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Multilingual websites with parallel texts


Why go directly to specific websites?

Search EU for parallel texts (many subject areas):
help / extended help

 

Once you have opened a website, view parallel texts in separate windows:
Open new window with File/New Window or open links with SHIFT+left-click

Search this page by keyword with CTRL-F or ...

... select an area:
Miscellaneous (many areas)
Adhesives and sealants
Air Conditioning
Astronomy
Animals (See also Birds)
Banking (See Finance)
Bible
Birds
Compressors (See Air Conditioning)
Computer
Countries
Data security
Economy (See Finance)
Electronic (See also Electrical)
Electrical (See also Electronic)
Electronic commerce
Education
Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC)
Energy
European Union
Finance (See also Insurance)
Food & Drink
Health
Instructions for use & technical manuals
Insurance
Intellectual property (patents etc.)
International Organizations (see also European Union)
Labour
Law (Legal)
Literature
Logistics
Medical
Metal
Mission statement (company credo)
Nature
News
Packaging
Pharmaceutical (See also Medical)
Post office
Psychology
Refrigeration (See Air Conditioning)
Skin care
Standards
Steel
Stock market (See Finance)
Style guides
Telecommunications
Tools
Tourism
Trade
Typography (Printing)
Wine
Woodworking
 

 

 

Name of website Description of site Lang.

Miscellaneous

   
Europa - The European Union On-Line (home) European Union affairs and legislation currently in force or under discussion.

Covers a wide variety of fields.

Documents: HTML, PDF, DOC and more

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RS Catalogue (international)

UK, Italy, Germany, France, more

keywords: industrial products

Under the Advanced Search you may select to view results with "Pictures". Enter your keyword(s) under "Description".

Once you have located your product, make a note of the RS code or "stock no.". IN MOST CASES the stock no. is the same in all countries.

Then go back to the international page, select a different country, go to their website and search their catalogue for your stock number. You should be able to find the same product with a similar if not identical description. If the stock no. cannot be found, you may want to BROWSE the catalogue instead.

Fields covered:
Automation
Books
Cable & Connectors
Consumables
Electrical
Electronic
Health & Safety
Information Technology
Mechanical
Office Equipment
Power Supplies
Test & Measurement
Tools

These sites may also be used as monolingual pictorial dictionaries.

MANY
Siemens

(home)

Select the language of your keyword BEFORE beginning your search!

Products & services:

Automation
Automotive Systems
Building Security
Communication Networks
Communication Switches
Components and Semiconductors
Computers
Drives/Motors
E-Business Services
E-Business Solutions
Electrical Installation Technology
Environmental Engineering
Fairs and Events
Financial Services
Health Care
Household Appliances
HVAC Products and Systems
Industrial Automation
Industrial Ceramics and Insulators
Industrial Design
Information & Communication Technology
Information Technology
Intellectual Property
IT-Services
large PBX
Lighting
Lighting Design
Locomotives
Logistics Systems
Low-Voltage Control Systems
Mobile Business Solutions
Mobile Devices
Mobile Networks
Operations of Systems, Installations and Buildings
Power Generation
Power Transmission and Distribution
Process Automation
Public Sector
Real Estate Management
Services, Maintenance and Support
Signaling and Control Systems Main Line
Signaling and Control Systems Mass Transit
small PBX
Software Development
Telecommunication
Telephone Systems
Telephones
Traffic Control Systems
Training
Translations
Transportation
User Software

Main languages of parallel texts: DE, EN. Some IT pages are also available in DE and EN.
Check URLs for likely parallel texts. Some pages only accessible with username & password.

DE EN (IT)
COMPARA - Bilingual Corpus keywords: parallel texts, bilingual texts, translations, bilingual corpus

The Portuguese-English Parallel Translation Corpus. COMPARA is an open-ended collection of Portuguese-English and English-Portuguese translations. You can use COMPARA to find out how translators have translated words and expressions from Portuguese into English and from English into Portuguese.

Click on "Search" to access: Simple search / Complex search

EN PT
Organization of American States keywords: human rights, terrorism, drugs, corruption, poverty,
development, the environment, speeches
EN ES FR PT

Adhesives and sealants

   
Loctite Adhesives and Sealants - Loctite Worldwide Design Handbook (English)

other languages

keywords: adhesives, glues, sealants, sealing, gaskets, threadlocking, flange coupling, speciality chemicals, bonding, lubricants, cleaners, surface preparation

All sorts of applications: aerospace, automotive, general, industry, electronics

You may find further parallel texts by conducting a parallel search in two separate browser windows on other Loctite websites around the world (go to http://www.loctite-europe.com and click on Loctite Worldwide), e.g. http://www.loctite-europe.com/de/ for Germany and http://www.loctite-europe.com/es/ for Spain, then search the catalogue]
In the Design Handbook, use Search to find a page containing your keyword, then:

To find parallel texts:
In Internet Explorer:
- Right-click & select Properties to view page URL;
- High-light by left-clicking and dragging mouse down across URL, right-click & select Copy;
- CTRL-N to open new browser window, CTRL-V to paste URL into address bar.
or else:
In Netscape Navigator:
- Right-click on page & select Open frame in new window;
Then: change the 2-letter language code to obtain page in other languages: See codes used on page http://www.loctite-europe.com/wwdh/
Example:

http://www.loctite-europe.com/,,,
wwdh/us/i139ch08.htm
(English)
http://www.loctite-europe.com/...
wwdh/de/i139ch08.htm
(German)

Many of the words on the pages are linked to definitions.A complete list of definitions is available under "Loctite - Appendix" in the frame on the left for each language.

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Air Conditioning

   
Copeland and Alco keywords: air conditioning, refrigeration, compressors, cold, cooling, cool, cryotechnology, condensing units, controls, product catalogue

Italian is not available on the homepage, but there is a great newsletter available in Italian called "Il Compressore".

Newsletters (with illustrations & technical terminology) in different languages.

