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www.granddictionnaire.com
A 200% must-use reference for any English to French translator. Day in, day out. Provide equivalents and definitions of about 3 millions words

www.m-w.com
The official web site for the well known Merriam-Webster dictionnary.

Eurodicautom
An other very interesting terminology ressource in many languages

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Termium
A very large English to French terminology ressource. Acces is not free, however.

Allwords.com
English dictionary with multi-lingual search. Search in German, Dutch, French, Italian, Spanish and English. Pronunciation files get rid of those silly symbols than nobody understands. This web site is a must-visit for word afficionados.

Gear related terminology
A very interesting place to go when in doubt about gear stuff. (technical)

Termisti
A portal to a very large number of interesting terminology ressources. Well worth a visit. If looking for terminology, you may start from there. Great place

Microsoft Glossaries
Glossaries for Microsoft terminology, in several languages. Comes handy, even if you don't translate computer manuals.

Apple glossaries
Official Apple glossaries. That's where you get them. (To be opened as text files)

Official terms Dictionary
Some attempt to standardize the French language in regards to technology inovations.

I.E.V. (International Electrotechnical Vocabulary)
An impressive resource for Electrotechnical terms.

Aircraft terminology
Dassault English to French terminology. Sizeable volume of data.

Patent terminology (pdf format)
Great resource when looking for the right terms to use. English to French only.

Transductor Engine - Dictionary for English and French with fuzzy matching of entries.

Voycabulary - Online dictionary and thesaurus web linking lookup reference tool. (Turns each word on a web page into a link to the translation in the respective dictionary). Includes dictionary, thesaurus, medical dictionary, acronym dictionary, English to Dutch, French, German, Hungarian, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish and Welsh and vice versa.

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Mezzofanti.org - Linguistic Reference Site
Mezzofanti is an online linguistic reference site that features articles on the history and characteristics of dozens of languages. For each language, we also tell you were you can learn it for free, read a newspaper in that language, find free translations, and much more!

Freelance Work Exchange
Provides access to a wealth of freelance jobs and resources. Visitors can receive a FREE report on the top markets, a course of market tips and a twice-weekly Freelance Job Report.

Technical manuals: An impressive collection of tech manuals (telecom, alarms, fire protection...)

Technical tutorials: TechTutorials provides a database of free tutorials covering all aspects of computing.

ELTWEB - English Language Resources on the WEB: Self explanatory. A portail to English related resources.

Ezine Directory: The Ezine Directory lists 2,000+ ezines available on the internet today. Search, browse, or add your ezine today! Ezine directory with samples for each listing.

Dictionary of British slang A large dictionary of English slang and British colloquialisms (informal speech) currently used in the UK, listing almost 4000 expressions.

HTML tutorials Some knowledge of HTML is a must now a day, so if you are not in on it, visit the tutorials available there.