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On this page you'll find links to all of our translation-related pages. Help for translating to or from German!
Articles About Translation
A Perfect German Translation?
Is there such a thing? Why are computer translations so bad? An article about the present and future of machine translation. With links to translation resources.
The Bible in German
The Bible in German, from Ulfilas to Martin Luther. All Bibles are translations!
False Friends/falsche Freunde
All about words that appear to be something they're not: false cognates in German. With the German-English False Cognates Glossary.
Free Online Translation To or From German
A collection of online translators for translating either a selected text or a Web page to or from German.
German Idioms: Greeks Bearing Gifts
Many idioms don't translate directly from one language to another. Both German and English have expressions related to "Greeks bearing gifts" (i.e., the Trojan horse), but they don't use the same idioms at all. Where do these expressions come from?
German Song Lyrics with English Translations
German song lyrics - from the Beatles to Rammstein.
German Surnames and Their English Meanings
German last names, like English and other surnames, often have a basic, original meaning. Family names in any language may reflect a personal characteristic (Klein/Small), a profession (Schmidt/Smith), a location (Bayer/Bavarian) or some other trait (Roth/Red).
Harry Potter Lexikon
An annotated glossary of vocabulary - words, phrases and expressions - from the Harry Potter books by Joanne K. Rowling. Each entry compares actual lines from the English and German version.
Harry Potter: How's J.K. Rowling's German?
Our second look at Harry Potter in German - for German-learners.
Interview: Translating Karl May
An interview with translator Michael Michalak about his efforts to translate Karl May's 120-year-old German 'Oriental Odyssey' into modern English. How Karl May's German adventure tale 'Durch die Wueste' became 'The Shadow of the Padishah.'
Interview: Translating Winnetou
"On the Trail of the Original WINNETOU" - An interview with the American-born translator David Koblick about his English translation of Karl May's WINNETOU I.
"People" in German
One of the most common translation errors made by inexperienced students of German has to do with the English word "people." There are at least four words in German that can mean "people," but do you know how to use them?
Taking Things Too Literally
A guest article on the perils of literal translation in German, with a self-scoring quiz.
Translation Software 1
The best advice concerning the current generation of translation software is still: "Don't expect too much." Once you accept the fact that genuine computer translation has not yet arrived (and may not for some time to come), you'll be happier.
Translation Software 2
There are two main categories of translation software: global and dictionary. Global word processor translation programs are intended for entire documents you want to translate between English and German.
Translation Dictionaries for German
Austrian German
A special page for translating Austrian German into standard German or vice versa.
Collins Online German Dictionary
Look up words—from English to German or German to English—with this excellent online dictionary based on the Collins Large German Dictionary.
Harry Potter Lexikon
An annotated glossary of vocabulary - words, phrases and expressions - from the Harry Potter books by Joanne K. Rowling. Each entry compares actual lines from the English and German version.
Software and Reviews of Translation Software
WordPoint: A Pop-Up German-English Dictionary
A review of software for translating German as you read a text.
Software for German
Reviews and resources for software for learning German and using German.
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