DE EN FR IT
Technofrigo keywords: air conditioning, refrigeration, compressors, cold, cooling, cool, cryotechnology, condensing units, product catalogue EN IT

Astronomy

   
Planetscapes keywords: planets, astronomy, astronomical, solar system, sun, mercury, venus, earth, moon, mars, jupiter, saturn, uranus, neptune, pluto, asteroids, comets; earth science, volcanos, clouds

Beautiful pictures and animation.

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Bible

   
Bible.com keywords: bible, biblical, religion, god

Searchable English-language versions of the Bible are also available here (Select "The King James Bible") or here (these will help you locate book and verse so that you can easily locate the equivalent section in your target language)

MULTI
(too many to list!)
Birds    
Schweizerische Vogelwarte keywords: birds, bird, ornithology, ornithologist, ornithological, animals

Once you have found a page that you are interested in, find its exact address as follows (as the site uses frames): Right click on an empty area of the page, select Properties, highlight the URL by dragging your mouse from "http:" all the way down and copy it by rightclicking and selecting Copy. Then open a new browser window (CTRL-N) and paste the URL (CTRL-V) into the address bar. Make the necessary changes as in the example below:

French page becomes German page
(mouse over these links and look at complete URL that appears in your status bar...: the "f" changes to "d")

On this brilliant website you can also listen to the birds' song!

The site also has a multilingual list of bird names (De,En,Fr,It,La):

DE FR

Computer

   
PHP Manual (or here)
(Apache Software Foundation)
keywords: programming, scripts, software, code, web design, website design

PHP manuals in many languages; PHP is a widely-used general-purpose scripting language that is especially suited for web development and can be embedded into HTML.

NOTE: Many languages are still being translated, and the parts that have yet to be translated are still in English

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LinuxFocus magazine keywords: Linux, computer

"LinuxFocus is the first really international Linux Magazine. It is managed and produced by Linux volunteers, fans and developers. LF is free and available on the web all over the world." Use the site's search engine to locate pages containing your keyword, then click on the language links to view the articles in other languages.

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Countries

   
Canada: Government of Ontario keywords: Canada, Canadian government

Many areas: various government departments (agriculture & food, education, culture, environment & energy, finance, labour, tourism, transportation etc.)

Language link available to locate page in other language.

FR EN
Germany: German Federal Foreign Office
Auswärtiges Amt, Ministère Fédéral des Affaires Étrangères
keywords: German, Germany, government, politics, political

Other languages available on terminology-related pages

To find parallel texts, search for a page using the site's search engine, open a new window (CTRL-N), then change DE, EN & FR in the URL.

The site covers a wide variety of subjects.

At http://www.auswaertiges-amt.de/www/de/infoservice/terminologie
You can find:
- Official titles of the Federal President and the Federal Government (23 languages)
- Official titles of the Länder of the Federal Republic of Germany
- Official German titles in four languages (German, English, French,
Spanish)
- Classes of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany in
five languages (German, French, English, Spanish, Russian)
- Register of country names
- Organigram of the Federal Foreign Office in German, English, French
and Spanish

DE EN FR
Switzerland: Swiss Federal Office for Professional Education and Technology (OPET) keywords: professional education, Swiss, Switzerland, vocational training, university, universities, apprenticeship, colleges, schools

Other names: Bundesamt für Berufsbildung und Technologie (BBT)
Office fédéral de la formation professionnelle et de la technologie (OFFT)
Ufficio federale della formazione professionale e della tecnologia (UFFT)

Click on the small magnifying glass to access the search facility. Remember to tick "Documents dans toutes les langues / Documents de toute l'administration fédérale" before running your search.

To obtain a page in a different language, change the language
code in the URL, e.g.:
German page www.blw.admin.ch/aktuell/medien/d/... would become: www.blw.admin.ch/aktuell/medien/f/... in French.

DE EN FR IT
Switzerland: Authorities of the Swiss Confederation (Admin.ch) keywords: Swiss, Switzerland, Schweiz, Suisse, Svizzera

Information relating to Switzerland. The information offering in English is less extensive than in the three official languages: German, French and Italian.

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Switzerland: Schweiz in Sicht keywords: Switzerland, Svizzera, Suisse, swiss

Information on (almost) anything you ever wanted to know about Switzerland (political system, literature, languages and dialects)

Once you have found a page that you're interested in (by browsing or using the site's search facility - Remember to select your search language first!), just change the language in the URL.

DE EN IT FR  JA RU
Switzerland: Historisches Lexikon der Schweiz (encyclopaedic) Most texts are available in all three languages.

The dictionary covers the different periods of the history of mankind of today's Switzerland from the very beginning in paleolithic times to the most important historical events in the late twentieth century.

Use search engine to locate terms. Select your search language before searching.

DE FR IT
Swiss Review, The magazine for the Swiss abroad keywords: Switzerland, Swiss

Click on the "Swiss Review" image for the search page (before doing so, select the language of your search term).

Wide variety of topics, e.g. health insurance, referendums, education, culture, legislation and many many more.

DE EN ES FR IT
Switzerland:
State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO)
Staatssekretariat für Wirtschaft
Secrétariat d'Etat à l'économie
Segretoriato di Stato dell'economia
keywords: Swiss Switzerland economic economy DE EN FR IT
Names of countries, capitals, currencies etc. (European Union) keywords: currencies, currency, names of countries, country names (full name, short name), capitals, citizens, adjectives

"This list of countries and currencies is intended primarily as a tool for translators working for the European Commission. The designations do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the European Commission concerning the legal status of any country, area or territory or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers."

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Data security

   
Cryptovision keywords: data security, data protection, digital communication, cryptography, network security, digital signatures

Click on Sitemap to get a good overview of the website

Glossaries: EN / DE

DE EN
Electronic Signature Project (Progetto Firma Elettronica) keywords: digital signatures, certification authority

Frequently Asked Questions page in EN / IT
Glossaries: EN / IT

EN IT
Spanish Public Certification Authority keywords: data security, digital signatures, cryptography, encryption

Not all pages are available in both languages, but there is a lot of terminology in ES, including a nice tutorial (click on the image with "www" on it).

