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- Foreign First Names : Download a datafile that allows you to cross-reference English given first names to their Slovak, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Polish, Russian or Yiddish equivalents.
- Language Dictionaries. Links to online dictionaries in about 260 languages.
- Free Text Translation. This automatic online engine translates from English to Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, Dutch, Norwegian, Italian, and Chinese. And from French, German, Italian, Dutch, and Norwegian to English.
- Majstro. A multilingual translation dictionary. Over 30 languages supported.
Afrikaans
- Afrikaans Words. This page provides the names of volunteers who are prepared to translate Afrikaans words into English. There is also a glossary of commonly used Afrikaans words in genealogy publications and there English meaning, and a summary of legal terms used in official sources.
French
German
- Leo. German to English and English to German Dictionary.
- Old German Occupations. Names of old German occupation, their modern German equivalent and English translation.
- QuickDic. This is the site where you can translate words and idioms from English to German and vice versa.
- German Letter-Writing Guide : This guide is for researchers who do not speak German but must write to Germany, Austria, or parts of Switzerland to request genealogical records. It includes a list of sentences you would use in a letter about genealogical records and a German translation of these sentences.
Irish
Italian
Latin
Norwegian
- Norwegian - English Dictionary: Focuses on words genealogists can not find in regular Norwegian - English dictionaries. These words are often related to agriculture or are words that have not been used in Norway for a long time.
Polish
- Polish Genealogical Word List. This list contains Polish words with their English translations. The words included here are those that you are likely to find in genealogical sources.
Scots
- Dictionary of the Scots Language. The Dictionary of the Scots Language (DSL) comprises electronic editions of the two major historical dictionaries of the Scots language: the 12-volume Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (DOST) and the 10-volume Scottish National Dictionary (SND).
- Online Scots Dictionary : Translate from Scots to English and from English to Scots!
Spanish
- Spanish Genealogical Word List. This list contains Spanish words with their English translations. The words included here are those that you are likely to find in genealogical sources.
- Spanish Letter-Writing Guide. This guide is for researchers who do not speak Spanish but must write to Spain, or Latin American countries to request genealogical records. It includes a list of sentences you would use in a letter about genealogical records and a Spanish translation of these sentences.
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