Monolingual Dictionaries
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Oxford English Dictionary
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A very comprehensive dictionary of the English language. Requires membership to use online.
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Merriam-Webster
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Another useful (and free) English language dictionary.
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Dictionary.com
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Includes an English-language dictionary and thesaurus.
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Real Academia Espaņola
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The authority on Castillian Spanish.
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Bilingual Dictionaries
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WordReference
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Contains a Spanish-English dictionary, as well as other language combinations.
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EuroDicAutom
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Multilingual term bank of the European Commission. Useful for finding technical terms, but no longer updated.
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Encyclopedias
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Wikipedia - English
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An open encyclopedia with over 1.5 million articles in English. A handy reference when researching a new topic or looking for the meaning of an obscure word.
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Wikipedia - Spanish
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Contains over 190,000 articles in Spanish.
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Open Encyclopedia
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Another open encyclopedia project.
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English News Sites
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New York Times
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The newspaper of record.
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L.A. Times
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Another important U.S. newspaper.
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The Economist
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Deals primarily with economic issues, but contains important articles about other topics as well.
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Guardian Unlimited
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An important U.K. newspaper
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Spanish News Sites
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El Pais
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One of Spain's most widely circulated newspapers.
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El Mundo
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Another important newspaper from Spain.
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El Universal
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The principle newspaper from Mexico City.
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Kent State
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Kent State University Home Page
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Institute for Applied Linguistics
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Department within Kent State University that houses the Masters in Translation. Click here for information about the program.
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Other
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American Translators Association
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Website for the American Translators Association (ATA). Contains useful information about translating, contacts, relevant links, translation-related events, etc.
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