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Foreign Language Dictionaries

 

 

Iate: Inter Active Terminology for Europe

Translates terms, abbreviations or phrases to and from any European Union language, with display options and filtering by topic.

Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger

From UNESCO, this site is searchable by country or area, language name, number of speakers, or vitality.  Classifies languages as unsafe, definitely endangered, severely endangered, criticaly endangered, and extinct. 

Foreign Language Online Dictionaries and Free Translation

Extensive collection of Web-based language dictionaries maintained as a part of yourDictionary.com.

Xerox Language Identifier

Enter a sentence of 5 or more words to identify the source language.

Lexicool: Directory of Bilingual and Multilingual Dictionaries

Retrieve translation dictionaries by language, subject or keyword.

FreeTranslation.com

Offers translations that attempt to be phrase-based for the following languages: English to French, Spanish, German, Italian, Portuguese; and Norwegian and French, Spanish, and German to English.

Majstro Translation Dictionary

Translates single words to and from many languages; offers a search of AltaVista, Google or HotBot for the presence of the translated words

WordReference.com

Dictionary for English to Spanish, German, French, or Italian and vice versa using the Collins translating dictionaries from Harper Collins; also offers a downloadable tool for translating any word on any Web page.