Translation Studies
This guide provides a general introduction to Library and information resources available in Edinburgh for Translation Studies.
Library dictionaries, handbooks, companions and encyclopedias
- Dictionary of translation studies byCall Number: Main Library (STANDARD LOAN) - 2nd floor P306.2 Shu.Publication Date: 1997
- Encyclopedia of literary translation into English byCall Number: Main Library (STANDARD LOAN) - 3rd floor PN241 Enc.ISBN: 1884964362Publication Date: 2000
- The global translator's handbook byCall Number: Online accessISBN: 1283940604Publication Date: 2013
- Handbook of translation studies byCall Number: Online accessISBN: 9789027203335Publication Date: 2012
- Oxford Language DictionariesCall Number: Online accessThe following dictionaries are available: Arabic/English, English/Arabic, Chinese/English, English/Chinese, French/English, English/French; German/English, English/German; Spanish/English, English/Spanish; Italian/English, English/Italian, Russian/English, English/Russian.
- The Routledge companion to translation studies byCall Number: Online accessISBN: 9780203879450Publication Date: 2008
- The Routledge Handbook of Language and Intercultural Communication byCall Number: Online accessPublication Date: 2012
- The Routledge handbook of translation studies byCall Number: Main Library (HUB SHORT LOAN) - Ground floor P306.5 Rou.ISBN: 9780415559676Publication Date: 2013
- Translation & translators : an international directory and guide byCall Number: Main Library Closed Stack Ref. .41028 Con.ISBN: 0835211584Publication Date: 1979
- Translation and bilingual dictionaries byCall Number: Online accessISBN: 3110912864Publication Date: 2004This is a treatise on the topic, not a dictionary itself.
- 汉英分类翻译词典 = An active Chinese-English classified dictionary for translation and interpretation byCall Number: EAS Collection - Main Library (REFERENCE) - 3rd Floor Ref. P306.2 Han.ISBN: 9787561119808Publication Date: 2003
- Translation with reference to English and Arabic : a practical guide byCall Number: Main Library (STANDARD LOAN) - 3rd floor PJ6403 Far.Publication Date: 1999
- Encyclopedia of Chinese language and linguistics (5 volume set) by "The Encyclopedia of Chinese Language and Linguistics offers a systematic and comprehensive overview of the languages of China and the different ways in which they are and have been studied. It provides authoritative treatment of all important aspects of the languages spoken in China, today and in the past, from many different angles, as well as the different linguistic traditions they have been investigated in"--Resource home page.Call Number: Brill Online BooksISBN: 2210-7363Publication Date: Leiden : Brill, 2015-
- The Oxford Chinese dictionary English-Chinese : Chinese English byCall Number: Online accessISBN: 9780191807060 (ebook)Publication Date: Oxford : Oxford University Press ; c2010
- 漢語大字典 = Han yu da zi dian : 第二版, 九卷本 byCall Number: EAS Collection - Main Library (REFERENCE) - 3rd Floor Ref. PL1420 Han.ISBN: 9787806825006Publication Date: 2010
- 漢語大詞典 = Han yu da ci dian byCall Number: EAS Collection - Main Library (REFERENCE) - 3rd Floor C.Ref(472) Han.ISBN: 30150015946145Publication Date: 1988-199413 vols.
