Subject guides: Translation Studies: Reference and language tools

This guide provides a general introduction to Library and information resources available in Edinburgh for Translation Studies.

Library dictionaries, handbooks, companions and encyclopedias

A companion to translation studies by Sandra Bermann and Catherine Porter
Call Number: Online access
Publication Date: 2914
Dictionary of translation studies by Mark Shuttleworth & Moira Cowie
Call Number: Main Library (STANDARD LOAN) - 2nd floor P306.2 Shu.
Publication Date: 1997
Encyclopedia of literary translation into English by Olive Classe
Call Number: Main Library (STANDARD LOAN) - 3rd floor PN241 Enc.
ISBN: 1884964362
Publication Date: 2000
The global translator's handbook by Morry Sofer
Call Number: Online access
ISBN: 1283940604
Publication Date: 2013
Handbook of translation studies by Luc van Doorslaer; Yves Gambier
Call Number: Online access
ISBN: 9789027203335
Publication Date: 2012
Oxford Language Dictionaries
Call Number: Online access
The 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 by Jeremy Munday
Call Number: Online access
ISBN: 9780203879450
Publication Date: 2008
The Routledge Handbook of Language and Intercultural Communication by Jane Jackson
Call Number: Online access
Publication Date: 2012
The Routledge handbook of translation studies by Carmen Millán and Francesca Bartrina
Call Number: Main Library (HUB SHORT LOAN) - Ground floor P306.5 Rou.
ISBN: 9780415559676
Publication Date: 2013
Translation & translators : an international directory and guide by Stefan Congrat-Butlar
Call Number: Main Library Closed Stack Ref. .41028 Con.
ISBN: 0835211584
Publication Date: 1979
Translation and bilingual dictionaries by Sin-wai Chan
Call Number: Online access
ISBN: 3110912864
Publication Date: 2004
This 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 by Liu Shitong, Zhou Guanzu, Li Shenglu
Call Number: EAS Collection - Main Library (REFERENCE) - 3rd Floor Ref. P306.2 Han.
ISBN: 9787561119808
Publication Date: 2003

Translation with reference to English and Arabic : a practical guide by Mohammed Farghal; Abdullah T. Stunnaq
Call Number: Main Library (STANDARD LOAN) - 3rd floor PJ6403 Far.
Publication Date: 1999

Encyclopedia of Chinese language and linguistics (5 volume set) by Rint Sybesma and others "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 Books
ISBN: 2210-7363
Publication Date: Leiden : Brill, 2015-
The Oxford Chinese dictionary English-Chinese : Chinese English by Julie Kleeman, Harry Yu
Call Number: Online access
ISBN: 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 by 漢語大字典編輯委員會
Call Number: EAS Collection - Main Library (REFERENCE) - 3rd Floor Ref. PL1420 Han.
ISBN: 9787806825006
Publication Date: 2010
漢語大詞典 = Han yu da ci dian by 罗竹风；汉语大词典编辑委員会
Call Number: EAS Collection - Main Library (REFERENCE) - 3rd Floor C.Ref(472) Han.
ISBN: 30150015946145
Publication Date: 1988-1994
13 vols.
漢語大詞典訂補 = Han yu da ci dian ding bu by 汉语大词典编纂处
Call Number: EAS Collection - Main Library (REFERENCE) - 3rd Floor Ref. PL1420 Han.
ISBN: 9787532632367
Publication Date: 2010
近代汉语大词典 = Jin dai Han yu da ci dian by 许少峰
Call Number: EAS Collection - Main Library (REFERENCE) - 3rd Floor Ref.PL1420 Xu.
ISBN: 9787101061338
Publication Date: 北京市 : 中华书局, ; 2008

Durorp-English Dictionary by Ekpe Inyang
Call Number: Online access
ISBN: 9956791741
Publication Date: 2013
Oxford English Dictionary Online
Call Number: Online access
Publication Date: 2000-

Collins-Robert French-English, English-French dictionary : unabridged by Beryl T. Atkins [and others]
Call Number: Main Library (REFERENCE) - 3rd floor Ref. PC2640 Col.
Publication Date: 1993
A dictionarie French and English by L. H., fl. 1571
Call Number: Online access
Publication Date: 1571
Dictionary of French slang by Olivier Leroy
Call Number: Main Library (STANDARD LOAN) - 4th floor .44703 Ler.
Publication Date: 1935
Harrap's unabridged dictionary/dictionnaire
Call 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 access
Publication Date: 2008-
Le petit Robert : dictionnaire alphabétique et analogique de la langue française by Paul Rober
Call Number: Main Library (REFERENCE) - 3rd floor Ref. PC2625 Rob
ISBN: 9782321006503
Publication 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 access
Publication Date: 2020 - constantly updated
The Oxford-Hachette French dictionary French-English : English-French by Marie-Hélène Corréard, Valerie Grundy
Call Number: Online access
Publication 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 Kate Nicholson, Georges Piland, Orin Hargraves Previously published as Harrap’s Pardon My French! in 1998 ; second edition published 2003 ; third edition published 2007.
Call Number: Online access
Publication Date: 2009
Pocket Oxford-Hachette French dictionary English-French by Marie-Hélene Corréard
Call Number: Online access
Publication Date: 2010

A Usage Dictionary English-German / German-English - Gebrauchswörterbuch Englisch-Deutsch / Deutsch-Englisch by Gabriele Stein
Call Number: Online access
ISBN: 3110297035
Publication Date: 2013
Cassell's German-English, English-German dictionary : Deutsch-englisches, englisch-deutsches Wörterbuch by Harold T. Betteridge
Call Number: Veterinary Library (REFERENCE) PF3640 Cas 1978 Ref
ISBN: 0025229206
Publication Date: 1978
Collins German-English, English-German dictionary : unabridged by Peter Terrell [and others]
Call Number: New College Library@ 40 George Square (REFERENCE) Ref. PF3640 Col.
ISBN: 0060733810
Publication Date: 2004
Pocket Oxford German dictionary German-English by M. Clark, O. Thyen
Call Number: Online access
ISBN: 9780191739521
Publication Date: 2009

