IATE
IATE (Inter-Active Terminology for Europe) is the European Commission’s
new multilingual terminological databank and replaces the earlier
tool, Eurodicautom. This language site currently enables users to
find translations for 1.4 million terms in 24 European languages,
including English and French.
http://iate.europa.eu/iatediff/SearchByQueryLoad.do?method=load
Lexibase
Collins French-English / English-French
This new on-line dictionary service provided by Softissimo enables
users to look up the reference content of the famous Collins French-English/English-French
dictionary free. This dictionary contains thousands of words and
phrases with translations in context, definitions, or synonyms.
http://dictionary.reverso.net/english-french/
Grand
dictionnaire terminologique
The GDT of the OQLF (Office québécois de la langue
française) is an English-French dictionary online. As a language
tool, the GDT is exceptionally comprehensive, especially in certain
technical fields, and is constantly being updated. It may be used
as a bilingual dictionary or to look up the definitions of individual
words in either English or French.
http://www.granddictionnaire.com/btml/fra/r_motclef/index800_1.asp
ARTFL
This free on-line English-French dictionary from the ARTFL project
(American & French Research on the Treasury of the French Language)
of the University of Chicago in the United States contains approximately
75,000 terms.
http://humanities.uchicago.edu/orgs/ARTFL/forms_unrest/FR-ENG.html
TV5
Monde Alexandria
TV5Monde is a French site that offers translations in combinations
of 22 languages. The English-French translator gives instant definitions
as well as a push-button conjugations and declensions guide to the
translated word.
http://www.tv5.org/TV5Site/alexandria/definition.php
French
Linguistics
On the French Linguistics web site you’ll find an Anglo-French
dictionary containing about 36,000 words, 20,000 compounds and idioms
and 88,000 translations, as well as a bilingual dictionary for computing
and web vocabulary.
http://www.french-linguistics.co.uk/dictionary/englishfrench/
WordReference
The WordReference web site offers a free on-line dictionary with
translations of words from English to French, as well as a unilingual
English dictionary to look up a word’s definition. This French
dictionary has over 250,000 translations.
http://wordreference.com/
Stars21
World Star Free Dictionaries and Search Engines site is not a mere
collection of web pages, but a heavy software program composed of
hundreds of World Best Dictionaries and Searches. The site includes
an instant English-French translator, as well as search engines
from five continents.
http://www.stars21.com/dictionary/English-French_dictionary.html
Institut
des Sciences Cognitives
This English-French dictionary, jointly prepared by the ISC and
the CNRS (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique) in France
operates as translation software.
http://dico.isc.cnrs.fr/dico/tr/chercher_en
EUSKALTERM
EUSKALTERM is an excellent free English-to-French dictionary. It
serves as a multilingual terminology bank (also in Spanish, Basque
and Latin). The subject-based online database allows you to translate
words in a wide variety of technical areas.
http://www1.euskadi.net/euskalterm/indicei_i.htm
Freedict
Freedict English-French dictionary provides instant translation
of English words and phrases up to 49 characters long. It includes
links to other sites of interest about France, as well as freedict.com
online translators for other languages.
http://www.freedict.com/onldict/fre.html
LookWAYup
LookWAYup is a large online dictionary that translates English terms
to French. It tolerates small spelling errors, shows full definitions
(in English) for multiple senses of the word, and for each sense
shows synonyms, related terms, and usage examples. It can also be
installed on browsers, web sites, PDAs, and mobile phones.
http://lookwayup.com/free/EnglishFrenchDictionary.htm
bab.la
A site which offers an English>French dictionary, free of charge,
with pronunciation of words in English and French.
http://en.bab.la/dictionary/english-french/
Frasi
Frasi is an Italian site which offers a free online tool for translating
English words into French.
http://www.frasi.net/dizionari/francese-inglese/default.asp
Ultralingua
This language tool website offers an English/French electronic dictionary
which can be consulted online, free of charge. It also allows you
to look up the definitions of French words and synonyms.
http://www.ultralingua.com/onlinedictionary/
AllWords
The site offers a multilingual dictionary that can translate an
English word simultaneously into French, Dutch, German, Spanish
and Italian. (Check boxes allow the user to select desired languages.)
Word fragments can be entered as well as full words.
http://www.allwords.com/
Sylang
Sylang offers a free access Anglo-French dictionary on-line containing
75,000 words.
http://dict.sylang.com/
EUdict
EUdict (European Dictionary) brings together several free online
dictionaries, including an English-French dictionary.
http://www.eudict.com/?lang=engfre
MEDIADICO
MEDIADICO is a dictionary web portal with a free English-French
dictionary. It allows you to look up French translations of a word
or a phrase containing the word. You can also listen to the pronunciation
of the translation.
http://www.mediadico.com/dictionnaire/anglais-francais/dictionnaire/1
Dictionaric
This French web site brings you a free online English-French dictionary.
http://www.dictionaric.com/dicoanglais/dicoanglais.php
Dicts
On this Internet site, you can find a free online bilingual dictionary
that allows you to translate English words into French.
http://dicts.info/2/english-french.php
Internet
Dictionary Project
IDP is a collaborative English-French Internet Dictionary Project.
