Most of the sites listed on this page provide free online translation of text and/or webpages between a number of different languages.
Name translations and transliterations | Free translation | Multilingual translators | Bilingual translators | Find a translator | Translation-related articles | Translation blogs | Electronic dictionaries and translators
Lost In Translation Agency Game by Copypanthers
http://www.copypanthers.com/lost-in-translation-agency
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These are websites offering translation and/or transliteration of names, words and phrases in a variety of languages and writing systems.
Arabic, Chinese, Hebrew, Japanese, Hindi, Gujarati, Sanskrit, Tamil, Telugu, Thai
http://www.tattoos-by-design.co.uk
Tibetan
http://www.inkessential.com
http://www.tibetan-calligraphy.com
Information about Tibetan | Phrases | Numbers | Tower of Babel | Learning materials
Tolkien's scripts (Tengwar, Cirth Runes, etc)
Transliterations into Tengwar
https://www.tecendil.com/
http://tengwar.art.pl/tengwar/ott/start.php?l=en
http://forums.theonering.com/viewforum.php?f=8
http://derhobbit-film.de/rune_generator.shtml
Cirth | Sarati | Tengwar for Quenya | Tengwar for Sindarin | Uruk Runes | Links | Books about Tolkien's languages | Tolkien's books
Chinese
http://www.mandarintools.com/chinesename.html
http://www.transname.com
http://www.char4u.com
http://www.asianbrushart.com
http://www.chinese-tools.com/names
http://www.chinesenames.org
Information about Mandarin | Phrases | Numbers | Family words | Time | Tongue twisters | Video lessons | Tower of Babel | Articles | Links | Learning materials | Find Chinese tutors
Japanese
http://japanese.about.com/bl50kanji.htm
Introduction to Japanese | Hiragana | Katakana | Kanji | Rōmaji | Phrases | Numbers | Colours | Telling the time | Family words | Tower of Babel | Articles | Links | Learning materials | Find Japanese tutors
Mongolian (traditional script)
http://www.linguamongolia.com/tran1.html
Information about Mongolian | Soyombo Script | Mongolian Square Script | Galik Alphabet | Phrases | Numbers | Tower of Babel | Learning materials
Russian
http://www.russian-translation-pros.com/free-russian-translation-service.html
Information about Russian | Useful phrases | Silly phrases | Numbers | Time | Kinships terms | Weather | Idioms | Tongue twisters | Tower of Babel | Articles | Links | Learning materials | Find Russian tutors
Ancient Greek
http://www.translatum.gr/forum/index.php/board,14.0.html
Information about Greek | Phrases (Modern Greek) | Phrases (Ancient Greek) | Numbers | Family words | Time | Idioms | Proverbs | Tongue twisters | Tower of Babel (Modern Greek) | Tower of Babel (Ancient Greek) | Articles | Links | Learning materials | Books about the Greek alphabet
Latin
http://latinforum.org
Latin alphabet | Latin language | Phrases | Tower of Babel | Articles | Learning materials | Find Latin tutors
Arabic - free translation of names and phrases into Arabic
http://arabic.speak7.com/learn_arabic.htm
Information about Arabic | Phrases | Numbers | Video lessons | Tower of Babel | Articles | Links | Learning materials | Books about the Arabic script | Arabic electronic dictionaries and translators | Find Arabic tutors
Tagalog/Baybayin
http://www.eaglescorner.com/baybayin/baybayin.html
Information about Tagalog | Phrases | Numbers | Time | Tongue twisters | Tower of Babel | Tagalog learning materials
Please note: some sites have a policy of not providing translations intended for tattoos.
Online dictionaries | Electronic dictionaries and translators
Byvox, professional online translation and interpretation via app, web and mobile
Arabic Translation Services in Egypt
Future Trans is an established and trusted provider of Arabic Translation Services in the Middle East & Africa. Since 1994 we have been proudly serving global and local companies succeed across the region. We help businesses localize their products, reach their consumers in the region, and boost their brand visibility and recognition.
Websites where you can obtain free or low-cost translations.
