TCTC Library: Languages: Languages

Bi-Lingual Dictionaries

Dictionary of Languages: The Definitive Reference to More Than 400 Languages by Andrew Dalby
The essential guide to the languages of the world, comprehensively detailing languages in a clear A-Z style.
French Business Dictionary by Peter Hodgson Collin
Provides a specialist business vocabulary for translators, business people, secretaries, and students. Comprehensive coverage of all aspects of business: insurance, stock exchange, accounting, finance, and computing.
French Dictionary and Grammar by Collins
With coverage of today's English and French, with thousands of phrases and examples guiding the user to the most appropriate translation.
Collins Spanish Unabridged Dictionary
Wide-ranging coverage of contemporary Spanish and English, an ideal dictionary for advanced learners and professionals using Spanish.
Spanish Law Dictionary by Peter Hodgson Collin
Bilingual dictionary of legal terms featuring coverage of all aspects of law, with each entry including a translation and example sentences to show how the term is used in context.
Collins Latin Dictionary
A comprehensive Latin-English dictionary, containing translations of words and phrases.
Dictionary of Foreign Phrases and Abbreviations
Lists in one alphabetical sequence foreign phrases, proverbs, maxims and abbreviations frequently used in written and spoken English.
The Browser's Dictionary of Foreign Words and Phrases
From angst to zydeco, the ultimate guide to foreign terms and phrases, this practical and browsable A-to-Z reference tells you all you need to know to understand, pronounce, and appreciate the nearly 2,000 foreign words and phrases commonly used by speakers and writers of English. Covering a wide variety of subject areas and includes loan-words from more than sixty languages around the world, such as: Latin (desideratum) * the romance languages (rapprochement, macho, imbroglio) * German (gestalt) * Russian (gulag) * Hebrew (shibboleth) * Yiddish (shtick) * Persian (tambura) * Hindi (purdah) * Arabic (loofah) * Hawaiian (kanaka) * Creole French (zydeco) * and Japanese (netsuke).

European Resources

European Library
A free service that offers access to the resources of the 48 national libraries of Europe in 20 languages.
Europeana
Offers access to many of Europe's cultural collections.

Language Learning Resources

Google Translator

Duolingo
Free online language learning tutorials. Includes mobile app for Apple and Android.

edX Language
The online learning site offers several courses in language instruction.
Transliteration of Non-Roman scripts
Transliterate titles, names, and words from non-Roman languages using the Romanization Tables from the Library of Congress.

Article databases for global studies and languages

Fuente Académica
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Journals from Latin America, Portugal, and Spain, covering all major subject areas with emphasis on agriculture, economics, history, literature, philosophy, psychology, religion, sociology, and more.

Culture and Customs

Countries and Cultures Guide
This guide will introduce you to resources on countries, cultures, customs, and international business affairs.