CBS and DPSI – Resources for candidates
All links were recommended by translators, interpreters and examiners. IoLET does
not accept responsibility for the usefulness or otherwise of any of these suggestions.
If you come across any useful links or bookshops, we would be very pleased to hear
from you.
If you should find that any of the websites have changed their name or are not
available anymore, please let us know.
Language information sources
Specific languages
Albanian
See the UCL School of Slavonic & East European Studies website for links to useful
sites
See also the BBC’s Albanian site
Arabic
See the BBC’s Arabic site
Armenian (East)
Useful links and resources for East Armenian candidates:
Council of Europe Information Office in Armenia
English-Armenian dictionary
Hayastan Armenian-English, English-Armenian dictionary
Armenian-English, English-Armenian medical dictionary
English-Armenian medical glossary
Bengali
Online Bengali newspapers
Croatian
Some of these resources can be used in addition to the government pages on the
internet:
Rječnik hrvatskoga jezika by Vladimir Anić
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Hrvatski jezični savjetnik, various authors, published by the Institute of Croatian
Language and Linguistics
Glosar ekonomskopravnoga nazivlja by Katarina Čulina (HR < EN)
Poslovno-upravni rjecnik by Vladimir Ivir
See the UCL School of Slavonic & East European Studies website for links to useful
sites
See also the BBC’s Croatian site
Croatian newspapers are available from:
Ramadan Newsagents
104 Queensway
London W2 (nearest tube: Bayswater)
Tel: +44 (0)20 7792 8974
Czech
See the UCL School of Slavonic & East European Studies website for links to useful
sites
See also the BBC’s Czech site
Dutch
See online dictionaries and newspapers
Estonian
See the UCL School of Slavonic & East European Studies website for links to useful
sites
Farsi
Dictionary links at: http://www.farsinet.com/farsi/
See also the BBC’s Persian site
For Farsi newspapers see: www.gooya.com/
French
For legal terminology, try the government website
The following may also be of use:
http://www.frenchlaw.com/
BBC’s French site, with a focus on Africa
English into French Glossary
Lexique Anglais-Français du Conseil de l’Europe (principalement juridique). By
Council of Europe: Terminology Office.
German
See Reference sources for German-speaking countries for a comprehensive list of
links to useful sites.
See also useful links to sites on a broad variety of topics at http://www.aktuelleslexikon.de/
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Greek
The Hellenic Bookservice
89 Fortess Road
London NW5 1AD
Tel: +44 (0)20 7267 9499
Email: hellenicbooks@btinternet.com
www.hellenicbookservice.com/
www.mopocp.gov.gr/main.php –The Greek Ministry of Citizen of Citizen Protection
which includes links to the Hellenic Police, the Fire Brigade, the Coast Guard etc.
www.legalweek.com –specialist vocabulary in English, with news and legal briefing
section
www.lawnet.gr –specialist vocabulary in Greek, with news and useful links, eg The
Greek Constitution
http://europa.eu –specialist vocabulary on publications and official documents
See also the BBC’s Greek site
Gujarati
See www.samachar.com for Gujarati newspapers as well as other Indic language
newspapers.
Online dictionary/spell checker: www.gujaratilexicon.com
Hindi
See www.samachar.com to read newspapers in Hindi as well as other Indic
language newspapers.
See also the BBC’s Hindi site
Hungarian
See the UCL School of Slavonic & East European Studies website for links to useful
sites
See also the BBC’s Hungarian site
Italian
Most of the serious problems – if not all – in the last DPSI Law examinations could
have
been solved by using appropriate legal dictionaries, eg Dizionario Giuridico by
Francesco de Franchis and West’s Law & Commercial Dictionary.
Also try the links on: http://www.jus.unitn.it/cardozo/law_web/it_law.htm
Letter-writing tasks require an in-depth knowledge of the conventions of Italian letter
writing, eg Italian Business Correspondence by Vincent Edwards and Gianfranca
Gessa Shepheard).
