GLOBAL PORTALS The oldest and largest in terms of registered translators: PROZ : http://www.proz.com/ The next in terms of age : TRANSLATORSCAFE : http://www.translatorscafe.com/ The third largest list : GOTRANSLATORS : http://www.gotranslators.com/ ONLINE DICTIONARIES Oxford dictionaries: Free online term search of the definitive English dictionary - http://oxforddictionaries.com/ Cambridge dictionaries: The favourite dictionary for learners of English: http://dictionary.cambridge.org/ Collins dictionaries : Simple interface and searches in Worldwide and US English and excellent section on words and languages - http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english The Free Dictionary : A dictionary and thesaurus in one, with subject-specific dictionaries, games, quotes and free apps: http://www.thefreedictionary.com/ JOURNALS AND REVIEWS: The Linguist: Journal of the Institute of Linguists: http://www.iol.org.uk/linguistmagazine/default.asp On-line publications from the European Commission, including "Languages and Translation, an English/French magazine on translation issues: http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/translation/publications/magazines/index_en.htm The Linguist List: a website for the international linguistics community http://www.cairn.info/revue-francaise-de-linguistique-appliquee.htm JoSTrans: the Journal of Specialised Translations - http://www.jostrans.org/ TOOLBOX How to write clearly - European Commission booklet : http://bookshop.europa.eu/is-bin/INTERSHOP.enfinity/WFS/EU-Bookshop-Site/en_GB/-/EUR/ViewPublication-Start?PublicationKey=HC3010536 UWikipedia's Comparison of on-line translation tools : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_machine_translation_applications