Re: multi-language online dictionaries


Luba Luft wrote:
On 27 Jul 2006 06:05:27 -0700, nmdc69@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:


Luba Luft wrote:
On 23 Jul 2006 11:57:56 -0700, nmdc69@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

Hi folks, I'm looking for online dictionaries that can translate a word
in several languages at once.
I'm especially interested in Spanish, Italian, French, English, German,
Catalan.
Any idea? If you know of any printed dictionary dealing with three or
more of the above languages, that would also be useful.

http://europa.eu.int/eurodicautom/Controller
Not very comfortable to use but it was recommended to me by my
teacher.

Thanks. It seems very specific, simple terms like "tazza" (cup in
italian) are translated into exoteric technical terms... More than a
bit uncomfortable. When I saw "europa.eu" I knew I was in trouble: why
do European Union websites have to be so horribly designed? But
thanks.

I know, I don't like using it either. The EU could probably solve all
of Europe's unemployment problems by finally getting some web
designers to work on their pages.
But as you said, it's pretty good for technical terminology.


And fire some bureaucrats while they're at it. You may be interested, I
just found another terminology website: http://www.termcat.cat/
Seems similar to the EU site in spirit but limited to Catalan, Spanish,
French, English,
and with a simpler design. Database seems pretty good...

.

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