘Vasos Comunicantes’ Journal online (although not all the articles can be read on-line), information about services available, the possibility to submit your CV etc.

 Departamento de Traducción y Comunicación de la Universitat Jaume I (Castellón)
http://www.trad.uji.es/
This contains a useful list of links to the web as well as information about courses, workshops and conferences.

 ASSOCIACIÓ DE TRADUCTORS I D'INTÈRPRETS DE CATALUNYA
http://www.atic.cc
This page contains information about the association and the activities and workshops that are organised.

 ASOCIACIÓN DE INTÉRPRETES DE CONFERENCIA DE ESPAÑA
http://www.aice-interpretes.com/
Spanish Association of Conference Interpreters. This page includes information about the interpreting profession and the different types of interpreting, as well as advice to companies needing an interpreter. It also has information on both translation and interpreting courses and the de-ontological code of interpreting.

 Colegio de Traductores Públicos de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires
http://www.traductores.org.ar/
Buenos Aires translating organisation. Includes articles about translation, information about translation and a good list of dictionaries, glossaries and terminology databases.

 Rincón del traductor de la página del castellano
http://www.el-castellano.com/rincon.html
Spanish language web page. Contains a section of fairly good links to dictionaries and glossaries, articles about language and translation as well as links to other institutions.

 THE TRANSLATOR'S HOME COMPANION
http://www.lai.com/companion.html
Essential! Everything you need to find dictionaries, work and translation agencies. Also has translation news, glossaries, search engines and other useful resources to keep you up to date. A must for any translator worth his salt.

 EL ATRIL DEL TRADUCTOR
http://cvc.cervantes.es/aula/el_atril/
Part of the Centro Virtual Cervantes, designed to be a translation centre (for students, teachers and translators in general) for doing practical exercises and workshops in real time with other students. There is also a forum for translation students and professional translators.

 TRADOS                                           DÉJÀ VU
http://www.trados.com                  http://www.atril.com/
Two of the leading companies which produce computer aided translation (CAT) software.

 Translation Forums

 PROZ - The language professionals
http://www.proz.com
Very good page for specific terminology. You can submit your CV or search for a translator.

 AQUARIUS
http://www.aquarius.net/
A good site for advertising or looking for work, etc. Aquarius publishes a monthly bulletin for registered members. Also contains dictionaries, glossaries and databases.

 LANTRA
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/7110/lantra.htm
Debate forum for translators. Deals with various topics including: work tools, terminology, interpreting, interpreter and translator training.

 MINERVA: FORO DE TRADUCCIÓN LITERARIA DE REDIRIS
http://www.rediris.es/list/info/minerva.es.html

 FORO DE TRADUCCIÓN DE REDIRIS
http://www.rediris.es/list/info/traduccion.es.html

 Dictionaries

 Eurodicautom
http://europa.eu.int/eurodicautom/login.jsp
European Union terminology database. Very comprehensive.

 Yourdictionary
http://www.yourdictionary.com
More than 1800 dictionaries in more over 250 languages. Organised by language (monolingual, multilingual) or by material. From general dictionaries to specialised dictionaries with all the terms you could possibly imagine.

 Página del castellano
http://www.el-castellano.com/diccio.html
Fairly good compilation of dictionaries and specialised glossaries.

 REAL ACADEMIA ESPAÑOLA DE LA LENGUA
http://www.rae.es
This web site contains “the” Spanish dictionary, Spanish verb conjugation and linguistic advice amongst other useful features.

ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA ON-LINE
http://www.eb.com
You can only access this if you are a member. But you can try it for free for a period of two weeks.

 Merriam-Webster Online English Dictionary
http://www.m-w.com
Good general English monolingual dictionary. Has both dictionary and thesaurus.

DICIONÁRIO DA LÍNGUA PORTUGUESA ON-LINE
http://www.priberam.pt/DLPO/
Good Portuguese monolingual dictionary. Contains over 95,000 entries.

EPICURIOUS FOOD DICTIONARY
http://food.epicurious.com/run/fooddictionary/home
English monolingual food dictionary, everything you need to know about food. Includes recipes.

 Epicurious Wine Dictionary
http://food.epicurious.com/run/winedictionary/home
English monolingual wine dictionary. Everything you need to know about wine.

 Glosario de árboles
http://www.uochb.cas.cz/%7Enatur/cerambyx/dict.htm
Latin tree glossary, containing equivalents in Spanish, English, French and German amongst other languages.

 FQLDOC - Computing Dictionary
http://foldoc.doc.ic.ac.uk/foldoc/index.html
English computing dictionary. Also contains terms related to maths and electronics.