Google Translate for Translators (GT4T)

The best thing about Google Translate for Translators (GT4T) is that it is very useful without being complex. It lets us find translations (Google dictionary and Google translate) in Word, notepad, etc. by using shortcut keys.

It goes without saying that one can never rely on online dictionaries and translation tools, but it would be unfair not to acknowledge their importance when they help us find appropriate equivalents.

You can find more information about Google Translate for Translators (GT4T) at the following link:

http://gt4t.net/gt4t_en

The Word edition (free) of GT4T is available here.

Translation blogs in German

Here is a list of some interesting translation blogs in German: 1. http://www.ruesterweg.de 2. http://www.miriam-neidhardt.de/blog 3. http://translatorcouch.com 4. http://www.xn--berleben-als-bersetzer-rlcn.de 5. http://false-friends.crellin.de 6. http://www.nz-translations.co.uk 7. http://hippe-heisler.blogspot.co.uk 8. http://tejera-fachuebersetzungen.de/blog 9. http://uebersetzungsleistungen.blogspot.fr 10. https://traduteca.wordpress.com 11. http://ue-wie-uebersetzen.blogspot.com 12. http://miriamfunk.online.de 13. http://www.translate-trade.com/de/blog 14. http://uebersetzer-link.de/blog 15. http://sprachenquilt.com 16. http://www.adatrad.com/blog 17. http://uebersetzer-blog.fachuebersetzungen.de 18. http://www.bloghof.net/linklogbuch Note: Some blogs are not active. I will update the list as soon as I find more links.

Hindi: Between the home and the world (गवर्नेंस नाउ से साभार)

Renowned Hindi writer and critic Manager Pandey strongly reacted when he heard that government of India was trying to secure 129 votes in the United Nations to get Hindi included as one of the official languages in the world body. The news broke out on the last day of August. Amidst preparation of the 10th Vishwa Hindi Sammelan (World Hindi Conference), held in September, external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj announced that her government was committed to propagate Hindi worldwide and was willing to bear the financial burden if Hindi became one of the official languages in the UN. But according to Dr Pandey, a retired Hindi professor of Jawaharlal Nehru university, this was just a new sloganeering in the name of promoting Hindi. Else, the government would have planned to make Hindi the official language of India, in true sense, first. “Even in the Hindi-speaking states, most of the official work is being done in English, and not in Hindi. English, or any other lan...

Interesting newsletters about English words

I have always been fascinated by the colourful world of words. Words have their own lives and it is really interesting to know about their origin and evolution. If we care to explore their latent meanings, we would be surprised to learn about some unexpected facts related to them. Sometimes we think that there is no word for our specific feeling. However, this is not true in most cases and all we have to do is to consult a very good dictionary or reference material to find the exact expression. If you are passionate about words, you would like to subscribe to the following newsletters: 1. http://wordsmith.org/awad/subscribe.html 2. http://www.worldwidewords.org/maillist/joinlist.htm 3. http://www.phrases.org.uk/a-phrase-a-week/subscribe.html

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