Dictionaries and Translation Sites


On the computer, I like Google Translator much better than Yahoo Translator, but play with both of them.  Dictionary.com has a translation site also. Write something in your language, translate it to English, and then translate it back.  Try a sentence or two of academic language (about science, geography, history, etc.), a sentence or two of conversational language, and a sentence from a book, magazine, or website you're reading in your native language.



Depending on what type of phone you use, there may be a dictionary or translator app that works well.  Play with the free ones first before you decide to spend money on a more advanced one.  I can help you find one for your specific phone and language.

Here are some online dictionary tools:


M-W is one that I use often with students.
Dictionary.com lets you hear the word and offers definitions from many dictionaries, but the page is very cluttered.

Extra Credit!
Look up the word cluttered!  For 5 extra credit points, copy the definition into a comment here, and tell me which dictionary or website you used.

2 comments:

  1. Ana LauraSeptember 10, 2011 at 6:15 PM

    Cluttered is the past participle of the verb "clutter" and it is used like an adjective. This is from M_W.

    clutter

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  2. Ana LauraSeptember 10, 2011 at 6:16 PM

    The accent is on the first syllable.

    1clut·ter /ˈklʌtɚ/ verb
    clut·ters; clut·tered; clut·ter·ing
    [+ obj] : to fill or cover (something) with many things : to fill or cover (something) with clutter
    ▪ Tools cluttered the garage. ▪ The garage was cluttered with tools. ▪ Try to avoid cluttering your desk with books and papers. — often + up ▪ Too many signs were cluttering up the street corner.
    — cluttered adjective [more cluttered; most cluttered]
    ▪ a very cluttered attic/desk/office/room

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