Useful links for translation

AGESSA
AGESSA manages social security for non-salaried writers in France. It  deals with collecting social insurance dues. The site also contains information on copyright and the status of authors. (See 'Espace auteurs'.)
Language: French

Granddictionnaire.com (Grand dictionnaire terminologique)
French-English and English-French dictionary produced by the Office québécoise de la langue française with further links to glossaries in fields ranging from nanotechnology to sugar.

Acronym Finder

A large dictionary of acronyms and abbreviations.

Language: English

Interactive Terminology for Europe (IATE)

The EU inter-institutional terminology database, with about 1.4 million multilingual entries (includes Eurodicautom, Euterpe and TIS).

Style guides

The Economist Style Guide

The Chicago Manual of Style Online and Chicago Style Q + A

Free 30 day trial to this standard reference for the American academic press, as well as useful, amusing questions and answers to general and specific questions of grammar and style.

SFT (Société Française des Traducteurs)

Syndicat de traducteurs indépendants, salariés et auteurs.

Language: French


ITI (Institute of Translating and Interpreting)
The Institute of Translation & Interpreting is the only independent professional association of practising translators and interpreters in the United Kingdom. ITI offers guidance and advice to those entering the profession.
Language: English

American Translators Association
A professional association to advance the translation and interpreting professions, with some 10,000 members world-wide.

Three poetry sites:

http://www.festrad.com/
The Festival franco-anglais de la poésie usually takes place in Paris in
June and involves workshops of poets translating each other's work.

http://www.poetrytranslation.org/
The Poetry Translation Workshop approach involves poets working with
linguists to produce translations. Their work is well worth looking at
for anyone interested in this area.

http://www.poetryschool.com/
The Poetry School's courses and workshops sometimes focus on translation
and the translation tutorials it offers include French into English.