Here are some reference tools for preparing a meeting or doing a translation.

Monolingual Resources

In French

Le grand dictionnaire terminologique - produced by the Office of the French Language in Quebec. It contains over 3 million French and English terms covering 200 subjects.

Dictionnaire de l'Académie française - comprehensive although not very user friendly.

Synonymes - produced by the Institut national de la langue francaise.

Leximagne - complete list of French dictionaries and glossaries, including a comprehensive collection of French electronic dictionaries and glossaries.

Portal of the French ministry of culture - huge number of links to general dictionaries and to specialised word lists and glossaries in French and English.

Locutio.com - expressions in Latin.

L'antidico - well constructed and interesting, this contains the words that other dictionaries don't cover - particularly good for newly coined words in French.

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In English

Cambridge Dictionaries Online

Encarta World English Dictionary

Newbury House Online Dictionary

Roget's II Thesaurus

Webster

Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Acronym finder in English

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In Portuguese

Grande dicionário Universal

Michaelis

Porto Editora

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En castellano

Real Academia de la lengua española

DocuTradSo en línea - translation portal in Spanish

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Multilingual resources

Le grand dictionnaire terminologique - reference resource containing more than 3 million French and English terms covering 200 subjects.

English-French-English

Collins Bilingual Dictionaries
for French into English
for English into French
for Spanish into English
for German

Dict C.C. - bilingual English-German dictionnary with a translation forum

Eurodicautom - the matchless database in all European Union languages.

TIS - database of the EU council of ministers.

LOGOS -a well stocked multilingual database.

Communauté Française de Belgique - database of terms used in Belgium's official gazette.

Ultralingua.Net - on-line multilingual dictionaries (French, German, English, Spanish, Italian and Portuguese)

UNTERM - United Nations Multilingual Terminology Database

FranceTerme - Although not a multilingual dictionnary as such, FranceTerme is a searchable database which provides the official French terminology for all neologisms.

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General reference

Encyclopaedias

Multilingual

Wikipedia - a good source of information in 10 languages

In French

Le Quid - many sections but a good source of information

Encarta in French

Universalis

Encyclopédie Hachette

Encylopédie de l'agora - by subject and key word

Wikipedia (in French) worth a visit

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In English

Britannica

Encarta (in English) - A talking dictionary and a world atlas

Wikipedia (in English) worth a visit

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Useful sites

To find information on many subjects (in English)

To find the names of heads of state and ministers

For general country information

Europe: the European Parliaments excellent data sheets - Available in all EU languages.

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The media

In English In Spanish

BBC
Financial Times
Washington Post

El Pais

In French  

Le Monde
Le Monde Diplomatique
Le Monde Informatique

 

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Specialised information

Agriculture, forestry, food & drink

Names of trees in French, English, German, Dutch and Latin

Cuisine

FAO Glossary of Biotechnology for Food and Agriculture

FAO - AGROVOC multilingual thesaurus

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The arts, literature & languages

Dictionary of literary terms : comprehensive; the best French language site for literary terms..

Theatre glossary

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Civil engineering & real estate

Immobilien Lexikon
in German, English, Italian, French and Spanish

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Defence

NATO dictionary of military terms

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Law

Juris International - three-language documentation centre on the foremost international legal instruments

International law dictionary and directory

Glossary of maritime law, abbreviations, definitions, terms, links, etc

Duhaime's Law Dictionary - the reference work in English

Bernstein's Dictionary of Bankruptcy Terminology

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Environment

Glossary of Water Resource Terms - English definitions of water terms.

Glossary of Global Warming terms - English definitions of terms and links on global warming.

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Economics & Markets, Media & Marketing

European Central Bank (with euro conversion tool)

Dictionnaire de la communication publicitaire - publicity dictionary produced by the Musee de la publicite in French. Very thorough.

