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Starting Points for Foreign Law Research: Translators

This guide highlights foreign law sources available to Brooklyn Law School patrons. Developed by Victoria Szymczak and revised by Brooklyn Law School Librarians

Machine Translators & Oxford Reference (includes bilingual dictionaries)

Each website below includes a pull-down menu of languages covered by the translation tool. At present, machine translators are not equivalent to human translators.

Google Translate
Linguee
Machine translator ("Translate text" feature) + bilingual dictionaries.
Microsoft Bing Translator
PROMPT.One
In 2008, Chunyu Kit and Tak Ming Wong noted that PROMPT was slightly better at translating from Portuguese to English.

Source that provides some bilingual dictionaries:

Oxford Reference
This BLS subscription database provides some bilingual dictionaries.

Translators, Interpreters & Linguists

Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition: Less Commonly Taught Languages
Through this website, one might be able to identify faculty who could be, or who could recommend, translators and interpreters.
National Association of Judiciary Interpreters & Translators
New York Circle of Translators
Transcription and Translation Services (provided by the NYC Mayor's Office of Media and Entertainment)

See also:

Ethnologue: Languages of the World
Amera International: Country of Origin Information Experts (listed by country)
Pop-up message stated: "Today we are announcing the upcoming closure of AMERA International. We will close our operations by 30 June 2024."

Last Updated: Jul 16, 2024 9:47 AM
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Subjects: Comparative law, International law, International law - Legal research

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