To find parallel texts, open two windows (File/New Window or CTRL-N to open a new window), then navigate the two language sections separately.

EN ES
Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat keywords: Public Key Infrastructure, digital signatures, encryption, decryption , data scrambling, unscrambling

In the new digital environment, a Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) ensures that sensitive electronic communications are private and protected from tampering. It provides assurances in the identities of the participants in those transactions, and prevents their later denying participating in the transaction.

Search engine

Pages will generally have a language link, if not make the change in the URL, e.g.

http://www.cio-dpi.gc.ca/...
pki-icp/wrk-w-othrs/...
othr-countr/forum/forumpr_e.asp

will become:

http://www.cio-dpi.gc.ca/...
pki-icp/wrk-w-othrs/
othr-countr/forum/forumpr_f.asp

The site also has two glossaries (French / English).

EN FR

Electrical

   

Electronic

   
Teleindustriale keywords: electrical and electronic material, connectors, wires, cables, automation, printed circuit board applications

Colour photographs.

EN IT

Electronic commerce

   
Industry Canada, Strategis keywords: Electronic commerce in Canada, e-commerce, data security

Canada's Electronic Commerce Strategy; various initiatives which are helping make Canada a world leader in the adoption and use of electronic commerce, working in close collaboration with the private sector.

Search Engine: Fr / En

Pages generally have a language link.

FR EN

Education

   
Eurydice, The Information Network on Education in Europe

(home page)
keywords: education, schools, certifications, certificates, educational institutions

On the homepage you can click on Search and use the site's search engine to locate pages containing your keyword. Then simply change the language as appropriate in the URL to obtain the page in another language.

Example:

http://www.eurydice.org/documents/
second/pt/uk2secpt.htm    (Portuguese)

http://www.eurydice.org/documents/
second/
it/uk2secit.htm
  (Italian)

NOTE: changes to both directory name (/pt/) and file name (uk2secpt.htm) in this case.

Main Euro-
pean langua-
ges
Eurybase (Eurydice) The Information Database on Education Systems in Europe

Select the country that you are interested in and the language of the term that you wish to translate.

Under each country section there are two search functions (Free text search, Keyword search), with which you can search for a keyword in a specifc country section.

Example: It>En translation of "dottorato di ricerca":

  1. Click on "It" near Italian flag;
  2. Click on "Free text search";
  3. Enter your term & click on "Add text to query";
  4. On the right, select the country section that you would like to search and the language of your term (here: "Italy (It)") & click on Execute;
  5. Locate your term on the page that appears on the left by clicking in an empty location at the top of the page and pressing CTRL-F (enter text "dottorato di ricerca");
  6. Make a note of the section containing your term (here: "6.3.4.2.");
  7. Now select the other language in the search engine on the right (here: "Italy (En)") and click on Execute;
  8. Go to the same section as above to find the translation of your term ("research doctorate").

With Keyword search:

  1. Select the language of the term that you are looking for;
  2. Select your term from the list & click on "Select keyword"
  3. Select the country (and language of your term) in the box on the right;
  4. Click on "Execute".
  5. To find translation, change "country (lang.)" setting.
Many lang. pairs, mostly incl. En

Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC)

   
PMM keywords: EMC, electromagnetic compatibility, field probe, electric field, magnetic field

Product specifications available in pdf format in both English and Italian. The whole Website is bilingual

EN IT

Energy

   
SwissEnergy keywords: energy, electricity, geothermal energy, nuclear, biomass, hydropower, solar power, wood, wind energy

SwissEnergy is a Swiss federal government programme for the promotion of renewable energy and more efficient use of energy. It involves the collaboration of the cantons and of a great many local authorities as well as the private sector, and various environmentalist and consumer groups. SwissEnergy is the follow-up to the Energy 2000 Action Programme and like it will have a duration of 10 years."

Once you have found a page that you are interested in (enter your term in the search box by replacing the word "Suchen"), the language links at the top will take you to the same text in another language (if available).

The site also has links to interesting energy-related websites.

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European Union

   
Europa - The European Union On-Line (home) European Union affairs and legislation currently in force or under discussion.

Covers a wide variety of fields.

Documents: HTML, PDF, DOC and more

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IDEA IDEA is an electronic database which comprises the directories of the various European Union institutions.

Search by organizational entities, individual names, following the herarchical ranking, choosing the pdf version of the brochure grouped by institution.

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RAPID Database containing all the press releases of the Commission since 1985, the great majority in at least two languages (EN, FR). It also contains press releases of some of the other European Institutions, particularly the Council of the Union. DA DE EL EN ES FI FR IT NL PT SV
Council of the European Union - Register of Council documents (simple search)

(home)

The Register contains references of Council documents. Those documents released to the public are available directly as full text.
(advanced search)
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Scadplus (home) Policies and working of the European Union.

Select the language of the word that you are looking for BEFORE beginning your search!

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Prelex Database on inter-institutional procedures. It monitors the major stages of the decision-making process between the Commission and the other institutions (European Parliament, Council, Economic and Social Committee, Committee of the Regions, etc.). DA DE EL EN ES FI FR IT NL PT SV
CORDIS - The Community Research and Development Information Service (home)

(Search web pages / databases)

Free service provided by the European Commission's Innovation/SMEs programme. CORDIS offers access to a wide range of information on EU research and innovation development activities. DE EN ES FR IT
European Parliament Fact Sheets Fields covered:
  • How the European Community works
  • Citizens' Europe
  • The single market
  • Common policies
  • Economic and monetary union
  • The Union's external relations

 

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Debates of the European Parliament keywords: speeches, statements, declarations

Search by speaker & year

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Finance

   
The Euro (European Central Bank) keywords: Euro, European currency, banknotes, coins, security features

Euro banknotes & coins, Getting ready for the euro, Information for organisations, Children's zone, Background to the euro, News and events, Partners' area

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The Euro (European Union) keywords: Euro, European currency, banknotes, coins, security features

Click on "Contents" to view the Site Map.