It can also be downloaded free.
http://www.june29.com/IDP/IDPsearch.html
Freelang
On the Freelang site, you will find a free translation dictionary
from English to French, which you can consult online or download.
http://www.freelang.net/online/french.php
From
Language to Language
From Language to Language is a language site offering a free translation
dictionary from English to French. The multilingual Langtolang Dictionary
enables users to translate words from and to 31 different languages.
http://www.langtolang.com/
Travlang
Travlang offers a free online electronic translator that provides
instant translation of English words into French.
http://dictionaries.travlang.com/EnglishFrench/
Logos
Logos bills itself as the largest freely accessible multilingual
dictionary on the web, with dictionaries in 232 languages. English
words and phrases can be translated into French at the touch of
a button. Logos also features a universal conjugator, children’s
dictionary, and more than 43,000 online books in over 100 languages,
2,664 in French.
http://www.logos.it/
Ectaco
This site offers instant translations of English and French words.
This free English-French dictionary contains 400,000 words.
http://www.ectaco.co.uk/English-French-Dictionary/
WinDi
WinDi offers free translation services with linguistic functions
in 7 languages (21 language pairs and 42 possible directions), free
access to dictionaries, spelling, conjugation, grammar, voice and
sentence search engine.
http://www.windi7.com/index_all.php
DicovoX
Audio Dictionary
The website of the Language Technology Laboratory(LATL) of the University
of Geneva in Switzerland provides an audio dictionary translating
words from English to French. It is equipped with speech output,
enabling users to listen to pronunciations.
http://www.latl.unige.ch/english/latl_e.html
English-French
Audio Dictionary of Current Idioms
Loecsen provide a travel dictionary enabling users to translate
words or current idioms from English to French and to listen to
their French pronunciation.
http://www.loecsen.com/travel/discover/.../lang=2&to_lang=3
Lexibase
Business/Finance Dictionary
Lexibase provides an English-French financial dictionary for the
translation of finance and business terms.
http://dictionary.reverso.net/business-english-french/
English-French
Dictionary of Microfinancial Terms
English-French dictionary in PDF format providing French translations
of English terms from the microfinancial sector.
http://microfinancement.cirad.fr/fr/bao/pdf/glosan_fr.pdf
Environment
Dictionary
The Dictionnaire Environnement web site provides a free specialist
English-French dictionary, with over 23,700 translations of technical
environmental terminology.
http://www.dictionnaire-environnement.com/dico_env_en.php
Beyond
Gastronomy Dictionary
This web page presents a specialist English-French bilingual dictionary
for free look-up on-line. It brings together terms from catering,
gastronomy and food products.
http://www.provencebeyond.com/a/english.html
Lexibase
English-French Computer Dictionary
In the Lexibase English-French computer dictionary you can find
the French translation of English technical terms in the field of
information technologies.
http://dictionary.reverso.net/computer-english-french/
OECD
Economics Glossary
Google has digitalized the OECD’s Economics Glossary for you.
In it you will find the French translation of English technical
terms in the field of economics.
http://books.google.com/books?/.../r#PPP1,M1
English-French
Marketing Dictionary
This Internet site is brought to us from Switzerland. On it, you
can find a free English-French translation dictionary specializing
in technical terms used in marketing.
http://www.marketing.ch/dix_f_a.asp
ITU
Telecommunication Dictionary
The ITU (International Telecommunication Union) is an institution
of the United Nations specialising in information and communication
technologies. On its site, it offers an English>French language
database specialised in telecommunication terminology.
http://www.itu.int/terminology/index.html
Dictionary
of mathematics words and expressions English-French
This French site run by teachers from the National Education system
offers a free online English-French dictionary of mathematics terms
and expressions.
http://espacemath.com/dimaga.htm
Dictionary
of petroleum and natural gas terms
The English-French Dictionary of oil and natural gas terms is provided
free by LingInfo, a company specializing in technical translations
for the oil industry. The dictionary contains almost 95,000 words
relating to the development of oil and gas fields.
http://www.pngis.net/dictionary/
English-French
Dictionary of Aeronautics
This site is home to an English-French glossary of terms employed
in the field of aeronautics and aviation.
http://membres.lycos.fr/hortus/e_avion/glossaire.html
Lexibase
English > French Medical Dictionary
Internet users can consult an excellent free English > French
medical dictionary on the Lexibase website.
http://dictionary.reverso.net/medical-english-french/
English-French
Medical and Social Dictionary
The International Index and Dictionary of Rehabilitation and Social
Integration (IIDRIS) is a Franco-Quebecois project implemented by
the Rehabilitation and Social Integration Terminology and Computer
Laboratory (LITRIS) of the Quebec Rehabilitation Institute of Physical
Disabilities (IRDPQ) in Canada, and the Medical Informatics Laboratory
of the Medicine Faculty of the University of Rennes-1 in France.
It is a technical and scientific dictionary bringing together terms
from different disciplines of medicine or health, and vocabulary
linked to the social sector. The tool is trilingual –English/French/Spanish–
and can be consulted free on-line.
http://www.med.univ-rennes1.fr/iidris/index.php
UNTERM
This is an online multilingual terminology database (English, French,
Chinese, Spanish, Russian and Arabic) that was initially intended
for UN staff but has now been made accessible to the public. It
allows you to translate English phrases or words into French.
http://unterm.un.org/
IMF
terminology
The International Monetary Fund has designed a multilingual terminology
database that allows you to translate English words into four languages,
including French. It contains over 4,500 words and expressions used
by the IMF, dealing with topics such as economic growth, public
finance and currency and banking transactions.
http://www.imf.org/external/np/term/index.asp?index=eng&index_langid=1
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