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RESOURCES FOR FRENCH TRANSLATORS AND INTERPRETERS


SELECTED REFERENCE SOURCES IN THE MONTEREY INSTITUTE LIBRARY

General Encyclopedias

Encyclopædia universalis  
REF AE25.E44 1992

Grand Larousse universel  
REF AE25.G65 1982


General Dictionaries
 
REF PC2001 to 3761


Automotive Engineering – Aeronautics

Dictionary for automotive engineering  
REF TL9.C67 1999

Dictionnaire aeronautique: thématique et illustré  
REF TL509.B62 1997

Dictionnaire technique de l'automobile (E>F)
REF TL9.G675 2005


Business & Economics – Marketing – Finance & Banking – Insurance

Monolingual
Dictionnaire d'économie et de sciences sociales  
REF HB61.D49 2003

Dictionnaire de l'économie  
REF HB61.D497 2000

Dictionnaire économique et financier  
REF HB61.B46 1996

Dictionnaire général de l'assurance  
REF HG8025.S25 1996

Le dico de l'argent  
REF HG216.D648 2003

Le dictionnaire technique de la bourse et des marches financiers  
REF HG4513.V55 2004

Bilingual
Le Robert & Collins business: dictionnaire francais-anglais, anglais-francais
REF HF1002.R63 2006

Routledge French dictionary of business, commerce and finance  
REF HF1002.R684 1996


Computer Science & Information Technology – Telecommunications & Media – Electronics


Monolingual
Dictionnaire de l'informatique: le vocabulaire normalisé  
REF QA76.15.D554 1997

Bilingual
Dictionnaire anglais-français d'électronique, de matériel informatique et d'électricité E>F  
REF TK9.G74 1996

Dictionnaire anglais-français des télécommunications et de l'Internet E>F  
REF TK5102.L825 1999

Dictionnaire anglais-francais informatique
REF QA76.15.D542 2005

Dictionary of information technology  
REF T58.5.H554 1998

Routledge French dictionary of telecommunications  
REF TK5102.R68 1997


Construction & Architecture

Monolingual
Dicobat: dictionnaire général du bâtiment  
REF TH9.V54 1996

Bilingual
Dictionnaire d'architecture et de construction  
REF NA31.F67 1995

Dictionnaire du génie civil, de l'architecture et de la construction: matériaux et technologies  
REF TA9.B655 2001


Environmental Sciences – Environmental Technology – Ecology – Agriculture


Monolingual
Dictionnaire encyclopédique de l'écologie et des sciences de l'environnement  
REF QH540.4.R36 2002

Larousse Agricole  
REF S411.L297 1981

L'environnement en France  
REF GE160.F8E58

Bilingual
Larousse: environnement & écologie: dictionnaire  
REF QH540.4.C64 1992

Routledge French dictionary of environmental technology  
REF TD9.R67 1997

Vocabulaire de l'agriculture  
REF S411.D37 1990


Law


Monolingual
Vocabulaire juridique  
REF KJV115.V63 2007

Bilingual
The Council of Europe French-English legal dictionary F>E  
REF K52.F7B74 1994

Dictionnaire des termes commerciaux, financiers et juridiques
REF HB61.H462 2000 Vol. 3

Dictionnaire juridique  
REF K52.F7J47 1990

Dahl's law dictionary  
REF K52.F7D35 1995


Medicine – Biology


Monolingual
Dictionnaire de biologie
REF QH302.5.B465 2006

Bilingual
Dictionnaire anglais-français des sciences medicales et paramedicales  
REF R121.G53 1996

Dictionnaire français-anglais des termes de médecine (F<>E)
REF R121.D45 2003

Dictionnaire de biologie  
REF R121.D5485 2000

Dictionnaire de dermatologie  
REF RL41.D546 2000

Dictionnaire de gynécologie obstétrique  
REF RG45.D564 1999

Dictionnaire de médecine Flammarion  
REF R121.D55 1998

Dictionnaire des termes médicaux et biologiques et des médicaments: français-anglais, anglais-français
REF R121.H479 2005

Dictionnaire d'ophtalmologie  
REF RE21.P675 2002

Dictionnaire médical  
REF R121.D56 2001


Metallurgy

Dictionnaire de la métallurgie et sciences et industries connexes  
REF TN609.C644 2000


Military Science – Naval Science

Monolingual
Dictionnaire de stratégie  
REF U24.D554 2000

Bilingual
Dictionnaire des forces terrestres  
REF U25.R67 2000

Dictionnaire technique maritime  
REF V23.D545 2000


Petroleum Industry

Dictionnaire des sciences et techniques du pétrole  
REF TN865.M74 1993

Les termes pétroliers: dictionnaire technique  
REF TN865.Z83 1992


Psychology – Psychiatry – Neurology

Monolingual
Dictionnaire de la psychanalyse  
REF RC501.4.D53 1998

Dictionnaire de psychiatrie et de psychopathologie clinique  
REF RC437.P7 1998

Bilingual
Dictionnaire de neurologie  
REF RC334.J85 2002

Dictionnaire de psychiatrie  
REF RC437.D547 2000


Science, General – Chemistry – Physics – Geology


Monolingual
La chimie: dictionnaire encyclopédique  
REF QD5.A56 1995

Bilingual
Dictionnaire des sciences de la terre  
REF QE5.M68 2000

Dictionnaire Malgorn des sciences et techniques E>F  
REF Q123.G68 2003

Dictionary of earth sciences  
REF QE5.M52 1997

Physics Dictionary  
REF QC5.S9


Technology, General


Monolingual
Encyclopédie des sciences industrielles  
REF T9.E47

Bilingual
Dictionnaire des techniques et technologies modernes E>F
  
REF T10.F65 1997

Dictionnaire des techniques et technologies modernes F>E  
REF T10.F652 1997


Veterinary Medicine

Dictionnaire des termes vétérinaires et animaliers  
REF SF609.D56 1991



French-Language Periodicals in the MIIS Library


Newspapers

Le Monde
Le Monde. Dossiers et documents
Le nouvel economiste

Business Magazines
L’Expansion
Finance et développement
Management
Monthly bulletin of statistics (Bulletain mensuel de statistique)
Le nouvel economiste supplement magazine