The Cambridge encyclopedia of Japan by Richard Bowring; Peter Kornicki
Call Number: Main Library (REFERENCE) - 2nd floor Ref. Folio DS805 Cam.
ISBN: 0521403529
Publication Date: 1993
Classical Japanese reader and essential dictionary by Haruo Shirane
Call Number: Main Library (STANDARD LOAN) - 2nd floor Folio PL537 Shi.
ISBN: 9780231139908
Publication 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: 0004334051
Publication Date: 1993
Kenkyusha's new collegiate English-Japanese dictionary = Shin Ei-Wa chu jiten 新英和中辞典 by Yoshio Koine
Call Number: Main Library EAS Collection - Main Library (REFERENCE) - 3rd Floor Ref. PL679 Ken.
ISBN: 9784767410760
Publication Date: 1985
Kenkyusha's new Japanese-English dictionary by Toshirō Watanabe
Call Number: Main Library (REFERENCE) - 3rd floor Ref. PL679 Ken.
ISBN: 9784767420264
Publication Date: 2003
The learner's Japanese Kanji dictionary by Mark Spahn
Call Number: EAS Collection - Main Library (REFERENCE) - 3rd Floor Ref. PL678 Spa.
ISBN: 9780804835565
Publication Date: 2003
The Oxford-Duden pictorial English-Japanese dictionary
Call Number: EAS Collection - Main Library (REFERENCE) - 3rd Floor Ref. PL679 Oxf.
ISBN: 9780198641490
Publication Date: 1983
The Oxford-Duden pictorial Japanese and English dictionary
Call Number: Veterinary Library (REFERENCE) PL679 Oxf 1997 Ref
ISBN: 0198601190
Publication Date: 1997
Translation and translation studies in the Japanese context by Nana Sato-Rossberg; Judy Wakabayash
Call Number: Main Library (STANDARD LOAN) - 2nd floor P306.8.J3 Tra.
ISBN: 9781441139825
Publication Date: 2012
国史大辞典
Call Number: Online access
Publication Date: 2010
日本人名大辞典
Call Number: Online access
ISBN: 4062108003
Publication Date: 2003
日本古代中世人名辞典 Nihon kodai chūsei jinmei jiten by 平野邦雄
Call Number: EAS Collection - Main Library (REFERENCE) - 3rd Floor Ref. CT1832 Nih.
ISBN: 9784642014342
Publication Date: 2006
日本国語大辞典 Nihon kokugo daijiten
Call Number: Online access
Publication Date: 2007
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 by Kimura Shigemitsu, Yasuda Tsuneo, Shirakawabe Tatsuo, Miyataki Kōji hen.
Call Number: EAS Collection - Main Library (REFERENCE) - 3rd Floor Ref. DS821 Nih.
ISBN: 9784642014762
Publication Date: 2016
日本語大事典 = An encyclopedia of Japanese language and linguistics by Takeyoshi Satō; Tomiyoshi Maeda
Call Number: Online access
ISBN: 9784254962772
Publication Date: 2014
浮世草子大事典 : 江戶時代の社会・風俗がわかる by 長谷川強; 「浮世草子大事典」編集委員会
Call Number: EAS Collection - Main Library [STANDARD LOAN] - 3rd Floor Ref. DS821 Uki.
ISBN: 9784305708472
Publication Date: 2017
現古辞典 : 現代語から古語を引くGenko jiten : gendaigo kara kogo o hiku by Tai Suzuki; Hisao Ishii
Call Number: EAS Collection - Main Library [STANDARD LOAN] - 3rd Floor PL675 Fur.
ISBN: 9784309021003
Publication Date: 2012
部首ときあかし辞典 Bushu tokiakashi jiten by 円満字二郎
Call Number: Online access
ISBN: 9784327896621
Publication Date: 2013

Berlitz Korean concise dictionary : Korean-English, English-Korean.
Call Number: New College Library@ DHT (REFERENCE) Ref. PL937.E5 Ber.
ISBN: 9789812680211
Publication Date: 2007
Historical Dictionary of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea by K. Fraser
Call Number: Online access
ISBN: 0950-4125
Publication Date: 2013
Uri soktam sajŏn by Wŏn Yŏng-sŏp yŏkkŭm
Call Number: AS Collection - Main Library (REFERENCE) - 3rd Floor K.ref(245) Uri
ISBN: 8985263196
Publication Date: 1993
國漢最新大字源 Kuk-Han chʻoesin taejawŏn
Call 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 by Yoshimi Yasuda; Nak-pŏm Son
Call Number: EAS Collection - Main Library (REFERENCE) - 3rd Floor Ref. PL937.J3 Min.
Publication Date: 1989
漢韓大辭典 Han-Han taesajŏn
Call Number: EAS Collection - Main Library (REFERENCE) - 3rd Floor Ref. PL935 Han.
Publication Date: 1963

Database of Latin dictionaries
Call Number: Online access
Publication Date: 2005-

Oxford Language Dictionaries - Spanish
Call 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.
The Free Dictionary
Chinese-German Dictionary 漢德
English/Japanese Japanese/English Aviation Dictionary 和英・英和航空学辞典
Japanisch-Deutsches Kanji-Lexikon 和独字典
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.

Toggle navigation menu Menu

Translation Studies

Library dictionaries, handbooks, companions and encyclopedias

Free online dictionaries

Translation tools