Writing links
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LANGUAGES[edit]
ONLINE TRANSLATORS[edit]
Several languages from/to English and English/Spanish-Spanish/English: http://www.online-translator.com/text.asp?lang=es and https://www.deepl.com/en/translator
Catalan-Spanish-English-French-German: http://www.grec.cat/cgibin/mlt00.pgm?USUARI=comodi&source=XW
Deep L: https://www.deepl.com/en/translator
DICTIONARIES[edit]
Wiktionary: http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktionary:Main_Page
Multilingual[edit]
The formerly known as "EURODICAUTOM" Term Bank. All EU languages, search by domain: http://iate.europa.eu/iatediff/
English[edit]
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/
http://www.wordreference.com/ (also Bilingual Dictionary Spanish, French, Portuguese...)
http://www.m-w.com/netdict.htm (also Spanish-English)
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/
http://www.visuwords.com/ (useful as a Thesaurus)
https://www.freecollocation.com/ - Oxford collocations dictionary -- study of something? study on something? study into something? In OCD you'll find the answer ! The dictionary keeps changing locations, so this is the current link on Feb. 17th 2026
http://www.ironicsans.com/thsrs/ - write a long word and it'll suggest shorter synonyms
http://www.hemingwayapp.com/ - it gives you readability scores
Catalan[edit]
Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana: http://www.grec.net/home/cel/dicc.htm
CercaTerm: http://www.termcat.cat/
Diccionari Institut d'Estudis Catalans: http://dlc.iec.cat/
Corrector d'ortografia: http://www.softcatala.org/corrector/
Consulta dubtes: http://www6.gencat.net/llengcat/scripts/sial/menuas.asp
Online course: http://www.parla.cat/pres_catalaenlinia/AppPHP/login/index.php
Spanish[edit]
Diccionario de la RAE: http://buscon.rae.es/draeI/
Chemistry Dictionaries[edit]
Multilingual: http://www.woc.science.ru.nl/translation/
STYLE[edit]
The Chicago Manual of Style: to check spelling, how to write citations etc http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org
For citations also check: http://pubs.acs.org/books/references.shtml (We have got a copy of the ACS Style Manual).
See the Writing Tips section too.
Grammarly Chrome app - spellchecker and editing tool
http://www.ironicsans.com/thsrs/ - write a long word and it'll suggest shorter synonyms
http://www.hemingwayapp.com/ - it gives you readibility scores
http://www.analyzemywriting.com/ - just awesome! It analyses several pameters (words & punctuation used, readibility scores etc)
https://www.languagetool.org/ - spellcheck and editing tool available in 20 languages, you can even select which variety of English your text is written in!
https://editsaurus.tylerwalters.com/
https://www.languagetool.org/ - you kind choose the variety of English (British, American, Australian...) to spellcheck in!
https://writefullapp.com/ - for Linux! Or Chrome app
How to design an award-winning conference poster: https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2018/05/11/how-to-design-an-award-winning-conference-poster/
COLLOCATIONS (ENGLISH)[edit]
Interested in / about ? Study of / on? Find out here http://www.freecollocation.com/ and here http://www.phraseup.com/
ENGLISH GRAMMAR[edit]
https://www.thefreedictionary.com/The-Farlex-Grammar-Book.htm