Magazines & Journals

L'Actualité langagiere
Banque des mots
Courrier international
L'Express
Français dans le monde
Jeune Afrique l'intelligent
Meta
Nouvel observateur
The OECD observer (Observateur OECD)
Le Point
Politique étrangère
Politique européenne
La Recherche
Revue francaise de science politique
Science & vie
Sciences et avenir
Scientific American (Pour la science)
SVM : science et vie micro
Terminologies nouvelles
TTR (Traduction, terminologie, rédaction)
UN chronicle (Chronique des Nations Unies)
UNESCO courier (Le Courier de l'Unesco


Databases on the MIIS Library home page:

Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe
An index to newspapers, newswires, accounting  journals, company profiles and financial reports,
trade journals, medical and health journals, law journals state and federal case law, and federal regulations.

NewsBank Electronic Image Editions
Digital editions of El Pais and Le Monde newspapers.

PressDisplay
Digital editions of over 500 international newspapers in English, Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, French, German, Spanish, Russian and other languages.  Updated daily with a 2-week archive.

Termium Plus
An online glossary of French and English terminology with contextual definitions and sources.  Includes over 3 million terms.


Websites:

General

Google Translate: Search websites in another language
This new Google application (beta version) enables you to search for information in web sites written in a different language from your own, using key words or phrases that you enter in your own language. Results are displayed as two columns. The sites translated automatically into your language are shown on the left, and the original version is displayed on the right.

Index Translatorium
This database tells whether a particular book has been translated and who the translator is. Contains bibliographical information on books translated and published in the UNESCO Member States since 1979, with over 1,600,000 entries. It also allows provides information on the most translated authors, languages and themes.

lexicool.com
Access to over 5000 bilingual and multilingual dictionaries and glossaries with special resources for translators.

YourDictionary.com
Comprehensive language portal with more than 2500 dictionaries and grammars in over 300 languages.


French Dictionaries & Glossaries

L’antidico
Excellent dictionary of the words that other dictionaries don't cover - particularly good for newly coined words in French.

Collins Online Dictionaries
English, French, Spanish, German, Russian, Chinese dictionaries.

French Ministry of Culture
Huge number of links to general dictionaries and specialised word lists and glossaries in French and English.

Le grand dictionnaire terminologique
Produced by the Office of the French Language in Quebec. It contains over 3 million French and English terms covering 200 subjects.

Leximagne
Complete list of French dictionaries and glossaries, including a comprehensive collection of French electronic dictionaries and glossaries with links.


Encyclopedias

L'Encyclopédie de L'Agora
French online encyclopedia out of Quebec. Similar to Wikipedia but more authoratitive and better maintained.

Encyclopédie Hachette Multimédia
Online encyclopedia with over 50,000 articles in French.


Subject-Specific Links

Economics

The Canadian Institute of Actuaries English-French Lexicon
Without equal, the best insurance dictionary on the web.

Department of Finance Canada/Ministère des Finances Canada
F > E glossary
E > F glossary

Dictionary of Health Finance
Health insurance terminology in French, English and German.

IMF Terminology Database
Multilingual glossary from the International Monetary Fund.

SICE Index of Trade Terms
Multilingual glossary of trade terms with definitions from the Foreign Trade Information System.

UBS Dictionary of Banking
Multilingual dictionary of banking terms with definitions from UBS Switzerland.

Environmental Sciences


GEMET (GEneral Multilingual Environmental Thesaurus)
Multilingual thesaurus from the European Environment Information and Observation Network – the reference vocabulary of the European Environment Agency (EEA) and its Network (EIONET).

Food

Gastronomical Dictionary
Excellent food dictionary with terms in Italian, English, French, Spanish and German.

Law

Lexadin – The World Law Guide
Over 20,000 links to legal sites in more than 100 countries.

Marketing

Dictionnaire de la Publicite
Very thorough French publicity dictionary produced by the Musee de la publicite.

News & Media

Le Monde diplomatique
Online version of Le Monde diplomatique.

Le Monde informatique
Journal de référence de la presse informatique, des télécommunications et des nouvelles technologies.

United Nations

FAO Terminology
Multilingual terminology database from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

UN Disaster Management glossary
Basic terms related to Disaster Management in English, French and Spanish with definitions (pdf).

UN-INTERPRETERS.ORG
Master list of glossaries for UN interpreters with links to many multilingual glossaries treating UN-related themes, in the six official UN languages - English, French, Spanish, Russian, Chinese and Arabic.

UNTERM
A multilingual terminology database providing United Nations nomenclature and special terms in the six official UN languages - English, French, Spanish, Russian, Chinese and Arabic. 70,000 entries, updated daily.


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