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Best Online Chinese-English Dictionaries
- A collection of Chinese corpora A very interesting and potentially useful resource provided by the Centre for Translation Studies, University of Leeds.
- Baidu Dict Infamous and monstrously comprehensive Chinese-Chinese dictionary and encyclopedia.
- Chacha.net Fairly decent word-coverage, with good number of example sentences.
- Dict.cn Fast and comprehensive Chinese-English dictionary, albeit unreliable.
- English Wiktionary The open-source, multilingual dictionary that I contribute to; has a fairly decent Chinese-word coverage.
- Jukuu Brilliant Chinese-English translated sentence databse, sourced both from dictionaries and real-life texts.
- MDGB.net Reputable and relatively comprehensive Chinese-English dictionary.
- Nciku.com Great Chinese/English dictionary that provides a wide range of other free resources; pity it’s often down though.
- YellowBridge Chinese-English Talking Dictionary Decent Chinese-English dictionary; especially useful for verifying measure words.
- Zdic.net Though confusingly designed, comes in handy for Chinese word etymologies.
- Zhongwen.com Taiwan-based Chinese-English dictionary with a focus on etymology and character genealogy.
- 教育部國語辭典簡編本 Comprehensive Chinese-Chinese dictionary provided by Taiwan’s Ministry of Education.
- 汉语方言发音字典 Useful for cross-checking dialectal pronunciations.
Best Online English-English Dictionaries
- OneLook Dictionary Search Search multiple English dictionaries at once – extremely useful, especially when researching rare or slang expressions.
- Wiktionary Very good English-English dictionary, with a pretty good coverage of Chinese and other languages.
Top Blogs about Chinese Language and Culture
- ChinaGeeks In-depth analysis about hot topics in China.
- chinaSMACK Unique and innovative look at China through translated blogs and forums.
- Laowai Chinese Very interesting blog centered around the many obstacles of learning Mandarin.
- Sinosplice One of the most reputable Chinese language and culture blogs on the web.
Top Twitter Accounts
- @carlfordham My personal Twitter account where I tweet about resources relevant to Chinese language, culture and translation.
- @chinesesentence Get one Chinese sentence a day (checked by native speakers), with English translation and pinyin.
- @mandmx Twitter account for Magnus and MingXing’s hilarious Chinese/English comic strip and radio channel.
- @niub The God of Chinese language and culture news on Twitter.
- @socialmandarin All relevant Mandarin-related resources at your fingertips in real-time.
Useful Chinese Translator Resources
- carlgene.com My homepage for Chinese-English translation services.
- Chinese-Forums The best all-round Chinese forum on the web.
- Proz The largest and most comprehensive translator resource site for professionals and clients alike.
- TranslatorsCafe.com Very useful community website for forums and job postings.
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