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Proz.com
This site has a good directory of translators, agencies and jobs. You can also search personal glossaries and ask questions of your peers. |
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WordReference.com
This site has both free online dictionaries and a forum. It's good for a quick search. |
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Eurodicautom
The European Commissions multilingual term bank. It's very useful, especially for specialized terminology. |
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Thesaurus.com
An outstanding thesaurus. It gives you so many alternatives that sometimes it's hard to choose. It also has a dictionary. |
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Jergas de habla hispana
This site has Spanish slang terms listed by country. |
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American Translator's Association
This year's conference was great, and I recommend going to next year's in Seattle. |
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Brigham Young University
I attended BYU for a couple of years, before I became interested in translation, and it is an excellent school (as is Kent State, of course). This is a link to their Spanish and Portuguese Department, where it shows the requirements for the Spanish Translation BA. Just click on Undergraduate. |
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Institute for Applied Linguistics
IAL's homepage. It has information about the Translation BS and MA, resources, links and more. |
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World Music | |
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In addition to languages, music happens to be my passion, so a few years ago I combined the two and started learning music from other cultures. I started out with music in Spanish and gradually branched out from there. My current interests are French, Italian and Portuguese music, although I love music in any language; it's a great way to learn new words and phrases. | |
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Carlos Vives
My favorite Latin artist, no contest. He mixes pop,rock,and traditional Colombian rhythms to create a very unique sound. |
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Alex Ubago
He's a very young, talented singer/songwriter from Spain who released his first pop album when he was only 20. |
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Los pericos
This is a ska/reggae/rock group from Argentina. They started back in 1989 and are still going strong. |
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Juanes
A Colombian pop/rock singer. |
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Maná
A famous Mexican rock group. They recently released three greatest hits albums. |
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La mosca tse tse
Another Argentinian ska/reggae/rock group. |
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Gérald De Palmas
Rock singer/songwriter who grew up mostly in southern France. |
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Rufus Wainwright
Bilingual rock singer/songwriter whose parents are both folk singers. His cover of Jean Renoir's "Complainte de la Butte" is without a doubt my favorite song in French. |
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Yelo Molo
Ska/rock/swing group from Québec. |
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Zebda
Seven member group from southern France. They combine elements of rock, rap, reggae and rai in their music. |
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Tiziano Ferro
Combines rap, r&b, and soul rhythms. He has become very successful in a short amount of time both in his homeland of Italy and all over Latin America, since he sings in both Italian and Spanish. |
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Eros Ramazzotti
Another singer/songwriter who sings in both Italian and Spanish. |
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Laura Pausini
Pop singer who sings in Italian, Spanish and, most recently, English. |
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Portuguese |
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Chico César
Brazilian who mixes reggae with his country's traditional rhythms. |
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Alexandre Pires
Pop/soul/r&b singer from Brazil. He sings in both Portuguese and Spanish. |
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