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Translations
Overview:
Translation & Languages
Information guide, offers help on what to look out for when choosing a translator or a translation service. Includes tips on how to become a translator as well as a list of recommended translation agencies.
Freelancers:
Aquarius
Aquarius may be the largest marketplace for translation jobs on the Internet. It is the first choice for business clients who need translation, for freelance translators looking for projects and for managers of translation agencies who are looking for projects and freelance translators.
Proz
Proz is another professional market, where outsourcers post translation jobs and freelancer bid to get them.
Jobs-Translators
This is a mailing list where Jobs for language translators are posted. These jobs may be posted by anyone, client or translator world-wide.
BeTranslated
Network of freelance translators from all over the world who offer translations in English, French, Dutch (Flemish), Spanish and German.
Translatorsbase.com
International database of translators available in multiple languages. Listings of translation jobs and translation projects. Free translation services. Tools for translators, translation agencies and translation outsourcers. Free Registration.
Translator and interpreter lists
InfoMarex is an international database of freelance translators and agencies. There is also a Russian and a German translator and interpreter list.
Translation Forum
This forum may be helpful for translators to discuss special meanings of a foreign word and where to get a job.
Translation Links
Huge collection of links "for translators, interpretors and restless minds" provided by João Roque Dias.
Online Services:
Language Translation Service
Translation company based in Houston, offers world-wide translation services using a network of language translator resources.
Lingo24
Translation company for foreign language translation services.
Translation Services USA
Language translation services by human translators for corporative clients and individuals in the US and worldwide.
WorldLingo
Worldlingo is a professional service that uses up to three translators for each document translation. The first translator translates the document, the second proof reads and the third edits the final document. Worldlingos services include free machine translation, human translation, email translation, website translation, website localisation, software localisation, a multilingual chat service and a browser translation tool.
InterLanguages
Translate Websites and Software into Spanish.
Russian Translation USA
Translation service for all major areas between Russian and English; includes technical translation, website and software localization, business/personal correspondence.
Software:
Translation Programs
The german journal Chip tested the translation programs Globalink PT 6.2 (marked 1.2), Klett PT 98 Plus (1.5), Systran 2.0 (2.0), Langenscheidt T1 3.0 (3.3) and Hexaglot (3.4) in August, 1998.
Dictionaries
Here is a service from Ectaco allowing you to translate words using an online dictionary. It has more languages than Systran, but translates single words only:
Another company called Agill Online provides bilingual dictionaries for Mac users, which can be downloaded as shareware. Currently available are English-Italian and English-German.
Electronic pocket translators
The electronic pocket translators by Ectaco are designed to help surviving a foreign language course, if you hate huge paper dictionaries. They include an electronic dictionary with words, phrases, idioms, irregular verbs as well as linguistic games and grammar and are combined with an organizer that translates emails automatically. There is also a built-in voice synthesis technology that produces voice output in multiple languages. A digital voice recorder allows storing up to 15 minutes of human speech.