Looking for French Dictionary

Category: Language and Culture

Post 1 by krisme (Ancient Zoner) on Monday, 15-Aug-2005 17:12:05

I'm taking a French class this semester, and I was wondering if anyone knew of any French to English dictionaries out there that would be accesible. Maybe there's one on the Internet I could use, or some software I could put on my computer. I'd prefer something like that since the only French dictionary I've ever had was about a million Braille volumes and I'd rather not drag that up to school with me. Responses would be greatly apreciated.

Post 2 by Leafs Fan (I'll have the last word, thank you!) on Monday, 15-Aug-2005 21:42:57

Hey there. You can go to www.freetranslation.com and select the French to English or English to French option from the combo box. Then you can enter text in the appropriate edit box and hit the button for Free Translation. Keep in mind that the site also offers human translation at a cost, so make sure to use the appropriate button! There are also loads of other dictionary sites that I use, but it would be recommended that you be quite fluent in French before using them. If you're quite fluent, let me know and I'll give you a wealth of info.

Post 3 by bermuda-triangulese (Help me, I'm stuck to my chair!) on Monday, 15-Aug-2005 23:07:55

the oxford superlex provides a quadralingual interface for looking up french, english, spanish and German. it also provides tips on learning the language, I can send it to you if you wish. contact me through msn

Post 4 by krisme (Ancient Zoner) on Wednesday, 17-Aug-2005 15:32:12

Thanks for your suggestions guys. I'll check them out.

Post 5 by tara (the Zone BBS remains forever my home page) on Wednesday, 07-Dec-2005 18:41:04

or there's www.wordreference.com. That's not too bad,it's gives examples of the words in context, you can choose, French, Spanish, Portuguese, and Italian.

Post 6 by goddess of fire and love (Generic Zoner) on Thursday, 08-Dec-2005 11:05:06

hi, there is also the collins series 100 which is a programme you need to install on your computer, or the Petit Roberts which is really good but im not sure if you can get from french to english, it might just be a mono-lingual dictionary.

Post 7 by lover of knowledge (Generic Zoner) on Thursday, 01-Jun-2006 0:34:23

I'm not sure if this comes too late, but if you have a notetaker you could use the dictionary on WebBrail. www.loc.gov/nls/braille

Post 8 by motifated (I've now got the silver prolific poster award! wahoo!) on Thursday, 01-Jun-2006 4:33:28

Speakingof notetakers, JAWS and the Pacmate Braille Display work well with french ifyou use the computer to write in the language, or are just comfortable with braille displays for your work. I had a client who had her textbook in French, and it displayed the characters with accent marks. I don't know if it supported french contracted braille or not. Again, if you're a JAWS user, we found it worked with 6.1 and higher best, although it did work with earlier version sof JAWS.