Editing Writing links

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=='''LANGUAGES'''==

==='''ONLINE TRANSLATORS'''===

''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'''===

Wiktionary: http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktionary:Main_Page




===='''Multilingual'''====

The formerly known as "EURODICAUTOM" Term Bank. All EU languages, search by domain: http://iate.europa.eu/iatediff/


===='''English'''====

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/

http://www.wordreference.com/  (also Bilingual Dictionary Spanish, French, Portuguese...)

http://www.wordsmyth.net/

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'''====

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'''====

Diccionario de la RAE: http://buscon.rae.es/draeI/


===='''Chemistry Dictionaries'''====

Multilingual: http://www.woc.science.ru.nl/translation/


==='''STYLE'''===

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)'''===

Interested in / about ? Study of / on? Find out here http://www.freecollocation.com/ and here http://www.phraseup.com/

==='''ENGLISH GRAMMAR'''===

https://www.thefreedictionary.com/The-Farlex-Grammar-Book.htm