Dictionaries, Grammars
Links for technical writers and others who create technical documentation and software documentation: dictionaries and grammars
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Bilingual and multilingual dictionaries
PONS Dictionary Comprehensive dictionary for translating between most European languages. Editorially verified content. IATE Provided by the European Union. Gives translations between almost all European languages. Tilde Terminology Multilingual terminology search that uses various public resources. Tip: Click “Linguistic Search”, and then specify the source language and the target language explicitly. WIPO Pearl Multilingual terminology portal that provides access to scientific and technical terms derived from patent documents. https://www.wipo.int/reference/en/wipopearl Reverso Context Shows the translations embedded into a large number of example sentences. https://context.reverso.net/translation/ Microsoft Language Portal Windows terminology for many languages. https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/language Electropedia Large electrotechnical vocabulary in most European Languages plus Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, and Russian. Provided by the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC). SAPterm SAP and general computer terminology in a large number of languages. OneLook Queries several online dictionaries simultaneously to find a word definition or the translation of a word into English. This web site is especially helpful if you’re looking for the English meaning of a word but don’t know what the original language of this word is. If you’re looking for a translation, make sure to activate the option “find translations” below the text box. LEXICOOL Directory of more than 4000 bilingual and multilingual online dictionaries and glossaries. You can choose the language to translate from, the language to translate into, and the subject. |
Merriam-Webster Online Comprehensive English thesaurus and dictionary. https://www.merriam-webster.com Dictionary.com Dictionary and thesaurus with results collected from several individual dictionaries. Thesaurus.com Comprehensive monolingual thesaurus. Thinkmap Visual Thesaurus English thesaurus in the form of an interactive map of word clusters. https://www.visualthesaurus.com Wordnik Collects word definitions and usage examples from various sources. Google Books Ngram Viewer Shows how often a particular word or phrase is used within the books indexed by Google Books. This information is helpful when deciding which term to use in a document (typically, used the more common one). https://books.google.com/ngrams https://books.google.com/ngrams/info Google, Bing, Yahoo When in doubt about how to write or use a word, a simple approach is to compare the frequency of use. Enter the terms within quotes into the search field of a general search engine and compare the number of results. The version that has the most results is probably the most common one and should therefore be preferred. |
Guide to Grammar and Writing Clearly structured and easy to navigate. http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/ Grammar-Monster Easy to navigate if you want to look up something particular. https://www.grammar-monster.com Grammar Bytes! Provides many exercises and downloadable materials. The Internet Grammar of English Only available for free for a limited trial period. https://www.ucl.ac.uk/internet-grammar/ LEOs Grammatik Both English and German grammar with thousands of examples. |
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