Information, resources, and links for translating to and from German. Includes translators—software and real people.
All of our articles and resources for translating to or from German.
Is there such a thing? A look at the present and future of machine translation. An article by your Guide.
Convert English measurements to metric or vice versa. A calculator for temperatures, recipes, distances, etc.
How to get ö, Ä, or ß out of your English-language keyboard. Several ways to make your PC bilingual.
A special page from your Guide - translate any text you choose from or to English and several other languages, including German. But if you need more serious translation, see the links under "Translators."
An annotated English-German glossary of computer, Internet, and Web terminology from your Guide.
We interview two translators of Karl May's works into English. Although May is the all-time bestselling author in German, and his novels have been translated into over 30 languages, they are rarely published in English.
This Australian association is devoted to enjoying, researching, and translating the works of German author Karl May into English, and sharing their unusual hobby with other Karl May enthusiasts.
A two-part article from your Guide about what you can reasonably expect of machine translation.
Annotated English-German glossaries on a variety of specific topics (computers, greetings, holidays, on the telephone, etc.) from your Guide.
The Web site of the American Association of Teachers of German offers links related to translation and other German matters.
A nice chart showing side-by-side German and English abbreviations from A to Z.
Eduard Hovy and his machine translation colleagues at USC have developed an "ontology" with 90,000 concepts in a branching hierarchy.
The Web site of the Assozierte Dolmetscher und Übersetzer in Norddeutschland offers helpful pages to translators.
This online service lets you select English-to-German or German-to-English. Get a draft translation of Web pages or your own sentences/text. Powered by
Systran.
The American Translators Association.
A German association for interpreters and translators.
Online translation of words or phrases from "The new English-German Dictionary" at the TU-Dresden. Also available as offline
software. For Windows and Mac.
A free multilingual dictionary program (from Afrikaans to Zulu!) for Windows by Gerard van Wilgen. Preview and download from this site. Includes German and Esperanto.
The Association's Web site has links and info.
Fonts, software, spellcheckers, and keyboards for multilingual computing. Some items available as free demo (temporary version) download.
As the name says, it's free. Pay version with better translation also available. See for yourself. Powered by TranscendRT. From Transparent Language.
Four different public domain German fonts (as ZIP files) from Dr. Howard M. Berlin's Foreign Font Archive. Includes Sütterlin and Schwaben Alt.
Three public domain German fonts (Gothic, Kroebern, Luftwaffe [a bold Fraktur]) from the Yamada Language Center font collection. For Mac only except for Gothic (Mac and Windows).
A mailing list for translators, interpreters, terminologists and technical writers. Welcomes posting of industry-specific glossaries and dictionaries found on the Web.
The GI Web site offers information on German language and culture. Also links to local Goethe Institutes all over the world.
An extensive language resource by Tyler Chambers. See their
Dictionaries category.
Based in Bonn, Inter Nationes is an excellent resource for translators or anyone interested in the German language and culture.
Langenscheidt's online German-English dictionary of computer and Internet terms.
A useful site for translators in many languages. By Michelle de Raaij.
A free online translator for over 675 language pairs. Translate single words, phrases, sentences, and entire Web pages. From Translation Experts, Ltd. Also see their
Word Translator software.
Several Langenscheidt dictionaries of foreign words in German, including computer terms.
Language Partners translation products.
A multilingual online dictionary from the Logos Group (Italy). Translates words and phrases. (Be sure to scroll down to other translations.)
An article from the Atlantic Monthly (Dec. 1998) by Stephen Budiansky. Why is MT (machine translation) so bad? - Computers just don't have common sense!
A German-English/English-German glossary for math terms from the Uni-Göttingen. By Rainer Baule.
The Natural Language Processing group at the Information Sciences Institute of the University of Southern California (USC/ISI) is involved in various aspects of computational/natural language processing.
A Swabian-to-English dictionary with related information about this German dialect.
A powerful translation program for small businesses. Available via download or as a special full package. Customizable dictionary. Windows only.
A low-cost translation program for personal letters, articles, email, and more. Available in 10 language pairs on CD-ROM or via download. Windows only.
A variety of translation software for German and other languages.
For German and other languages. Enter a name or search a list of names by first letter. Also translates titles. By Herbert Stoyan.
A collection of links to about 20 Web journals related to translation and translation research.
The Translation Research Group (translation, theory, technology) works on the problems of machine translation.
The Translation Center's educational program. From the Univ. of Mass., Amherst.
A translation assistant in seven languages, including German. WINdows DIctionary by Language Dynamics Corp.