Spelling of the words "euro" and "cent" in the official Community languages - to be used when drawing up Community Legislative acts. Example:
English: 1 euro, 1 cent, 100 euro, 100 cent (without the "s") (although the website does use "euros" and "cents" in its texts)
Italian: 1 euro, 1 cent, 100 euro, 100 cent
German: 1 Euro, 1 Cent, 100 Euro, 100 Cent

Official abbreviation in all languages: EUR

Pictures of coins

The search facility doesn't seem to be working (yet?), but you could probably use the EU's main search facility and add the word "euro", if necessary, to narrow down your search.

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UBS - Union Bank of Switzerland

(home)

keywords: finance, private banking, investment funds, asset management, e-banking

Documents: HTML, PDF and more

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Swiss National Bank

Schweizerische Nationalbank
Banque Nationale Suisse
Banca Nazionale Svizzera
Banca Naziunala Svizra
Swiss National Bank

keywords: bank, banking, finance, financial, monetary policy, banknotes, statistics, clearing, interest rates

Both a sitemap and a search facility are provided. When using the search facility, you will need to make sure you are on, say, the German page before searching for a German term. It would appear that searches are restricted to pages in the same language as the page from which you run a search.

The site also has three monolingual glossaries, one in each language.

DE EN FR
Swiss Banking (Swiss Bankers Association) keywords: banking, bank, financial, double tax treaty, treaties

Examples: Double tax treaty CH-USA:
http://www.swissbanking.org/...

en/067293361_de.pdf

http://www.swissbanking.org/...

en/067293361_it.pdf

http://www.swissbanking.org/...

en/067293361_fr.pdf

DE EN FR (some texts avai-
lable in others, too)
Deutsche Bundesbank keywords: banking, finance, financial

Use Search to find documents containing your keyword. Open a document whose URL suggests that the page exists in the other language, too. Use quotation marks for phrases (e.g. "exchange rate"). Change URL to view translation:

Example 1:

http://www.bundesbank.de/lzb-h/de/
publikationen/pdf/aufgaben_e.pdf

     becomes:
http://www.bundesbank.de/lzb-h/de/
publikationen/pdf/aufgaben_d.pdf

Sometimes you will need to do a bit of navigation:

Example 2:

http://www.bundesbank.de/en/monatsbericht/
bericht01/02/capital.htm

- Cut URL back to: http://www.bundesbank.de/
- Click on Monatsbericht
- Click on Monatsbericht Januar 2002
  (Right click on page & select Properties to view file name:
  http://www.bundesbank.de/de/
monatsbericht/inhalt.htm
)

- Find the link to the page in question
(http://www.bundesbank.de/...
en/monatsbericht/
bericht01/02/capital.htm
)

- Open new browser window
- Switch to English
- Click on Monthly Report
- Click on Monthly Report January 2002
(Right click on page & select Properties to view file name:
http://www.bundesbank.de/...
en/monatsbericht/
bericht01/02/inhalt.htm
)
- Find the link to the corresponding page
(http://www.bundesbank.de/...
de/monatsbericht/
bericht01/02/kapitalverkehr.htm
)

DE EN
Swiss Interbank Clearing keywords: clearing, settlement, finance, financial, banking

If you can't see the language links at the bottom left of the page, click and drag your mouse down in the frame on the left.

The site has a search facility

Find pages in other languages by making changes in the URL, e.g.
http://www.sic.ch/en/index.html?...
http%3A//www.sic.ch/en/c5_3_1.htm

change "en" to "de" or "fr"

DE EN FR
Deutsche Börse keywords: stock exchange, shares, securities, investing, investment, financial

Search facility available (click on Suche/Search). Select the correct language before searching for a keyword. Once you have found a document containing your keyword:

  • Open it;
  • Right-click on the document and select "Properties" to view the page's URL;
  • Select the entire URL (you may need to scroll with your mouse);
  • Copy the URL by right-clicking & selecting "Copy";
  • Open a new browser window (CTRL-N or File/New Window);
  • Paste into address bar and make the necessary changes:

Example: EN>DE derivatives market
http://deutsche-boerse.com/ir/dbag/
unternehmen_eurex.php?lang=en

   becomes:
http://deutsche-boerse.com/ir/dbag/
unternehmen_eurex.php?lang=de

DE EN
Wienerbörse keywords: stock exchange, bourse, stock market, finance, financial, derivatives

A search box on the right ("allgemeine Suche") allows you to search the website for keywords. Once you have found a document, switch between languages by changing "1" to "2" or vice versa in the URL as shown in the example below:

http://www.wienerboerse.at/cms/1/40/111/1
becomes
http://www.wienerboerse.at/cms/2/40/111/1

The site also has a Börselexikon

DE EN
The Canadian Depository for Securities Limited (CDS) keywords: securities, finance, financial, capital markets, settlement, equities, EN FR
Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants keywords: accounting

Language link at bottom of page

EN FR
Montréal Exchange, Bourse de Montréal keywords: exchange, finance, financial market, derivatives, options, futures EN FR
Leipzig Power Exchange keywords: trading, stock exchange, finance, financial, securities, futures market, clearing

Also: glossary in German and one in English

DE EN ES FR IT
Copernicus Initiative for Economic Promotion of Canton Ticino

Copernico - Iniziativa di promozione economica del Cantone Ticino

Kopernikusinitiative als Massnahme zur Wirtschaftsförderung im Kanton Tessin

keywords: tax incentives, fiscal, economy, economic, business

Source: Department of Finance and Economy (DFE) of the canton of Ticino / Dipartimento delle finanze e dell'economia (DFE) del Cantone Ticino / Finanz- und Volkswirtschaftsdepartement (DFE) des Kantons Tessin

"The Department of Finance and Economy (DFE) of Canton Ticino, through its Office for Economic Promotion (Ufficio della promozione economica - UPE), has undertaken an initiative of economic promotion named "Copernicus", aimed at improving the Canton's visibility abroad, increasing the awareness of investment potential in Ticino, and fostering new installations on the cantonal territory."