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Education, Science, Social science & Religion

Human Rights Library of the University of Minnesota - in English

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Banking, Finance & Insurance

IMF / FMI Terminology - a multilingual dictionary (terms without definitions in English, French, Spanish, German and Portuguese)

Financial glossary in English, French, German and Italian

Boursorama - financial portal in French

Banque de France - tracks changes of several core economic and financial indicators and covers economic and financial news. Contains several links to Francophone sites.

Ministère des finances français - French ministry of finance

Financial glossaries in English

Financial Times - Your Money - in English

Assurance maladie - health insurance

Canadian Institute of Actuaries English-French lexicon - Without equal. The best insurance dictionary on the web.

Glossary of the French Court of Auditors

English, Russian and Ukrainian financial glossaries

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IT & telecoms

ITU Telecommunication Terminology Database (TERMITE)

Néologismes de la Commission générale de terminologie - French dictionary of neologisms.

Artificial Intelligence & data mining - Glossaries : English definitions of terms in the field of artificial intelligence.

Glosario de Terminología Informática - bilingual English-Spanish IT glossary

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Healthcare, Medecine & Biology

List of medical glossaries and reference works - in English

E-Santé.net - a rich source of information on medical matters in French.

On-line Medical Dictionary - definition of medical terms in English

MedBioWorld - portal to online medical & science glossaries

Medical encyclopedia - very comprehensive, in English, with detailed descriptions, symptoms, causes, treatment, etc.

1000 Dictionaries - portal site providing access to numerous medical dictionaries and glossaries.

Medical online glossaries and resources with over 900 links to useful and health-related websites in 13 languages.

Terminologie du génie génétique - Genetic engineering: definition of terms in French and translations in English, plus an English-French word list.

World Health Organisation (WHO) - in English, French and Spanish

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Sciences

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Applied Science & Technology

Woodworking glossary

Home Textile Manufacturers - to check words or phrases.
Includes a useful textile dictionary

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Natural resources, natural sciences

Glossaire sur l'eau Water Glossary produced by the Canadian ministry of the environment. In English and French.

Anatomie des dinosaures - dinosaur dictionary.

Ornithologie - terminologie - birdwatching terminology. In English.

Botany glossary - in English. Glossary of botanical terms.

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Sports & Leisure

International Olympic Committee - IOC

Hickoksports.com - glossaries on numerous sports

Glossaries for ice hockey, soccer, basketball & football - in English

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Transport & Utilities

Le Dico du Satellite - definitions of words and expressions you can't find in the usual works of reference on satellite transmission.

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Subject portals
Several sites with links to a great number of dictionaries, glossaries and lexicons in several languages.

Our favourites:

Le Traducteur Public - excellent and very comprehensive it flags translator sites and language portals.

Sherbrooke University, Canada - Language dictionaries, specialised dictionaries in English and French, encyclopaedias. A good source of links.

ClicNet Dictionaries: - multilingual dictionaries, encyclopaedias and wordlists.

2200 glossaries in English, German and multilingual - comprehensive and good presentation.

1000dictionaries.com - 3 200 free online dictionaries

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The Classics:

Dicorama - directory of dictionaries and search engine facilitating search of over 670 French and multilingual dictionaries.

YourDictionary.com - language dictionaries, specialised dictionaries and search engine for special terms.

Dictionary.com - links to on line dictionaries, glossaries and linguistic web sites.

Lexicool.com - directory of bilingual and multilingual dictionaries and glossaries. Over 2000 links.

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And:

CRITER - new database of the Delegation generale de la langue française with terminology lists. Search function for terms in French and other languages.

Leximagne - collection of nearly 1000 electronic dictionaries in French (University of Tennessee-Martin).

The translator's home companion has interesting links to glossaries in a lot of languages.

The Terminology Collection created by the University of Vaasa in Finland. Use it to find language dictionaries or particular glossaries on the Internet.

Termisti - includes concise glossaries on subjects ranging from automobile suspension to plant viruses.

The Glossarist - search for a glossary on a given subject

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Expressions & new words
Canadian Government Translation Bureau - includes hot tips.
 
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