Japanese
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A number of links, mainly to do with the legal system, can be accessed through:
http://www.mizuho-sc.com/english/ebond/government.html
Kiswahili
See the BBC’s Swahili site
Kurdish (Sorani)
A list of links can be accessed through: http://www.kurdishacademy.org/
Latvian
See the UCL School of Slavonic & East European Studies website for links to useful
sites
Lithuanian
See the UCL School of Slavonic & East European Studies website for links to useful
sites
See also:
Vilnius University
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
President of the Republic of Lithuania
Lithuanian Daily (Lietuvos Rytas)
Mandarin
Books:
Bassnett.S., (2002) Translation Studies. London: Taylor & Francis Group
Newmark, PP, (1988) A textbook for Translation. Prentice-Hall
Samuelsson-Brown. G, (revised 2010) A Practical Guide for Translators.
Panjabi
Panjabi books and dictionaries are available from:
Sikh Resource Centre
10 Featherstone Road
Southall UB2 5AA
Tel: +44 (0)20 8574 1902
DTF Publishers & Distributors
117 Soho Road
Handsworth
Birmingham B21 9ST
Tel: +44 (0)121 55 1183
info@dtfbooks.com
Read Panjabi newspapers online
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Pashto
See the BBC’s Pashto site
Polish
See the UCL School of Slavonic & East European Studies website for links to useful
sites
See also the BBC’s Polish site
For the Law option:
Danuta Kierzkowska, “Tłumaczenie prawnicze”, Wydawnictwo TEPIS, Warszawa 2002
–
in particular chapter 3 on the translation of legal terms and their equivalence and
chapter
5 on the legal terms in Polish
Portuguese
The Sonia-Portuguese website has a list of links, mostly to do with Brazilian
Portuguese.
See also the BBC’s Brazilian Portuguese site.
Legal textbooks for Brazilian Portuguese Law:
O Judiciário ao alcance de todos on the AMB (Associação dos Magistrados
Brasileiros) site or use legal glossaries such as the “Glossário de Termos Jurídicos” on
the
MPF site.
Romanian
See the UCL School of Slavonic & East European Studies website for links to useful
sites
See also the BBC’s Romanian site
Useful information on justice may be found on the Romanian Ministry of the Interior
site
Russian
See the UCL School of Slavonic & East European Studies website for links to useful
sites
See also the BBC’s Russian site
A useful glossary link can be found at www.proz.com/about/overview/terminology/
The English-Russian Comprehensive Law Dictionary, A. Mamulyan & S. Kashkin.
For English – Russian law dictionaries, the following may be of use:
АНГЛО-РУССКИЙ ЮРИДИЧЕСКИЙ
СЛОВАРЬ
"РУССКИЙ ЯЗЫК"
Издательская фирма "РЕЯ"
МОСКВА 1993
А. П. Кравченко
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АНГЛО-РУССКИЙ И РУССКО-АНГЛИЙСКИЙ
ЮРИДИЧЕСКИЙ СЛОВАРЬ
Ростов н/Д.: "Издательство БРАВО-пресс" 2001, ISBN 5-94004-111-6
Serbian
See the UCL School of Slavonic & East European Studies website for links to useful
sites
See also the BBC’s Serbian site (Roman alphabet)
Slovakian
See the UCL School of Slavonic & East European Studies website for links to useful
sites
See also the BBC’s Slovak site
Slovene
See the UCL School of Slavonic & East European Studies website for links to useful
sites
See also the BBC’s Slovenia site
Somali
See the BBC’s Somali site
Spanish
See the BBC’s Spanish site
Spanish-Health: Medical Translators
Books:
The Diccionario crítico de dudas inglés – español de medicina by Fernando Navarro
is a
priceless tool for all medical translators that will help candidates avoid the most
common
pitfalls when translating from English into Spanish.
Another interesting book is Medical Translation Step by Step by Vicent Montalt and
María
González Davis.
Tamil
See www.samachar.com to read newspapers in Tamil as well as other Indic
language newspapers.