DE EN IT

Food & Drink

   
Food and Agriculture Organization

(or here)

EN, ES, FR documents are identified with: e, f, s in the url.

Topics:

Administration and Legislation
Agriculture Machinery and Engineering
Agriculture in General
Animal Production
Economics Development and Rural Sociology
Education, Extension and Information
Fishery and Aquaculture
Forestry
Geography and History
Human Nutrition
Methodology
Natural Resource and Environment
Plant Protection
Plant Science and Production
Pollution
Postharvest Technology
Processing of Agricultural Products

EN ES FR AR
Vegetable Inspection Manuals by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) keywords: food, eating
  1. Search for a document containing your keyword
  2. Open a new window with the same page open (CTRL-N)
  3. Click on the English/French link at the top of the page to obtain the same document in the other language
EN FR
Le Palais des Thés keywords: Tea, teas, drink, drinks

Subjects include: history, tradition, symbolism, tea-growing countries, main categories of tea, tasting, ceremonies, virtues of tea.
The site also has a monolingual glossary in each language.

DE EN FR

Health

   
Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Organización
Panamericana de la Salud (OPS)
International public health agency with over 90 years' experience in working to improve health and living standards of the countries of the Americas. It also serves as the Regional Office for the Americas of the World Health Organization and enjoys international recognition as part of the United Nations system.

Documents available mainly in EN & ES, some also in FR & PT.

Advanced seach or Full-text search:

Searchable resources include:

Announcements (meetings, conferences, etc.)
Books (scientific publications, technical papers, etc.)
Catalogs (library online catalog, etc.)
Databases (AGING, LACHSS, etc.)
Press Releases
Policy Documents (policy documents, etc.)
Periodical Publications (journals, bulletins, etc.)
Speeches (speeches from the director, etc.)
Technical Documents (situations reports, technical documents, etc.)
Training/Learning Material (distance learning courses, training
materials, etc.)

EN ES FR PT
World Health Organization (WHO)

(home)

  EN ES FR
KBV Krankenkasse keywords: krankenkasse, cassa malati, caisse-maladie, health insurance, healthcare insurance

Not all pages are available in EN. The brochures, statutes etc. provide some useful terminology. If you have a pdf file open, to switch languages change the language designations in the URL (directory & file name): de/it/fr or d/i/f etc.

DE EN FR IT

Instructions for use & technical manuals

keywords: owner's manuals, owners manuals, operating instructions, bedienungsanleitungen, service manuals, instructions for use, user manuals, users manuals, users' manuals  
LG Electronics Complete with illustrations!

Products:

TV
TVCR
VCR
DVD Player
Audio Systems
Portable Audio
Mini Cassette
Monitor
CD-ROM
CD-RW

DVD-ROM
PC Camera
Microwave Oven
Refrigerator
Washing Machine
Dishwasher
Bread Maker
Vacuum Cleaner
Air Conditioner
  1. Select a country.
  2. On that country's website, select Product Support/Owner's Manuals (in local language; usually second button at top left).
  3. Find a manual: you don't have to specify a model, leave the field blank. Hit Search.
  4. Open a second browser window and go back to original url
  5. Select another country and search in the same way (On some websites, several languages are available - e.g. NL EN DE on German website, ES PT EN on Spanish and Brazilian websites - and many of the models are then available in all of the languages present).
  6. With the two windows open, run through the two lists of products and look for a model present on both pages. Download or view the two and use them as parallel texts.

Example: German/French VCR terminology:

1) Search DE site: -> select: "Monitor" from list
2) Search FR site: -> select: "Monitor" from list

Finds for example Monitor 99G(CS991D-EP):
FR page / DE page

DE EN ES FR IT PT and many more
Nokia manuals Product descriptions (html) and manuals (pdf) are available in both languages.

Ways to search:

  • Select a phone model (to view a short description (html page)).
  • Open a new page (CTRL-N).
  • Click on French/English link at top of page (to view page in other language).
    -------
  • Select a phone model ("Download pdf file").
  • Open a new page (CTRL-N).
  • To change language, simply replace "english" with "french" or vice versa in the URL.
    -------
  • Search the site for a page containing your keyword ("Search www.nokia.ca"). This search does not appear to look at the pdf manuals.
  • Open a new page (CTRL-N).
  • Click on French/English link at top of page (to view the page in the other language)

The News pages are generally in English only

EN FR
Panasonic mobile phones

GD35, GD52, GD93, GD92, GD95

keywords: telephones, natel, handy, cell phones, cellular phones, telefoni cellulari, telefono cellulare

Operating instructions, pdf format; illustrations

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Alcatel OneTouch User Manuals pdf format; illustrations DA DE EN ES FI FR IT NL NO SV
Acer scanner manuals pdf format; illustrations EN FR DE IT ES
COMPAQ Laser Printer LNC02 Documentation pdf format; illustrations EN FR DE IT ES
Compaq Microcom user manuals installation guides; pdf format, illustrations EN FR DE IT ES
Samsung M6000 Manuals pdf format; illustrations EN DE FI FR IT SV
Electrolux user manuals pdf format; illustrations EN Australian EN DA DE ES FI FR IT NL NO SV
MINOLTA-QMS, Inc. Color and Black & White Laser Printers - User's Manuals pdf format; illustrations EN DE FR ES IT JA PT
Aspect Medical Systems Printer Manuals, Clinical Brochures, Sales Brochures, A-2000 Manuals; pdf format; illustrations DE EN ES FR IT NL PT SV
Bodum Not all product documentation available in all languages; Main language: English EN DA DE ES IT NL PT SV
Allen-Bradley/Rockwell Automation (illustrated) keywords: automation, electrical, electronics, engineering, industrial, software, manuals in pdf format

Search for your keyword (after selecting the language of your keyword) or else click on language links under "Global Libraries".

