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Miscellaneous |
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| 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) | 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: 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:
Main languages of parallel texts: DE, EN. Some IT pages are also available in DE and
EN. |
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 |
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| Loctite Adhesives and Sealants - Loctite Worldwide Design Handbook (English) | 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] To find parallel texts: 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 |
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| 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". |
DE EN FR IT | ||
| Technofrigo | keywords: air conditioning, refrigeration, compressors, cold, cooling, cool, cryotechnology, condensing units, product catalogue | EN IT | ||
Astronomy |
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| 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. |
DE EN ES FR PT | ||
Bible |
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| 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!) |
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| 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: 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 |
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| 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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(Brazi- lian) RU TR |
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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 |
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| 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. |
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) 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 |
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. |
EN DE IT FR RM | ||
| 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) |
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 |
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| Cryptovision | keywords: data
security, data protection, digital communication, cryptography, network security, digital
signatures Click on Sitemap to get a good overview of the website |
DE EN | ||
| Electronic Signature Project (Progetto Firma Elettronica) | keywords: digital
signatures, certification authority Frequently Asked Questions page in 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). |
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. Pages will generally have a language link, if not make the change in the URL, e.g. will become: http://www.cio-dpi.gc.ca/... |
EN FR | ||
Electrical |
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Electronic |
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| Teleindustriale | keywords: electrical and electronic
material, connectors, wires, cables, automation, printed circuit board applications Colour photographs. |
EN IT | ||
Electronic commerce |
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| 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. Pages generally have a language link. |
FR EN | ||
Education |
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| 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/ NOTE: changes to both directory name (/pt/) and file name (uk2secpt.htm) in this case. |
Main Euro- pean langua- ges |
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| 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":
With Keyword search:
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Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) |
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| 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 |
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| 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." |
DE EN FR IT | ||
European Union |
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| 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) |
DA DE EL EN ES FI FR IT NL PT SV IR | ||
| Scadplus (home) | Policies and working of the European Union. Select the language of the word that you are looking for BEFORE beginning your search! |
DA DE EL EN ES FI FR IT NL PT SV | ||
| 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) | 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:
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| Debates of the European Parliament | keywords: speeches,
statements, declarations Search by speaker & year |
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Finance |
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| 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 |
DA DE EL EN ES FI FR IT NL PT SV | ||
| 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: 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. |
DA DE EL EN ES FI FR IT NL PT SV | ||
| UBS
- Union Bank of Switzerland (home) |
keywords: finance,
private banking, investment funds, asset management, e-banking Documents: HTML, PDF and more |
EN DE FR IT | ||
| Swiss National
Bank Schweizerische Nationalbank |
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: |
DE EN FR (some texts avai- lable in others, too) |
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| 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/ Sometimes you will need to do a bit of navigation: Example 2: http://www.bundesbank.de/en/monatsbericht/ - Cut URL back to: http://www.bundesbank.de/ - Open new browser window |
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. |
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:
Example: EN>DE derivatives market |
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 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 |
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| Food and Agriculture Organization (or here) |
EN, ES, FR documents are identified with:
e, f, s in the url. Topics: |
EN ES FR AR | ||
| Vegetable Inspection Manuals by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) | keywords: food,
eating
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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. |
DE EN FR | ||
Health |
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| 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: |
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:
Example: German/French VCR terminology: 1) Search DE site: ->
select: "Monitor" from list |
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:
The News pages are generally in English only |
EN FR | ||
| Panasonic mobile phones | keywords:
telephones, natel, handy, cell phones, cellular phones, telefoni cellulari, telefono
cellulare Operating instructions, pdf format; illustrations |
AR BG CS DA EN ES FI FR DE GR HU IT NO NL NO PL PT RO RU SK SV TT | ||
| 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/
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Insurance |
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| 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. |
MANY | ||
Intellectual property |
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| 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: |
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 |
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| 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. ..." 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. Example of pages: |
EN FR (some texts in other langua- ges, too) |
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Labour |
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| 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:
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). | 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) | Constitution of Germany (English and German are on different websites). | DE EN FR | ||
| France's Constitution (or here) (English) | 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. 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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) |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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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| 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 |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| Simionato Packaging Systems | keywords: Packaging
machinery, product weighing, dosing, packaging and handling Navigate the site to locate parallel texts. |
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| Italia Imballaggio | keywords: materials, products, machinery, equipment, marketing, design, industry, management, environment, legislation | EN IT | ||
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| Aventis | keywords: pharmaceutical
products, medical, medicine, drugs, health, illness, disease, diseases See language
links at bottom of page. E.g. Article on polio (see how the URL changes...): English, German, French |
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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 |
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| 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) |
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Skin care |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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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. |
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| 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. |
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Steel |
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| Ulbrich Stainless Steels & Special Metals | keywords: steel,
metal, stainless steel, sheet metal, metal bars, shaped and flat wire The site
also has: The site is not enormous but worth a look. |
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Style guides |
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| 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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| Motorola | keywords: phones, telephones, accessories,
user manuals, terms of business To find page in different language, select the country where the language is spoken. |
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Tools |
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| 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. Sample page: (jig saw) |
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Tourism |
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| MySwitzerland | keywords: tourism transport transportation
travel traveling travelling holidays vacations Switzerland Swiss To select a language,
select a country speaking the language. 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") |
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Trade |
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| 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 |
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| 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. |
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Wine |
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| Villa Ile | keywords: wine, viticulture,
vineyard Different Italian wines with technical descriptions in three |
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Woodworking |
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| 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 |
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