Free translation by humans
http://www.freelang.net/translation/
http://ackuna.com/
Free Translation Forums
http://www.oasisllc.com/transtrad/forum.htm
myGengo - Simple, low-cost human translation
http://mygengo.com
Translation software, handheld translators and other translation products
http://www.ectaco-store.com
Free translation app
http://ackuna.com
Online translation sites enable you to understand the gist of a piece of foreign text or website, but are not entirely accurate or reliable and are no substitute for a human translator.
http://www.translendium.com
http://www.reverso.net
http://hablaa.com/
http://www.translate.ru/eng/erre.asp
http://www.cucumis.org
http://www.langdy.com/dacc_g.htm
http://www.asiatranslate.net/free-translation.html
http://prekladac.net
http://www.prekladatelia.info/
http://www.apertium.org
http://www.tolingo.com/pages/free/website_translation.php
http://www.tolingo.com/pages/free/text_translation.php
http://www.bablefishfx.com
http://www.babilon-translator.com/altavista-babelfish-translation/
http://www.freetranslations.org
http://howtosay.org
http://www.prevodachbg.com/en/
http://www.spanishenglish.com
http://www.ingilizceturkce.gen.tr
https://www.marstranslation.com/freeTranslation
https://www.daytranslations.com/freetranslation
https://www.deepl.com/translator
https://translate.yandex.com/
A collaborative translation project to help webmasters get free multilingual versions of their web sites: http://www.freelocalization.com
Document and website translation services in more than 120 languages
http://www.apex-translations.com
How To Translate PDF Files to Different Languages for free
http://www.pdfconverter.com/resources/blog/how-to-translate-pdf-files-to-different-languages-free
One of the most trusted directories of translation related sites in Internet. Translation Trusted Directory is a high quality human edited directory of the best web resources cataloged in an intuitive and easy way to find: http://translation.trusted-directory.com
English 'Dialect' Translators
http://www.whoohoo.co.uk (Scouse, Geordie, Cockney, Brummie, etc.)
http://www.topfun.co.uk/babelsheep (Cumbrian)
http://www.tuco.de/home/jschef.htm (Swedish Chef)
http://www.rinkworks.com/dialect (Redneck, Elmer Fudd, Pig Latin, etc.)
Translation software, handheld translators and other translation products
http://www.ectaco-store.com
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TransName.com - have your name or other words or phrases translated into Chinese
http://www.transname.com
English - Indonesian
http://www.toggletext.com
Polish - English
http://www.poltran.com
Persian (Farsi) - English
http://www.parstranslator.com
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Translator forums and databases of translators
http://www.proz.com
http://www.translatorsbase.com
http://www.babelport.com
http://www.translatorpub.com
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Articles about translation, typesetting and related topics
http://www.wintranslation.com/
article_centre.html
Articles about translation, language, etc.
http://patenttranslators.com/articles.htm
Articles about translation, localisation and language learning
http://www.lexicool.com/articles.asp
Translation Journal - A Publication for Translators by Translators about Translators and Translation: http://www.accurapid.com/journal/
Better Languages Translation News
http://www.betterlanguages.com/news/
Translation White Papers
http://www.wintranslation.com/translation-white-papers/
How to Translate PDF Documents Without Learning Another Language
http://www.investintech.com/resources/blog/archives/2640-how-to-translate-pdf-documents-without-learning-another-language.html
How to become a translator
http://www.translatemedia.com/careers/how-to-become-a-translator/
Translation Tips
https://www.tomedes.com/tips
Translation Conferences
https://www.tomedes.com/conference
A guide to website translation and localisation (PDF)
http://www.comtectranslations.co.uk/brochures/A-Guide-to-Website-Localisation.pdf
The Freelance Translator's Fair Pay Rates and Income Calculator
http://www.pactranz.com/blog/freelance-translator-rates-calculator/
Translation and language-related articles on Omniglot
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Foreign Language Translation Service
http://www.becomeatranslator.com
http://translationpost.com
http://brave-new-words.blogspot.com
http://coglanglab.blogspot.com
http://blog.web-translations.com
http://translation-blog.trustedtranslations.com
http://blog.worldlanguagecommunications.com
http://blog.multiling.com
http://transpanish.biz/translation_blog/
http://www.morningtrans.com/category/blog
http://www.iolante.com/translators/translators-column
http://www.traducta.com/thetranslationblog/
http://lingualinx.com/blog/
https://www.tomedes.com/translator-hub.php
https://www.languagealliance.com/language-translation-blog/
http://blog.lexcode.com.ph/
https://www.exact-com.com/blog
https://ivannovation.com/blog/
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