Once you have found an interesting page, open a new window and change the URL as follows:

Example:

http://www.ab.com/manuals/io/1769/
1769-in028a-en-p.pdf
(English text)
(if extra text appears after ".pdf" at the end, delete it.)
     becomes:
http://www.ab.com/manuals/it/io/1769/
1769-in028a-it-p.pdf
(Italian text)
(-> changes to: directory name & file name)

Fields:

Application Systems
Communication Networks
CompactLogix System
Computer Numeric Control
ControlLogix System
Control Processors
Drives
Push Buttons, Pilot Lights,
and Control Tower Stack Lights
Electronic Operator Interface
FlexLogix System
General Information
General Motion Control
Industrial Computers
Information Processors
Intelligent Sensing
I/O
Motor Control Centers
Motor Starters & Contactors
Open Automation
Power & Energy Management
ProcessLogix System
Relays and Timers
Safety
Sensors
SoftLogix5800 Controller
Allen-Bradley Software
Rockwell Software
Terminal Blocks
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Insurance

   
AON Corporation keywords: insurance, reinsurance, banking, financial, finance

Once you have found a page that you are interested in (using the search facility), unfortunately it's not all that easy. What you need to do is first identify where you are on the site. After that, open a new browser window (CTRL-N or File/New Window), go to the home page and select a country speaking your target language and browse to the same location on that website.
You will notice that the names of the pages (the words in the address bar) are in all sorts of languages, so you can't just change the language codes).

BUT:
On some local websites there is more than one language to choose from. For example for Switzerland you have German, English and French. In that case things can be simpler - providing a common language is used for directory and file names - but you will need to know the language codes used (e.g. "ge" not "de" for German).

MANY

Intellectual property

   
World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
(home)
  EN ES FR RU AR
European Patent Office keywords: Europe, patents, intellectual property, inventions, copyright, brands, makes, design, trade marks

The search facility does not seem to cover the site's pdf, xls etc. files. These and more are available in the download section:

- - - - -

Search interface for the Official Journal EPO (select the language of your search)

Once you have found and opened a document containing your keyword, a
link at the bottom of the page saying " View/download the original
issued article in the 3 languages in PDF format" allows you to view
the parallel texts side by side (example)

- - - - -

The site also has links to patent databases, legal texts and many more other useful resources  (some multilingual), including
Espacenet, a free searchable online patent database with over 30 million documents, including drawings (EPO member states and worldwide database).

Example: UK patent application for Polydron

DE EN FR
IDDN keywords: internet, copyright, intellectual property, author's rights, IDDN, Interdeposit Digital Number

Information and steps for having a number assigned to a digital work.

EN ES FR DE

International Organizations

   
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) keywords: economic, economy, forms of government

"The OECD groups 30 member countries sharing a commitment to democratic government and the market economy. With active relationships with some 70 other countries, NGOs and civil society, it has a global reach. Best known for its publications and its statistics, its work covers economic and social issues from macroeconomics, to trade, education, development and science and innovation. ..."

Topics include: Ageing Society, Agriculture, Food and Fisheries, Biotechnology, Competition and Regulatory Reform, Corporate Governance, Corruption, Development, Education, Electronic Commerce, Emerging and Transition Economies, Employment, Energy, Enterprise, Industry and Services, Environment, Finance and Investment, Food Safety, Future Studies, Growth, Health, Information and Communication Technologies, Insurance and Pensions, International Migration, Macroeconomics, Money Laundering, Public Governance and Management, Science and Innovation, Social Issues, Statistics Portal, Sustainable Development, Taxation, Territorial Economy, Trade, Transport

Search facility: If available in both languages, pages are usually listed next to one another. You can restrict your search to specific topics.

If you find a page that you would like in the other language but can't find it, note the page's title, then search for the most relevant keywords from the title using the website's search engine. E.g. title: Bribery Convention: Implementation Report Switzerland => Search for: Bribery Convention Switzerland

Search results will list the documents in both languages if available.

If html/xml pages are available in the other language, a link is generally provided at the bottom of the page.

Alternatively, browse the website in parallel in both languages.
The "Documention" link at the top is a good place to start and is the best way of finding parallel texts whose URLs contain no indication of their language.

Example of pages:
Public management profile in English (structure of political system):
http://www.oecd.org/pdf/...

M00004000/M00004123.pdf

Public management profile in French:
http://www.oecd.org/pdf/...

M00025000/M00025089.pdf

EN FR (some texts in other langua-
ges, too)

Labour

   
International Labour Organization Standards and fundamental principles and rights at work.

Database with search engine.

EN ES FR

Law

keywords: legge, leggi, law, recht, legal  
Eur-Lex (home) The portal to European law: Legislation in force in the European Union. Covers:
  • treaties
  • official journal
  • legislation in force
  • legislation in preparation

Documents: HTML, PDF

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Swiss Federal Law (or here)

Systematische Sammlung des Bundesrechts, Recueil Systematique du Droit Federal, Raccolta sistematica del diritto federale

Official site of the Swiss Government. Contains all federal laws with a search engine searching by law number. Free of charge at the moment. Texts can be viewed in html format or in pdf format (readable with acrobat reader) having its original structure and pagination. The database contains the Constitution, laws, ordinances in French, German, Italian.

Select your search language before a full-text search.

DE FR IT
Schweizer Gesetzetexte  (or here) Swiss law. Not all texts are available in all languages; Generally speaking, if you find a text in Italian or French it will also be available in German. Not always true the other way round.

Click on Volltextsuche in the menu at the top of the page first.

Parallel texts are on the same page if available.

DE FR IT
Switzerland's Constitution (English)

(uni-wuerzburg.de)

Constitution of the Swiss Confederation (the English is on a different website).

