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Week 23 : 31 Oct 99 - 6 Nov 99

 

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November 6 - Terminology

Terminology Forum

Read some of the latest research trends in terminlogy.

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November 6 - Comics

European Comics on the Web

"This is an overview of information that has been made available on the web on European comics or as they are called in French 'bandes dessinées'."

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November 6 - Brand Names

Electrical, Electronic and Cybernetic Brand Name Index

Brand names in the computer industry – could be handy....

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November 5 - Globalization

Globalization Research Center

"CIO's Globalization Resource Center is a developing network of contacts and information about doing business in an IT-enabled, global economy." Articles, links, more.

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November 5 - Distance Computing

Remote Computing Research Center

Check out this "collection of information, opinions, articles, advice, links and resources" – it's the way we live and work.

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November 5 - Knowledge Management

Knowledge Management Research Center

"Corporate knowledge management projects seek to find, select and organize the 'intellectual capital' of a company, and then present that knowledge in a way that helps employees comprehend and act on that information."

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November 4 - Intellectual Property

Intellectual Property Rights Help Desk

Tutorials, links, issues, and more all related to intellectual property. The site is available in English, French, and German, and includes a trilingual lexicon.

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November 4 - Botany

The Internet Directory for Botany

About 4000 botany-related links are organized here. Take some time to smell the roses?

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November 4 - Human Resources

Information by National Occupational Classification Code

Job descriptions and other information about the labor market, and since it's a Canadian site, it's all there in French as well.

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November 3 - Environment

European Environmental Law Homepage

This site is home to full text cases, legislation, treaties, and other information related to environmental law in Europe.

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November 3 - Marketing

Glossary of Business Intelligence/Data Warehousing Terms and Definitions

I came across the word "churn" while I was working, and it had nothing to do with butter, or with rough seas. So I looked it up, and learned that it meant customer attrition. And then there were all these other terms....

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November 3 - EU

Euroinfocentre

A portal to Internet sites for the European Union.

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November 2 - Organizations

I & E Web

"I&E Web is the centre of all Web activities of industry and employers' federations in Europe." Find the English name, the subject, and the Web address of European industry and employers' organizations – dynamite!

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November 2 - Chemistry

Chemical and Other Safety Information

Next time you work with safety data sheets, here's the site to visit – there's a glossary of terms related to the safety of chemicals, including a list of UN hazard codes; there is also a list of the "risk phrase" codes now included by many countries on the safety data sheet. Lots more...

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November 2 - Environment

United Nations Environment Programme

Cruise for terminology, issues, and links here – recently updated, too.

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November 1 - Fish

Fishfinder

For that next translation about fish – Fishfinder. A directory and search engine dedicated to ... fish!

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November 1 - Medical

MeSH Classification

Medical Subject Headings is a structure of medical concepts that is useful when phrasing searches in MEDLINE or MedHunt.

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November 1 - Finance

EASDAQ: the European Stock Market

"EASDAQ is the European stock market for high-growth companies. Modelled on the successful NASDAQ National Market, EASDAQ offers access to a wide institutional and retail investor base." Don't miss the glossary!

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October 31 - Maps

Hargrett Library Rare Map Collection

This one is for your Sunday viewing pleasure; not my usual choice for translators – but there is something about watching these old maps appear on the screen... a sense of time...

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October 31 - American History

American Cultural History: The Twentieth Century

While my first reaction is to wonder if this is an oxymoron, and my second is to question whether a site like this meets the international criteria that I attempt to apply in site selection, there are many translators out there who do need a knowledge of American cultural history – and this is the site to learn about it. Each period presents a brief analysis of art, architecture, style, theater, events, technology, music, literature, as well as links to sites dealing with associated topics.

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October 31 - Searching

Search Engine Showdown

Greg Notess ' "Search Engine Showdown" provides the latest news from the world of search engines, with comparative charts and in-depths studies of the best search engines on the Web. Search strategies, statistics, search engine features, and the latest news are all available here.

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