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Internet Resources
Compiled by the Librarians of the Akron-Summit County Public Library
Dictionaries, Thesaurus, & Translation Services
- Dictionaries
- Thesaurus
- Translation Services
Acronym Finder
- http://www.AcronymFinder.com/
- Searchable database of more than 100,000 common acronyms.
- The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
- http://www.bartleby.com/61/
- Online publication of the American Heritage Dictionary, Fourth Edition.
- LOGOS
- http://www.logos.it
- Multilingual on-line dictionary with more than 7 million words, in over 30 languages, in the database.
- One Look.com
- http://www.onelook.com/
- A search engine for words and phrases. The site will also help you find a definition or translation.
- YourDictionary.com
- http://www.yourdictionary.com/
- Comprehensive index of on-line dictionaries in more than 200 different languages.
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- Roget's Thesaurus
- http://humanities.uchicago.edu/forms_unrest/ROGET.html
- Online version of Roget's Thesaurus.
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- AltaVista Translations
- http://babelfish.altavista.com/
- Free automatic translation service allows you to translate text passages or entire Web sites. Languages available are English, Spanish, French, German, Portuguese and Italian. Babel Fish does not produce a polished translation, but will allow you to grasp general intent.
- FreeTranslation.com
- http://www.freetranslation.com/
- Online machine translation service which attempts to translate entire phrases rather than doing word-for-word translating. An easy-to-use site for rapid translations.
- International Institute of Akron
- http://www.iiakron.org/page4.html/
- The Language Bank has more than 50 interpreters and more than 100 translators, proficient in 54 languages. It has been serving businesses, courts, hospitals, medical, social and legal service providers in the Greater Akron area, Summit, Portage and Stark Counties on a regular basis since the 1970s.
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Last Modified September 26, 2005
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