Links for translation clients, professionals, future professionals, language enthusiasts and word seekers

(Small selection of what becomes an endless list during the course of a translator’s career; in alphabetical order)

www.abkuerzungen.de/ - Abbreviations (“Die Maschine für Abkürzungen”)

www.acronymfinder.com/ - Find out what any acronym, abbreviation, or initialism stands for

www.ausit.org - The Australian Institute of Interpreters and Translators AUSIT

www.baulexikon.de/dictionary/german/ger_eng_a.htm - German <> English dictionary for the construction industry

www.dict.cc/ - Comprehensive bilingual English <> German dictionary

http://dict.leo.org/  - Comprehensive bilingual English <> German dictionary

www.electropedia.org/ - International electrotechnical vocabulary

www.ids-mannheim.de/reform/ - Rules of the reformed German orthography

www.internationalwriters.com/toolkit - Jost Zetzsche’s The Tool Kit - A computer newsletter for translators

www.merriam-webster.com/ - Monolingual English dictionary

www.naati.com.au - The National Accreditation Authority for Translators and Interpreters in Australia, NAATI

www.proz.com/search/ - Search Proz.com’s glossary resources for translated terms

http://synonyme.woxikon.de/ - Synonyms, foreign words and antonyms in various languages

www.trans-k.co.uk/res_style_e.html - German-English-German translation style guides

http://watercoolernetwork.com/ - Networking for professional translators

www.yourdictionary.com/ - Links to further and industry-specific dictionaries

For Germans living, visiting or wishing to live and work in Australia

www.australia.com - Australia’s official tourism website

www.canberra.diplo.de/ - German Embassy in Canberra

www.germany.embassy.gov.au/ - Australian Embassy Berlin

www.immi.gov.au/ - Australian Government Department of Immigration and Citizenship

www.realestate.com.au/ - Australia’s No. 1 Real Estate Site

Other sites of interest

www.aboriginalartstore.com.au/ - Aboriginal Art paintings for sale internationally

www.christmastimeclipart.com/pfh/browse.do - Christmas (and other occasions) clipart for your cards and e-mails

www.coverhunt.com/ - Free CD cover album artwork for your iPod or mp3 player

www.herrgross.de/ - Website of HerrGross, composer and trumpet player in Berlin

www.mylanguage.gov.au/ - For the multicultural Australians: Access to search engines, web directories and news in over 60 languages

www.myspace.com/barthroemer - German voice & guitar duo Astrid Barth & Philipp Roemer on myspace music

www.nbcf.org.au - Australian National Breast Cancer Foundation

www.oanda.com/ - Convenient currency converter

www.peterfox.de - The official website of Peter Fox, German Hip-Hop artist from Berlin

www.timeanddate.com/ - World times, time zones and related topics

http://tinyurl.com/ - Shorten that long URL into a tiny URL

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