Multilingual glossaries

Categories:  Multilingual glossaries

Disclaimer: These links are for information purposes only. I do not vouch for the accuracy of the glossaries linked to.

General glossaries

IATE – InterActive Terminology for Europe – European Union (EU languages)
Banque de données terminologique du Service de la langue française du Ministère de la Communauté française de Belgique (French, English, Dutch, German)
CILF (French, German, English, Spanish)
Innsbrucker Termbank Online (German, English, Spanish, French, Italian)
SwissTerms (Official designations of Swiss institutions, associations and groups – German, French, Italian, English)
TEPA term bank – The Finnish Terminology Centre (Finnish, Swedish, English, German, French, Danish, Norwegian, Estonian, Russian, Spanish, Italian, Latin, Dutch, Portuguese)
UNESCOTERM (English, French, Spanish, Arabic, Chinese, Russian)

Law and politics glossaries

Contract of employment – Cologne University of Applied Sciences (French, English, German)
Corpus Juris – European Parliament (French, German, English, Spanish)
Glosario del Estatuto del diputado – European Parliament (French, German, English, Spanish)
Glosario del Estatuto de los funcionarios – European Parliament (French, English, Spanish)
Glosario de los Consejos Europeos – European Parliament (Spanish, French, English, German)
Glosario del Grupo Socialista en el Parlamento Europeo – European Parliament (Spanish, French, English, German)
Intellectual property – Autores Científico-Técnicos y Académicos (French, English, Spanish)
Law and insurance – Estice (French, English, German)
Politics – Estice (French, English, German)
Real estate contracts – European Parliament (French, English, Spanish)
Multilingual legal glossary of equivalences – European Union (EU languages)

Economics and finance glossaries

Accounting – economicas-online.com (Spanish, English, German, French)
Advertising – Autores Científico-Técnicos y Académicos (Spanish, French, English)
Advertising – Cologne University of Applied Sciences (French, German, English)
Budget – European Parliament (French, German, Spanish, English)
Business French – Dictionnaire d’Apprentissage du
Français des Affaires
(French, English, Spanish, Italian, Dutch, German)
Communication – Estice (French, German, English)
Companies – Estice (French, German, English)
E-commerce – Autores Científico-Técnicos y Académicos (Spanish, French, English)
Fairs and congresses – Termcat (Catalan, Spanish, French, Portuguese, English)
Finance – Axone (English, French, German, Italian)
General commerce – Estice (English, French, German)
International commerce – Estice (English, French, German)
Iloterm – International Labour Organization (English, French, Spanish, German, Russian, Chinese, Arabic)
International Monetary Fund (English, French, German, Spanish, Portuguese)
Marketing – marketing.ch (French, German, English)
Statistics – Autores Científico-Técnicos y Académicos (Spanish, French, English)
Stock exchange – Estice (German, French, English)
Tax, banking, finance, administration – Estice (German, French, English)
WTOterm – World Trade Organization (French, English, Spanish)

Medical and health glossaries

Aids – Cologne University of Applied Sciences (French, German, English)
Allergies – Cologne University of Applied Sciences (French, German, English)
Breast cancer – Cologne University of Applied Sciences (French, German, English)
Foot and mouth disease – European Parliament (Spanish, English, French)
Health finance – BKK Bundesverband (English, French, German)
Medicine – Heymans Institute of Pharmacology (Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish)
Rehabilitation and social integration – University of Rennes (Spanish, English, French)

Natural sciences glossaries

Animals – University of Ljubljana (over 50 European languages)
Astronomy – Autores Científico-Técnicos y Académicos (Spanish, French, English)
Biotechnology – Autores Científico-Técnicos y Académicos (Spanish, French, English)
Birds – Mumm (English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Dutch, Russian, Swedish, Latin)
Bryology – Missouri Botanical Garden (Latin, French, German, English, Portuguese, Spanish)
Chemistry – AAFTT (German, French, English)
Entomology – Opie Insectes (German, French, English)
Entomology – beekeeping.org (German, French, English)
Fish – hafro.is (Icelandic, Latin, Norwegian, Danish, German, French, English, Faroese, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian)
Geographical information systems – Autores Científico-Técnicos y Académicos (Spanish, French, English)
Hydrology (Arabic, German, English, French, Spanish, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovenian, Turkish, Chinese)
Meteorology – Autores Científico-Técnicos y Académicos (Spanish, French, English)
Physical and chemical properties – Autores Científico-Técnicos y Académicos (Spanish, French, English)
Termsciences (French, English, Spanish, German)
Topography – Autores Científico-Técnicos y Académicos (Spanish, French, English)
Urban planning – Autores Científico-Técnicos y Académicos (Spanish, French, English)
Urban planning and ecology – Estice (French, German, English)

Arts, humanities and literature glossaries

Art libraries – IFLA (English, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Spanish and Swedish)
Distance learning – Autores Científico-Técnicos y Académicos (Spanish, French, English)
Libraries – Autores Científico-Técnicos y Académicos (Spanish, French, English)
Music – cadenza-org (English, French, German, Serbian)
Open and distance learning – Caliber Net (English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish)
Printing and graphic arts – Autores Científico-Técnicos y Académicos (Spanish, French, English)