- 漢語大詞典訂補 = Han yu da ci dian ding bu byCall Number: EAS Collection - Main Library (REFERENCE) - 3rd Floor Ref. PL1420 Han.ISBN: 9787532632367Publication Date: 2010
- 近代汉语大词典 = Jin dai Han yu da ci dian byCall Number: EAS Collection - Main Library (REFERENCE) - 3rd Floor Ref.PL1420 Xu.ISBN: 9787101061338Publication Date: 北京市 : 中华书局, ; 2008
- Collins-Robert French-English, English-French dictionary : unabridged byCall Number: Main Library (REFERENCE) - 3rd floor Ref. PC2640 Col.Publication Date: 1993
- Dictionary of French slang byCall Number: Main Library (STANDARD LOAN) - 4th floor .44703 Ler.Publication Date: 1935
- Harrap's unabridged dictionary/dictionnaireCall Number: Main Library (REFERENCE) - 3rd floor Ref. PC2640 Har.Publication Date: 2001
- Le grand Robert Collins français/anglais, anglais/français Online version of one of the most comprehensive bilingual dictionaries between English and French. It contains over 50,000 words and expressions giving access to over one million translations. It also includes a large number of compound words and abbreviations which are not available in the printed edition.Call Number: Online accessPublication Date: 2008-
- Le petit Robert : dictionnaire alphabétique et analogique de la langue française byCall Number: Main Library (REFERENCE) - 3rd floor Ref. PC2625 RobISBN: 9782321006503Publication Date: 2015
- Le Petit Robert de la langue française The online edition of Paul Robert's popular French dictionary Le Nouveau Petit Robert De La Langue Francaise which was first published in 1967. The Dictionary contains 60,000 word entries with 300,000 definitions illustrated by examples. 1,240 author biographical references. It also includes idioms, homonyms, synonyms, antonyms, and hundreds of citations. Updated annually.Call Number: Online accessPublication Date: 2020 - constantly updated
- The Oxford-Hachette French dictionary French-English : English-French byCall Number: Online accessPublication Date: 2007
- Oxford Language Dictionaires - French Clear and straightforward guidance that will help you improve your French grammar, pronunciation, and writing skills.Call Number: Online access
- Pardon my French: Pocket French Slang Dictionary by Previously published as Harrap’s Pardon My French! in 1998 ; second edition published 2003 ; third edition published 2007.Call Number: Online accessPublication Date: 2009
- Pocket Oxford-Hachette French dictionary English-French byCall Number: Online accessPublication Date: 2010
- A Usage Dictionary English-German / German-English - Gebrauchswörterbuch Englisch-Deutsch / Deutsch-Englisch byCall Number: Online accessISBN: 3110297035Publication Date: 2013
- Cassell's German-English, English-German dictionary : Deutsch-englisches, englisch-deutsches Wörterbuch byCall Number: Veterinary Library (REFERENCE) PF3640 Cas 1978 RefISBN: 0025229206Publication Date: 1978
- Collins German-English, English-German dictionary : unabridged byCall Number: New College Library@ 40 George Square (REFERENCE) Ref. PF3640 Col.ISBN: 0060733810Publication Date: 2004
- Pocket Oxford German dictionary German-English byCall Number: Online accessISBN: 9780191739521Publication Date: 2009
- The Cambridge encyclopedia of Japan byCall Number: Main Library (REFERENCE) - 2nd floor Ref. Folio DS805 Cam.ISBN: 0521403529Publication Date: 1993
- Classical Japanese reader and essential dictionary byCall Number: Main Library (STANDARD LOAN) - 2nd floor Folio PL537 Shi.ISBN: 9780231139908Publication Date: 2007
- Collins Shubun English Japanese dictionary : Ko rin zu shu bun Ei-Wa jiten.Call Number: Main Library (REFERENCE) - 3rd floor Ref. PL679 Col.ISBN: 0004334051Publication Date: 1993
- Kenkyusha's new collegiate English-Japanese dictionary = Shin Ei-Wa chu jiten 新英和中辞典 byCall Number: Main Library EAS Collection - Main Library (REFERENCE) - 3rd Floor Ref. PL679 Ken.ISBN: 9784767410760Publication Date: 1985
- Kenkyusha's new Japanese-English dictionary byCall Number: Main Library (REFERENCE) - 3rd floor Ref. PL679 Ken.ISBN: 9784767420264Publication Date: 2003
- The learner's Japanese Kanji dictionary byCall Number: EAS Collection - Main Library (REFERENCE) - 3rd Floor Ref. PL678 Spa.ISBN: 9780804835565Publication Date: 2003
- The Oxford-Duden pictorial English-Japanese dictionaryCall Number: EAS Collection - Main Library (REFERENCE) - 3rd Floor Ref. PL679 Oxf.ISBN: 9780198641490Publication Date: 1983
- The Oxford-Duden pictorial Japanese and English dictionaryCall Number: Veterinary Library (REFERENCE) PL679 Oxf 1997 RefISBN: 0198601190Publication Date: 1997