German, French, Italian, English

DE EN FR IT
Switzerland's Constitution

(admin.ch)

German, Italian, French DE IT FR
Italy's Constitution (or here) Constitution of Italy in Italian(1) / Italian(2) / English IT EN
Germany's Constitution (English)

(German & French)

Constitution of Germany (English and German are on different websites). DE EN FR
France's Constitution (or here) (English)

(French, Spanish, German)

Constitution of France (English and French are on different websites). DE EN ES FR
Bernische Systematische Gesetzes-
sammlung
(BELEX)
Gesetzetexte. Recueil systématique des lois bernoises DE FR
Steuerverwaltung des Kantons Bern keywords: taxes, steuer

Intendance des impôts du canton de Berne

Search for a page containing your keyword, then modify the URL to change language.

DE FR
German Law Archive Click on Search to begin search.

Cases, statutes and literature on German Law in the English language. Keywords such as names of laws and main legal terms are available in both languages.

(Institute of European and Comparative Law of the University of Oxford."

Note: Mostly you will find translations of technical terms; sometimes entire parallel texts.

DE EN
Juris International keywords:   legal texts, treaties, contracts, clauses

Multilingual collection of legal information on international trade: International legal instruments (treaties, protocols etc., incl. WTO, OHADA, electronic commerce), contracts (model clauses and drafting guides) etc.

Search facility available.

EN ES FR
Simons Law: The European Legal Journal To search for terminology, go to Google and enter your keyword as
follows: "your keyword" site:www.simons-law.com

Note: "..." if your keyword is a phrase

Then change language in URL:

Example: It>De
Italian becomes German (mouse over these links and look at complete URL that appears in your status bar: changes in two places)
DE EN IT
Berkemeyer Attorneys and Counselors keywords: procura, vollmacht, power of attorney

See Forms.

DE EN ES FR IT PT

Literature

   
Various literary texts (Guidi Online Translation, Ercole Guidi, Canada) keywords: parallel texts, bilingual texts, translations, literary, books, testi a fronte

English original texts with Italian translations and vice versa.

Go to "English/Italian" or "Italian/English" half way down the page; Click on name of book then on "contents" or "page 1" etc. at bottom of page to view parallel texts. The texts on this website might be of interest to translation teachers.

EN IT

Logistics

   
Atlet keywords: Logistics, trucks, fork-lift, hand pallet trucks, lifters, pickers, stackers, warehouse, storage, illustrated, animated

Navigate different languages in two separate browser windows (File/New Window) - unfortunately the site does not appear to have its own search engine. Pictures & animations illustrate how different trucks work (select language then click on link! For English: http://www.atlet.com/eng/working.htm).

DE EN FR NL NO SV

Medical

   
Swiss Medicament Compendium keywords: medicaments, illnesses, medical expressions, chemical components, medicine, drugs

Hundreds of parallel texts (package inserts) in DE and FR. Searching by keywords (illness, body part, chemical component) will show you the full text of all medicaments related to that keyword. By simply changing the "f" to "d" or vice versa in the address bar, you can switch between the French and German text. The translations of these package inserts are known to be of high quality because they must be approved by a regulatory office. It is therefore a valuable text corpus.

DE FR
Metal    
Industria Italiana Arteferro keywords: metal, metals, wrought iron, steel, spears and points, grills, handrails

Includes illustrations of products

DE EN ES FR IT

Mission statement (company credo)

   
Johnson & Johnson keywords: company statement, credo, mission statement

Click on regions below "Credo" in navigation menu on left of page to obtain other languages.

MANY

Nature

   
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora CITES is an international agreement between governments. Its aim is to ensure that international trade in specimens of wild animals and plants does not threaten their survival. Documents include: convention, appendices, reservations, resolutions, decisions among others.

Search the site with the website's own search engine.

Includes a multilingual species database (fauna/flora)

EN FR ES

News

   
Le Monde diplomatique keywords: newspapers, newspaper articles, politics

Click on a website that has articles in your source language. Use the site's search engine to find articles containing your keyword. Once you have found an article containing your keyword, the best way to locate the translation in your target language is to search the target language website using very specific words such as, for example, names of persons (author of article, politicians etc.), which remain the same. Adding the date in your search criteria is also useful (make sure to follow the correct format, e.g. "october 2001" for English website).

Examples of parallel texts: Italian / French / German / English

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bian) SV (Swe-
dish)
Project Syndicate keywords: newspapers, news analysis, commentaries, magazines, politics

"Project Syndicate is an international association of quality newspapers devoted to bringing distinguished voices from across the world to local audiences everywhere and strengthening the independence of printed media in transition and developing countries as well as upgrading their journalistic, editorial, and business capacities. Project Syndicate now consists of 164 newspapers in 86 countries, with a total circulation of over 29,362,183 copies..."

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Packaging

   
Cyklop Packaging Systems keywords: packaging tools and machines for box closing, bundling and securing of unit loads; packing materials, steel strapping, plastic strapping, tying, taping, stapling, wrapping, palletising

Click on Products/Produkte or Sitemap for overview of website.

DE EN
Kontrelmec keywords: packaging machinery, rewinders, sheeters, embossing machines, printing presses, laminating and coating machines, automation engineering and control, graphic design, transport and manipulation of all types of film, foils, papers and plastics, industrial machinery

Use the site's search facility to locate keywords, and the sitemap ("mapa") to locate equivalent pages, or simply navigate the site. All languages available on homepage.

CA EN ES FR IT PT
Simionato Packaging Systems keywords: Packaging machinery, product weighing, dosing, packaging and handling

Navigate the site to locate parallel texts.