Food and beverage glossaries

Cuisine of the Middle East – Termcat (Catalan, Spanish, French, English)
Dairy glossary – Babcock Institute – University of Wisconsin (English, French, Chinese, Spanish)
Gastronomy – Advertising Factory (Italian, English, French, German, Spanish)
Gastronomy – Giuseppe Cranchi (Italian, English, French, German, Spanish, Portuguese)
Japanese cuisine – Termcat (Catalan, Spanish, English, French)
Nutrition – Autores Científico-Técnicos y Académicos (Spanish, French, English)
Sugar – German Association of Sugar Technologists (Czech, Dutch, English, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Spanish, Swedish)

Computer science glossaries

Artificial intelligence – Autores Científico-Técnicos y Académicos (Spanish, French, English)
CD and DVD – Autores Científico-Técnicos y Académicos (Spanish, French, English)
Computer graphics – Autores Científico-Técnicos y Académicos (Spanish, French, English)
Encryption and IT security – Autores Científico-Técnicos y Académicos (Spanish, French, English)
Graphical environment – Autores Científico-Técnicos y Académicos (Spanish, French, English)
Hardware – Autores Científico-Técnicos y Académicos (Spanish, French, English)
Internet and the Web – Autores Científico-Técnicos y Académicos (Spanish, French, English)
Microsoft Language Portal (more than 70 languages)
Multimedia – Autores Científico-Técnicos y Académicos (Spanish, French, English)
Robotics and expert systems – Autores Científico-Técnicos y Académicos (Spanish, French, English)
Software and system engineering – Autores Científico-Técnicos y Académicos (Spanish, French, English)
Virtual reality – Autores Científico-Técnicos y Académicos (Spanish, French, English)

Technical glossaries

Airports – Autores Científico-Técnicos y Académicos (Spanish, French, English)
Cables – Autores Científico-Técnicos y Académicos (Spanish, French, English)
Cars – AAFTT (French, German, English)
Cutting tools – AAFTT (French, German, English)
Electrical settings – Autores Científico-Técnicos y Académicos (Spanish, French, English)
Environment and technology – Autores Científico-Técnicos y Académicos (Spanish, French, English)
Film – Autores Científico-Técnicos y Académicos (Spanish, French, English)
Foundry – AAFTT (German, French, English)
Heating and air conditioning – Autores Científico-Técnicos y Académicos (Spanish, French, English)
Insulation lexicon – eurima.org (English, French, German, Spanish)
International Telecommunications Union (English, French, Spanish, Russian, Chinese, Arabic)
Machines and tools – Autores Científico-Técnicos y Académicos (Spanish, French, English)
Microelectronics – Autores Científico-Técnicos y Académicos (Spanish, French, English)
Mobile phones – Autores Científico-Técnicos y Académicos (Spanish, French, English)
Oil and gas – Autores Científico-Técnicos y Académicos (Spanish, French, English)
Optical fibre – Autores Científico-Técnicos y Académicos (Spanish, French, English)
Optical microscopy – Dyer Laboratories (English, German, French, Spanish)
Optics and lighting – Autores Científico-Técnicos y Académicos (Spanish, French, English)
Petroleum and natural gas – pngis.net (English, Russian, Italian, German, French)
Piping – AAFTT (German, French, English)
Plastic and polymer – Autores Científico-Técnicos y Académicos (Spanish, French, English)
Renewable energies – Autores Científico-Técnicos y Académicos (Spanish, French, English)
Satelites – Autores Científico-Técnicos y Académicos (Spanish, French, English)
Steel – European Confederation of Iron and Steel Industries (English, French, German, Spanish, Italian)
Television and radio – Autores Científico-Técnicos y Académicos (Spanish, French, English)
Textiles – textiledictionary.com (English, Spanish, French, German)
Textiles – centexbel.be (English, Dutch, French, German)
Tools – Autores Científico-Técnicos y Académicos (Spanish, French, English)
Watches – worldtempus.com (English, French, German, Spanish, Italian)
Wireless communication – Autores Científico-Técnicos y Académicos (Spanish, French, English)

Sports glossaries

Adventure sports – Termcat (Catalan, Spanish, English, French)
Chess – Termcat (Catalan, Spanish, English, French, German)
Football – Termcat (Catalan, Spanish, English, French, German)
Olympic Summer sports – lexique-jo.org (English, French, Japanese)
Snowboarding – Termcat (Catalan, Spanish, English, French)
Water sports – Termcat (Catalan, Spanish, English, French)

Miscellaneous glossaries

Country names – Délégation Générale à la Langue Française (English, French, Spanish)
Exotic wood – Termcat (Catalan, Spanish, English, French, German)
Heraldry – heraldica.org (French, English, German, Spanish, Italian, Dutch)
Maritime security – European Parliament (English, Spanish, French, German)
Mathematics – Mathvoc (English, French, Spanish)
Scouting dictionary (Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Esperanto, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Hungarian, Icelandic, Italian, Croatian, Mongolian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish)
Social glossary – Estice (English, French, German)
Stamps – stamp2.com (English, French, German, Italian)
Tourism, countries, currencies – Estice (English, French, German)
Touristic transport – Termcat (Catalan, Corsican, Galician, Sardian, Ladino, Occitan, Spanish, French, English, German)

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2 Comments to “Multilingual glossaries”

  1. Prini | May 7th, 2009 at 1:55 pm

    You might want to add the Microsoft Language Portal, where you can search the Microsoft terminology database (more than 70 languages): http://www.microsoft.com/language/en/us/default.mspx

  2. Christine | May 8th, 2009 at 12:35 am

    Thank you for your comment. I will add it. This blog is pretty much work in progress and I will add more links as I come across them.

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