- Translation and translation studies in the Japanese context byCall Number: Main Library (STANDARD LOAN) - 2nd floor P306.8.J3 Tra.ISBN: 9781441139825Publication Date: 2012
- 日本古代中世人名辞典 Nihon kodai chūsei jinmei jiten byCall Number: EAS Collection - Main Library (REFERENCE) - 3rd Floor Ref. CT1832 Nih.ISBN: 9784642014342Publication Date: 2006
- 日本大百科全書(ニッポニカ)Call Number: Online access
- 日本生活史辞典 Nihon seikatsushi jiten byCall Number: EAS Collection - Main Library (REFERENCE) - 3rd Floor Ref. DS821 Nih.ISBN: 9784642014762Publication Date: 2016
- 日本語大事典 = An encyclopedia of Japanese language and linguistics byCall Number: Online accessISBN: 9784254962772Publication Date: 2014
- 浮世草子大事典 : 江戶時代の社会・風俗がわかる byCall Number: EAS Collection - Main Library [STANDARD LOAN] - 3rd Floor Ref. DS821 Uki.ISBN: 9784305708472Publication Date: 2017
- 現古辞典 : 現代語から古語を引くGenko jiten : gendaigo kara kogo o hiku byCall Number: EAS Collection - Main Library [STANDARD LOAN] - 3rd Floor PL675 Fur.ISBN: 9784309021003Publication Date: 2012
- 部首ときあかし辞典 Bushu tokiakashi jiten byCall Number: Online accessISBN: 9784327896621Publication Date: 2013
- Berlitz Korean concise dictionary : Korean-English, English-Korean.Call Number: New College Library@ DHT (REFERENCE) Ref. PL937.E5 Ber.ISBN: 9789812680211Publication Date: 2007
- Historical Dictionary of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea byCall Number: Online accessISBN: 0950-4125Publication Date: 2013
- Uri soktam sajŏn byCall Number: AS Collection - Main Library (REFERENCE) - 3rd Floor K.ref(245) UriISBN: 8985263196Publication Date: 1993
- 國漢最新大字源 Kuk-Han chʻoesin taejawŏnCall Number: EAS Collection - Main Library (REFERENCE) - 3rd Floor Ref. PL936 Kuk.Publication Date: 1989
- 民衆엣센스韓日辭典 Minjung essensŭ Han-Il sajŏn byCall Number: EAS Collection - Main Library (REFERENCE) - 3rd Floor Ref. PL937.J3 Min.Publication Date: 1989
- 漢韓大辭典 Han-Han taesajŏnCall Number: EAS Collection - Main Library (REFERENCE) - 3rd Floor Ref. PL935 Han.Publication Date: 1963
- Oxford Language Dictionaries - SpanishCall Number: Online access
Free online dictionaries
- bab.la - online dictionaries for 28 languages bab.la is a user generated language portal. "With bab.la you can look for translations, learn languages with the help of language tests and help to build up the dictionary. You can make your own translation suggestions or verify the suggestions of other users."
- Chinese-English Dictionary This Chinese/English dictionary provides a searchable interface for the CEDICT dictionary originally put together by Paul Denisowksi. Searches can be conducted by Chinese (using either the GB, Big5, or Unicode encodings), pinyin, or English. Results will show the Chinese word, the pinyin representation of the word, and the English definition. You can choose to have the Chinese characters appear as GIF pictures. You can also click on the pinyin to hear how it is pronounced.
- DeHanCi - Chinese-German / German-Chinese Online Dictionary The DeHanCi.com is a German-Chinese and Chinese-German word and phrase dictionary (online dictionary) with fuzzy logic for finding sentence examples and dialogues.
- Chinese- Japanese- Korean- Vietnamese- English Dictionary 中日韓越辭典 CJKV Dict (中日韓越辭典) is a smart multilingual dictionary for learners of Chinese, Japanese, Korean and Vietnamese. It returns results in Chinese characters (漢字, called "Hànzì" in Mandarin Chinese, "Kanji" in Japanese, "Hanja" in Korean and "Hán tự" in Vietnamese) in all four languages, and automatically converts simplified Chinese characters and simplified Kanji (Shinjitai) to traditional Chinese characters.
- Jisho: Japanese-English dictionary Jisho is a powerful Japanese-English dictionary. It lets you find words, kanji, example sentences and more quickly and easily. Enter any Japanese text or English word in the search box and Jisho will search a myriad of data for you.
Translation tools
This list is copied from https://www.refseek.com/directory/translation.html
Bing Translator
Free online language translation service powered by Microsoft Machine Translation.DeepL Translator
Machine translation between 28 languages. You can also 'drag and drop' to translate PEF, Word (.docx) and PowerPoint (.pptx) files.Free Grammar Checker
Fix misplaced commas, misused words, grammar goofs, and more.Google Translator
Google's free online language translation service. Translates text and web pages.Reverso
Sophisticated translation and word conjugation with audio pronunciations.Systran
Provider of language translation software products and solutions.