IT EN ES
Italia Imballaggio keywords: materials, products, machinery, equipment, marketing, design, industry, management, environment, legislation EN IT

Pharmaceu-
tical

   
Aventis keywords: pharmaceutical products, medical, medicine, drugs, health, illness, disease, diseases

See language links at bottom of page.
"Aventis is a world leader in the discovery, development and marketing of innovative pharmaceutical products. [.] Our core business comprises activities in prescription drugs and human vaccines as well as the 50% equity interest in the animal health business Merial, a 50-50 joint venture with Merck & Co. [.] Aventis was formed in 1999 by the business combination of Hoechst AG and Rhône-Poulenc S.A.[.] "

The site also features a magazine available in the three languages:

Future - The Aventis Magazine

E.g. Article on polio (see how the URL changes...): English, German, French

DE EN FR

Post office

keywords: mail, post  
Swiss Post Office Use the site's search engine to locate pages containing your keyword (before you do so, select the correct language!), open a page and then click on the language links to view translations. DE FR IT

Psychology

   
International Society for Gestalt theory and its Applications keywords: psychology, Gestalt theory, logic, therapy

Gesellschaft für Gestalttheorie und ihre Anwendungen - Société pour la théorie de la Gestalt et ses applications - Associazione della Teoria della Gestalt e delle sue applicazioni

Search facility available

Example: Gestalt theory (DE/EN)
For German text, click on language link.

DE EN FR IT

Skin care

   
Skin Care Forum, Cognis Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG keywords: skin care, safety at the workplace, work place, nails, hands, arms, hair, sun care, safety and environment, cosmetic ingredients, cosmetic products, legislation

The site is organized into "issues", with detailed illustrations.

DE EN
Institute for Dermopharmacy GmbH keywords: dermopharmacy, skin, skin care, experiments, dermocosmetics, hands, arms, hair, sun care, cosmetic ingredients, cosmetic products, legislation

Similar to website above.

DE EN

Standards

keywords: standards, standardization  
International Electrotechnical Vocabulary (IEV) by the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) keywords: electrical, electronics, standards, standardization

The IEV database contains some 18 500 electrotechnical concepts divided into 73 subject areas. Each concept contains equivalent terms in English, French and German; some include a definition in English and French.

Set your search language and enter your keyword.

EN FR DE
International Organization for Standardization (ISO) Searching is restricted to titles of standards.

Select your search language (link at the top of page); Search for a keyword or phrase; Once you have located your term in the correct context, click on the French or English language link at the top of the page to view the translation of the title of the standard in question in the other language.

NOTE: To obtain more results, select "Both" at the bottom of the page (published standards and standards under development)

The scope of ISO is not limited to any particular branch; it covers all technical fields except electrical and electronic engineering, which is the responsibility of IEC.

EN FR

Steel

   
Ulbrich Stainless Steels & Special Metals keywords: steel, metal, stainless steel, sheet metal, metal bars, shaped and flat wire

The site also has:
- a monolingual EN glossary (Click on Resources/Glossary):
http://www.ulbrich.com/resources/...
glossary/a.html

- an EN/IT bilingual glossary (Click on Italian flag/Terminologia Tecnica):
http://www.ulbrich.com/international/...
italian/glossary/glossary.html
.

The site is not enormous but worth a look.
No search facility.

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darin RU UK

Style guides

   
Gnome/Sun microsystems keywords: style, grammar, stylistic, grammatical

Sun style guides for translation of software-application-related texts into various languages (with reference to English source text). It is not a website with parallel texts in the strictest sense, although you can find some useful SW application terminology by comparing style guides in different languages.

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Telecommu-
nications

   
Motorola keywords: phones, telephones, accessories, user manuals, terms of business

To find page in different language, select the country where the language is spoken.

MULTI

Tools

   
Atlas Copco / AEG Power Tools keywords: industrial and electric tools, industrial equipment, compressors, generators, construction and mining, jig saws, grinders, demolition hammers, drills, woodworking, operation manuals, user manuals

Browse to the product area that you are interested in, locate the pdf files and then open. The different languages are all on the same page. (on some pages, the link you need to follow is called "technical literature"). Not all pages contain all of the various languages offered on this site.
Exploded views show the many different components.
Good pages to begin browsing: here and here.

Sample page: (jig saw)

DE DK EN ES FI FR IT NL PT SV etc.

Tourism

   
MySwitzerland keywords: tourism transport transportation travel traveling travelling holidays vacations Switzerland Swiss

To select a language, select a country speaking the language.

Example:

Dutch:
http://nl.myswitzerland.com/du/nav... (mouse over this link and look at complete URL that appears in your status bar...)

To change the language of a page, select a country speaking your target language: to find, say, the French page, Select France then search for a term that is bound to remain the same (e.g. 2800 from the phrase "1500 tot 2800 m")

French:
http://fr.myswitzerland.com/fr/nav...

The id. no. of the page in the other language unfortunately does not remain the same, so you can't just change the language codes in the URL.

There are probably more pages available in DE, EN, FR and IT.

For some of the countries, the language of the country is not available and English is offered instead: they may become available in the future.

DE EN FR IT NL ES etc.

Trade

   
Organization of American States - SICE - Foreign Trade
Information System
keywords: anti-dumping, competition policy, dispute settlement, electronic commerce, intellectual property rights, trade, articles, studies, speeches EN ES FR PT

Typography

   
Heidelberg keywords: printing equipment, print, printers, offset, film, packaging, labels, newspapers, print media

"Heidelberg offers open and scalable solutions for all the challenges in the print media industry. For family businesses as well as for large industrial plants, for prepress specialists as well as for print finishers. Heidelberg is there for you at each stage of the process with state-of-the-art products and services.."

Use the sitemap to find your way around.

DE EN

Wine

   
Villa Ile keywords: wine, viticulture, vineyard

Different Italian wines with technical descriptions in three
languages.

DE EN IT

Woodworking

   
Catalogue of the Biennial World Exhibition for Woodworking Technology keywords: wood, woodworking

Language codes used in URLs: German: ted/D, Spanish: spa/S, English: eng/E, Italian: ita/I, French: fra/F

Example:
http://www.xylexpo.com/ted/catalogo/
cat_el_sottocat.asp?lang=D&parent=35


becomes:
http://www.xylexpo.com/ita/catalogo/

cat_el_sottocat.asp?lang=I&parent=35


DE EN ES FR IT

 

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