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Translation Journal
 
Caught in the Web


Web Surfing for Fun and Profit

German

by Cathy Flick, Ph.D.
 
 
 

http://german.about.com/library/blabbrev.htm
http://www.iee.et.tu-dresden.de/~wernerr/grammar/abbreviations.html
German Abbreviations with English meanings.

http://www.degussa-cc.at/NR/rdonlyres/24AAA8EB-955C-4710-9DD2-78EC8AB2BBD5/0/Woerterbuch.pdf
Paul Gallagher found this downloadable technical German-English dictionary from Degussa Construction Chemicals: "Two-column table, 971 pages in 2.3 MB, no intro or other explanation. 52 entries per page..."

http://www.linguatec.net/online/dict/
Robert Paquin recommends the Linguadict online dictionary for German>English and also German>French.

http://www.sevenonemedia.de/unternehmen/bibliothek/mediaabc/ (German)

http://medialine.focus.de/PM1D/PM1DB/PM1DBF/pm1dbf.htm?snr=177
(German/English)

http://www.nielsenmedia.com/ratings101.htm (English)

http://www.agb.ro/IndicatoriTM.htm (Romanian) Tony Crawford found the above links on ratings, affinity and audience share in the media context.

http://www.svv.ch/index.cfm?rub=103#
Michael Roehrig suggests this insurance glossary (German, English, French, Italian) with terms and explanations that "can be cross-combined among the four languages."

http://www.wordreference.com/
Multilingual dictionaries, very useful. Search is fast and smooth. Spanish><English, Italian><English, French><English, German><English, plus has the Collins English dictionary. Also has instructions for installing in Netscape or Internet Explorer to look up words on web pages if you're afflicted with Windows.

http://branchenportal-deutschland.aus-stade.de/ea3.htm
German-English dictionary.

http://www.formblitz.de
Paul Merriam says: "This has a lot of forms from assorted German government offices and some sample letters to send to them."

http://www.ernaehrung.de/lexikon/index.htm
Michael Osmann found three dictionaries (in German) for nutrition, diabetes, and the kidneys at this location.

http://home.clara.net/percy/glossary.htm
Anya Malhotra found this "German army unit glossary with acronyms" (German - English ).

http://aaftt.free.fr/abball.htm
http://aaftt.free.fr/abbfra.htm
Really helpful French-German list of expanded abbreviations. The first link has German abbreviations/expansions with French equivalents, the second link has French abbreviations/expansions with German equivalents.

http://culturitalia.uibk.ac.at/hispanoteca/Falsos%20amigos/Falsos%20amigos.htm
Michael Roehrig passed along this source for Spanish-German "false friends".

http://www.ut.ngb.army.mil/clp/linguists/fbis/german/gerindex.htm
Abbreviations and Acronyms Used in the German-Language Press.

www.abkuerzungen.de
Handy searchable site for German/English acronyms.

http://medialine.focus.de/PM1D/PM1DB/PM1DBK/PM1DBKA/pm1dbka.htm?stichwort=V
MediaLine's marketing glossary with explanations in German and English.

http://www.biologie.uni-hamburg.de/b-online/dict/deuengw.htm
German-English botany glossary.

http://www.dinoclay.com/info/dict/mdpwefg.html
Pottery glossary, English/French/German

http://home.t-online.de/home/hydrobio.hw/wtwed.htm
German-English glossaries for water applications.

Die Welt
http://www.welt.de/
“A terrific online German language daily newspaper complete with archives.”

Bayerischer Rundfunk
http://www.br-online.de/news/aktuell
“A German television website. Catch up on current news, culture, stock reports and weather direct from Germany.”

DINO-Online
http://www.dino-online.de
“If you want an almost unlimited supply of German-language web sites to explore, be sure to visit DINO. It’s awesome.”

http://www-stz.dfki.uni-sb.de/~winter/lang/anglizisms-de.html
Here is an interesting collection of “false friends” for English-to-German translators maintained by Stefan Winterstein-Theobald.