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March 17 - Searching
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Google Web Directory
Google has added a directory; you can browse by subject – including hits in the foreign language of your choice under the heading World. An interesting approach.
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March 17 - Misc
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St. Patrick
Where else to learn about St. Patrick, on St. Patrick's Day, than the Irish Times?
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March 16 - Pesticides
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Compendium of Common Pesticide Names
Someday this one could come in handy: a compendium of all ISO-approved names of pesticides, including the most recent from December 1999. Also a listing of "common" names.
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March 16 - Medical
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Drug Information Association Technical Term Translation Table
"The table is intended to provide suggested translations for terminology used in the pharmaceutical and related fields. The table provides translation from English to French, to German, to Italian, to Spanish, to Chinese, to Japanese and to Russian and from those languages to English."
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March 15 - Legal
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Internet Legal Resource Guide
The Internet Legal Resource Guide™ is a "categorized index of more than 4000 select web sites in 238 nations, islands, and territories, as well as more than 850 locally stored web pages and downloadable files; this site was established to serve as a comprehensive resource of the information available on the Internet concerning law and the legal profession, with an emphasis on the United States of America."
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March 15 - Medical
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CliniWeb International
"CliniWeb is an index and table of contents to clinical information on the World Wide Web. It now allows search terms to be entered in five different languages (English, German, French, Spanish, Portuguese) and has direct links to MEDLINE searches via the PubMed system at the National Library of Medicine."
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March 15 - Advertising
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Advertising Quotes
This site offers "a variety of quotes concerning some aspect or effect of advertising. Some are pithy, some are pointed, and others are simply important."
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March 14 - Reference
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American Heritage Book of English Usage
Described as "A Practical and Authoritative Guide to Contemporary English," this 1996 full-text edition includes not only the usual grammar and style, but issues such as gender, science terms, and e-mail.
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March 13 - Misc
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History of Welding
This is in the "you never know" class; the first test translation I ever did was all about welding... and this is "the Web's most definitive history of welding."
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March 13 - Telecommuting
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You Can Work From Anywhere
Having just unloaded the laptop after my trip to Hawaii, this site is appropriate as it extolls the virtues of telecommuting: "In today's world, working on the road and from non-traditional offices is fast becoming "business-as-usual". Thanks to developments in affordable technology and the growth of the Internet . . . "
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March 13 - Travel
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Business Travel Online
So I've barely unpacked my suitcases, and I have few more trips planned – translators travel for business and/or pleasure, and here is a site with good information when you're on the road.
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