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Updated 8/3/09

Merriam-Webster Dictionary and Thesaurus
Oxford English Dictionary UT Austin users
Grammar/Usage Sites
Specialized/Subject Dictionaries
Translation Sites including Babel Fish (Yahoo) and Google Translation

General Dictionaries

Arabic-English (Google Translate)
Czech-English (Martin Vit)
English Dictionary (Encarta World English Dictionary)
English Dictionary (Merriam-Webster)
English Dictionary - Webster's 1933 UT Austin users
English-French (ARTFL)
English-French (Concise Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary) UT Austin users
English-German (Concise Oxford-Duden German Dictionary) UT Austin users
English-German (LEO)
English-Greek (Perseus)
English-Greek (University of Chicago)
English-Indonesian (Freedict)
English-Italian (Pocket Oxford Italian Dictionary) UT Austin users
English-Japanese (Freedict)
English-Korean (ZKorean)
English-Latin (Perseus)
English-Latin (Pocket Oxford Latin Dictionary) UT Austin users
English-Russian (Freedict)
English-Spanish (American Heritage Spanish Dictionary)
English-Spanish (Concise Oxford Spanish Dictionary) UT Austin users
English-Spanish (Freedict)
English-Spanish (Universidad de Granada)
English-Swahili (Freedict)
English-Welsh (Cardiff University)
French-English (ARTFL) UT Austin users
French-English (Concise Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary) UT Austin users
Multi-Language Dictionary (Allwords)
Multi-Language Dictionary Search Engine (OneLook)
Old English Dictionary (Old English Corpus) UT Austin users
Oxford English Dictionary UT Austin users
Spanish-English (American Heritage Spanish Dictionary)
Spanish-English (Concise Oxford Spanish Dictionary) UT Austin users
Spanish-English (Freedict)
English-Spanish (Universidad de Granada)
More Online Dictionaries (Word2Word)
More Online Dictionaries (yourDictionary.com)
More Online Dictionaries available to UT Austin users
Language Dictionaries in the Perry-Castañeda Library

Specialized Dictionaries

Acronym Server
Acronym Finder
Acronyms (Library Spot)
Acronyms - Medical (Medilexicon)
Anagrams Database (Wordsmith.org)
Biology and Botany Dictionaries
Business (Oxford Business French Dictionary) UT Austin users
Business (Oxford Business Spanish Dictionary) UT Austin users
Business (Washington Post Business Glossary)
Computer Technology Dictionary (Webopedia)
Computing Terms Dictionary (Whatis.Com)
Computing - Other Dictionaries
Geology Glossary (American Geological Institute)
Historical - Johnson's Dictionary of the English Language [1773 and 1775 eds.]: Networked CD-ROM Available only in UT Austin libraries
Idioms Dictionary (Cambridge)
Legal Dictionary (FindLaw)
Legal Glossary (Nolo)
Medical Abbreviations (Medilexicon)
Medical Dictionaries (Web of On-Line Dictionaries)
Medical Dictionary (Merriam-Webster)
Medical Dictionary/Encyclopedia (Medline Plus)
Medical Dictionary - English-Chinese (Esaurus)
Multilingual Medical Glossary (European Commission)
Phrase Finder - English Phrase Meanings and Origins
Reference Books Online By Subject UT Austin users
Rhyming Dictionary
Sign Language Dictionary
Sign Language Dictionaries - Links
Symbols Dictionary
Thesaurus (Merriam-Webster)
Many More Links to Specialized Dictionaries (yourDictionary.com)

Translation Sites

Keyboard Translator (Gate2Home)
AltaVista Translation (Babelfish): English, Chinese (Simplified and Traditional), Dutch, French, German, Greek, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish
Applied Language: English, Arabic, German, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Portuguese, Russian and Simplified Chinese
Arabic Translation (Babylon)\: English-Arabic, Arabic-English
American Translators Association - Directory
Austin Area Translators and Interpreters Association
Dictionary.com: English, Chinese (Simplified and Traditional), Dutch, French, German, Greek, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish
ePals Translation: English, Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Spanish
Free.fr: English, Dutch, French, German, Greek, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish
Free2Professional Translation: Chinese (Simplified and Traditional), Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Norwegian, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish
Google Translations: Arabic, Chinese (Simplified), French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish
Im Translator: English, French, German, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish also Russian Transliteration
Kamous: English, French, Chinese, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish, Russian
Kamus: English, Indonesian
Language Guesser (Fuzzums)
Language Guesser (Xerox)
Systran Translator: English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish
Translation-Guide: English to and from Arabic, Brazilian, Bulgarian, Chinese, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Esperanto, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Icelandic, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Latin, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish, Welsh
Voila.fr: English, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish
WorldLingo Text Translator: English, Chinese (Simplified and Traditional), Dutch, French, German, Greek, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese (Brazilian), Russian and Spanish

Grammar, Usage and Other Language Sites

French Language Research Project (ARTFL) UT Austin users
Foreign Service Institute Language Courses
Grammar Books (netLibrary) UT Austin users: Many grammar and usage books are available online for UT Austin users. Do a title search for "grammar"
I Love Languages (Formerly: Human Languages Page)
Online English Grammar
Pronunciation Guide - World Leaders (Voice of America)
UT Austin Undergraduate Writing Center and Writer's Advice Line
Writing and Grammar Handouts (UT UWC)