See also the BBC’s Tamil site
Thai
See the BBC’s Thai site
Turkish
Website of the official Turkish Linguist Society: http://www.tdk.gov.tr
For Turkish legal usage and practice with regard to prisons and probation, try
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http://www.adalet.gov.tr/
See also the BBC’s Turkish site
Urdu
See the BBC’s Urdu site
Language information sources - all languages
Course and training books
DPSI Health Option – A Course Book
Jan Cambridge and Kirsty Heimerl-Moggan, in association with Rachel Cohen
This is aimed at centres and may be photocopied.
Note-Taking for Public Service Interpreters, Kirsty Heimerl-Moggan and Vanessa
Ifeoma John
To order a copy of this book, please contact:
Interp-Right Training Consultancy Ltd
T: +44(0)161-980 0434
F: +44(0)161-980 7834
interpright@btinternet.com
http://www.interp-right.com/
Books
The British Library
96 Euston Road
London NW1
Tel: +44 (0)207-4127000
www.bl.uk
Grant and Cutler at Foyles
113-119 Charing Cross Rd
London WC2H 0EB
Tel: +44 (0)20 3206 2640
www.grantandcutler.com
Local Government in the United Kingdom, David Wilson and Chris Game
Palgrave Macmillan ISBN: 0-333-94859-9
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Country Databases and Topic Links
BBC World: National sites, accessed through the appropriate region section here,
contain links to further sites in all languages
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world/
Conference Interpreters: useful resources and links for interpreters:
http://interpreters.free.fr/index.htm
Criminal Justice System: official site of the CJS for England and Wales:
http://www.cps.gov.uk/about/cjs.html
Information on topics related to the English and Welsh court system:
http://www.justice.gov.uk/about/hmcts/
Europa – European Union on-line: explains the British system in English and all EU
languages. The internal search engine within the site at allows you to access
factsheets in all EU languages on issues such as taxation and judicial procedures.
Eurydice – Information Database on Education Systems in Europe
Includes glossaries of key terms in national education systems.
Health Service links:
www.nhsatoz.org/
Local Government links: in English and other languages, large number of countries.
www.oultwood.com/index.php
Wikipedia: an online encyclopaedia and pool of articles, available in all languages
and
updated regularly.
World Embassy & Consulate Database:
This covers most countries and embassy links generally lead to a large number of
national websites: www.tyzo.com/planning/embassies.html
Dictionaries/Wordbanks
Acronyms (English):
http://www.acronymfinder.com/
Bilingual dictionaries:
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http://www.issco.unige.ch/en/research/links/ covers selected European languages.
http://www.lexicool.com covers most languages.
Concordancer
For advanced English learners. The British National Corpus concordancer enables
you to see any words or phrases in a variety of natural contexts, thereby helping you
to decide on how the terms are used.
General glossaries
www.gotranslators.com/Public/ConsultEN.php has tools for translators.
www.ilovelanguages.com includes on-line dictionaries, multilingual resources,
organisations, reading resources and more.
http://lai.com/thc/companion.html includes glossaries, translation news, newsletter
for translators, interpreters and more.
http://www.websters-online-dictionary.org/ is a tool for identifying and translating a
word from any unidentified language into English.
Medical glossaries
For the Health option, candidates should have easy access to a list of INN
(International Non-proprietary Names) in order to translate drug names accurately.
One such list can be found at:
http://www.who.int/medicines/publications/druginformation/innlists/PList98.pdf?ua=1
Online translators
A range of online translators, mostly working on a single-word level, at:
http://translation.langenberg.com/
Linguistics – recommended reading
To understand the essence of language, read any publication on linguistics, the
scientific or objective study of language. For general linguistics, try David Crystal, for
psycholinguistics, Noam Chomsky, for sociolinguistics, R T Bell and for translations,
Peter Newmark’s Theory and Practice of Translations.
Search engines
Copernic: Very useful search engine. The Copernic Agent Basic version is free.
www.copernic.com/
Google: Search engine available for most languages. http://www.google.co.uk/
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Scholar Google: A more academic version of the above. http://scholar.google.com
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