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RESOURCES FOR Japanese TRANSLATORS AND INTERPRETERS


SELECTED REFERENCE SOURCES IN THE MONTEREY INSTITUTE LIBRARY

General Encyclopedias

Jiji hyakka = Encyclopedia japonica / Dai Nihon Hyakka Jiten hensh
REF AG35.2.J55  1984

General Dictionaries

Gendai keigo jiten  
REF PL641.O427

Character Dictionaries

Bilingual
Essential Kanji: 2,000 Basic Japanese Characters Systematically Arranged for Learning and Reference
REF PL674.O5

The Modern Reader’s Japanese-English Character Dictionary  
REF PL679.N4 1974

Dictionaries – Idioms, Proverbs

Monolingual
Saishim Nichi-Bei kogo jiten (Modern Colloquialisms Revised) 
REF PL679.S44 1982

Shinpen Ei-Wa katsuyo daijiten (The Kenkyusha Dictionary of English Collocations)  
REF PL679.K46 1997

Nichi-Ei hikaku kotowaza jiten J<>E
REF PN6519.J3N47


Computer Science & Information Technology – Telecommunications & Media – Electronics & Electrical Engineering

Bilingual

JŻohŻo shori yŻogo daijiten J<>E
REF QA76.15.J584 1993

Ei-Wa Konpyuta yogo daijiten (Computer Dictionary E>J)
REF QA76.15.E3 1996

Wa-Ei Konpyuta yogo daijiten (Computer Dictionary J>E)
REF QA76.15.W27 1997


Economics & Marketing – Finance & Banking – Insurance

Monolingual
Keizai shingo jiten
REF HB61.K454 1999

Te ni toru yoni keizai yogo ga wakaru hon: keizai ga miwataseru kiwado 330
REF HB62.T4 1996

Bilingual
Wa-Ei keizai kŻiwŻado jiten J<>E
REF HB61.Y85 1998

Yuhikaku keizai jiten (Yuhikaku Dictionary of Economic Terms J<>E)
Ref HB61.W275 1999


Law – Court Interpreter Resources

Bilingual
Ei-Wa Amerika hŻoritsu yŻogo jiten (Oran’s Law Dictionary for Non-lawyers J>E)
REF KF156.O716 1990


Medicine – Veterninary Medicine – Pharmaceuticals

Monolingual
Meruku manyuaru: shindan to chiryo (The Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy)
REF RC55.M416 1994

Bilingual
Sutteddoman Igaku daijiten (Stedman’s Medical Dictionary E>J)
REF R121.S7416 1997

Yakumei kensaku jiten (Japan Drug Index E>J)
REF RS51.Y34 1990

Baio & medikaru daijiten (Dictionary of Biology and Medical Science J<>E)
REF R121.B225 1987


Political Science – Social Science

Monolingual
Kokusai joho daijiten: Pasupo
REF D860.K655 1992

Bilingual
Kokusai seiji keizai jiten J>E
REF D443.K733 1993

Shakaigaku shojiten J>E
REF HM17.S512


Science, General – Chemistry – Geology

Bilingual
Maguro-Hiru kagaku gijutsu yogo daijiten (Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms J>E)
REF Q123.M3416 1985


Technology, General – Construction & Architecture – Automotive

Bilingual
HandŻotai seizŻo sŻochi yŻogo jiten (Terminological Dictionary of Semiconductor Equipment J>E)
REF TK7836.H343 1987

Intapuresu-ban kagaku gijutsu 35-mango daijiten (Inter Press Dictionary of Science and Engineering 2 vols. E<>J)
REF T10.I57 1990


Patents

Bilingual
Tokkyu raisensu eigo hyogen jiten (Patent and License Terminology J>E)
REF T209.G65 1986


International Organizations

Bilingual
Kokusai kiko joyaku shiryoshu (Basic Documents of International Organizations J<>E)
REF JZ4837.K65 1986

Japanese-Language Periodicals

Newspapers
Asahi shimbun
U.S. Japan business news
Nikkei

Business Magazines
Nikkei bijinesu (Nikkei Business)

Magazines & Journals
Aera (Asahi Shimbun Extra Report and Analysis)
Bungei shunju
Gekkan Nihongo (Monthly Nihongo)
Gengo
Scientific American (Japanese edition)
Josei Joho (Women’s Information)
Newsweek (Japanese edition)
Newton (Japanese edition)
Nihongogaku (Japanese Linguistics)
Nihongo kyoiku (Journal of Japanese Language Teaching)
Sentaku
Shukan asahi (Weekly Asahi)
Shimbun Daijesto (Monthly News Digest)
Voice (Boisu)

Useful Websites:

Eijirou, E<>J Dictionary

Jiji Eigo Jiten by Rapid News Network

Internet source for translation

Blog for translation and interpretation research

Japan Association for Interpretation Studies

Japan Association of Translators

 
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