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TRANSLATION
Freetranslation  Free "machine" translation of text and WWW sites. Includes English to Spanish, Portuguese, French, German, Italian and more.

Worldtranslate  Free "machine" translation of text and WWW sites. Translates both from English and to English.  Includes Spanish, Portuguese, French, German, Italian, Russian, Korean, Japanese and more.

Worldlingo.com  Click on "Text and URL Translator" for free "machine" translation between many source and target languages.  There is also access to many tools and resources, such as foreign language dictionaries. 

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MULTILINGUAL EDUCATIONAL WEBSITES
IPL Online Literary Criticism Collection  Links to critical and biographical websites about authors and their works.  The websites were selected by the Internet Public Library.  Includes coverage of literature from Canada, France, Italy, Spain, Russia, Latin America, Africa, the Caribbean, China, Japan and more.

Foreign Language News and Newspapers  Do you need an article from a foreign-language daily newspaper?  Try this site.  Created by a librarian at MIT, this research guide connects Web surfers to international newspapers, journals, and magazines.  Browse online editions of news publications in eight foreign languages: Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish.

Languagebox  Click on "Language Box Resources" to find useful links to media and language websites from all over the world.  This is a free educational resource provided by LanguageBox, a translation company.

EuroDocs: Primary Historical Documents from Western Europe Created at Brigham Young University, this page divides its information by country, time period, and theme.  Each page provides a list and link to primary resources (such as the Statutes of William the Conqueror).  Some of the primary resources are translated and some are not.  Very useful for locating primary resources.

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FRENCH
Virtual Library: French Literature  A collection of annotated links to over 600 websites dealing with literary theory and literary studies.  Maintained and financed by a group of scholars from universities in France and Québec.  

Gallica  Featuring 80,000 searchable, digitized French texts, this website is produced and maintained by the Bibliothèque Nationale de France.

TennesseeBob's Famous French Links   "2nd edition - Now a 10,000-Link Globe-Gate Super Site"  This website is maintained by a professor at the University of Tennessee at Martin.  It provides links to sites in nine major areas, including "Virtual Francophone Tourism," "The French Language," and "Press, Radio/TV, and Telephone." 

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GERMAN
Projekt-Gutenberg-DE  Digitized texts by over 1000 authors.  For copyright reasons, only those authors who have died over 70 years ago are included.

Germanistik.net  Subtitled "Internet Resources for Germanists," this site provides links in German Studies, German literature, German linguistics, and Germanic philology.

German Historical Institute  The German Historical Institute (GHI) is an independent research institute dedicated to assisting scholars of German history in the United States and Germany.

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SPANISH and LATIN AMERICAN
Real Academia Española  The official web site of the Royal Spanish Academy.  Offers Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) about Spanish grammar.  You may also submit grammar questions.  You will get personalized responses from the penultimate authorities in Spanish language.

Handbook of Latin American Studies  An excellent starting place for research in the humanities and social sciences.  Will point you to journal articles and books on a wide range of topics dealing with Latin America.  

Internet Resources for Latin America  A New Mexico State University librarian compiles and maintains this excellent website that guides researchers to other valuable World Wide Web sites and free databases.  Also includes information on how to search the Internet and use search engines effectively.

Social Sciences in Latin America  This page is from the Latin American Information Network, U. of Texas, Austin.  It provides maps, statistics, history, government, political science, anthropology, archeology, and general information for research in Latin American topics.  Part of the site is in Spanish and part is in English.  It is well organized and easy to use.  The information covers broad aspects of Latin America and is a good place to begin research.

Teach Spanish.com  Lesson ideas, information on Spanish speaking countries, teacher and student discussion boards, job search information for Spanish teachers and numerous links to all aspects of teaching Spanish.

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FOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHING
Foreign Language Teaching Forum Features a listserv for teachers of foreign languages.  Students in teacher-training programs as well as experienced foreign language teachers are invited to subscribe and participate in discussion.  Supported in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities and by individual contributions.  See also the section entitled WWW Resources for Language Teachers. 

Centre for Information on Language Teaching and Research  A non-profit organization in the United Kingdom, "with the aim of collecting and disseminating information on all aspects of modern languages and the teaching of modern languages."

World Languages High School Hub  Activities, educational resources, and ideas for teaching global languages to high school students.  Includes French, German, Spanish and Latin.

Languages Across the Curriculum  Resources and links on the study and use of language throughout the curriculum to prepare students for the multilingual demands of a global society.  

Teach Spanish.com  Lesson ideas, information on Spanish speaking countries, teacher and student discussion boards, job search information for Spanish teachers and numerous links to all aspects of teaching Spanish.

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The websites above are suggestions to aid in your research. They are not intended to be a specific endorsement of content, other than that the Randall Library believes it to be a useful research resource. They are not a comprehensive list of resources for this topic and should not be the reseracher's only resource. The Randall Library is not responsible for the validity or relevance of content on the websites above, nor does it purposefully mean to mislead the researcher towards a specific topic, philosophy, or concept.