Comments on: Language-related websites in and about languages other than English?

Question: Language-related websites in and about languages other than English?

kandinski — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 20:24:45 -0800

Non-English speakers: what are your linguistic resources of first resort on the 'Net? Where are the Finnish/French/Serbian/Spanish/whatever websites where you read, write, comment, discuss, ask or answer about your native (or bilingual-competence) language, or about language and linguistics in general, just not in English?

For bonus checkmarks: if the site in your answer has any feature that you haven't hitherto found in an otherwise equivalent English resource, please explain them to the mefites who may not speak your language.

Note: I am not looking for resources for language learners, but for the type of resources frequented by people who are already competent in a language.

By: clearlydemon

clearlydemon — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 21:04:07 -0800

When I get stuck in an English word, I search it in the Word Reference forums.

By: clearlydemon

clearlydemon — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 21:06:48 -0800

(I look it up in the Word Reference forums sounds better. Damn.)

By: doctorpiorno

doctorpiorno — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 22:36:28 -0800

My fellow translators and I swear by KudoZ. The discussion tends to gravitate around specific terms and their translation more than anything else, though.

There are also zillions of pretty active language discussion boards in Yahoo! Groups which might be worth checking out, although those are more of a hit-and-miss affair.

By: PowerCat

PowerCat — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 05:42:40 -0800

(french)
I use http://www.olf.gouv.qc.ca/ressources/gdt.html to translate technical terms, and then this site http://bonpatron.com/ to check and correct the grammar.
This is just a dictionary http://www.le-dictionnaire.com/

By: lioness

lioness — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 14:02:13 -0800

For Dutch:
taalunieversum.org, the website of De Nederlandse Taalunie.

woordenlijst.org, part of taalunieversum.org with the official spelling of every Dutch word.

VRT Taaldatabanken, the Belgian public broadcaster's website about spelling, grammar and language usage.

These are all rather passive resources, though.