Resources
Some of the resources used daily in my work as a technical translator:
Reference - CDs
Marolli Technical Dictionary, Ed.Hoepli, 13th ed., CD
Dizionario Italiano Sabatini-Coletti, CD
McGraw-Hill, Technical Dictionary, Zanichelli, 2nd ed., CD
Picchi, Grande dizionario Eng-Ita, Hoepli, CD
Delfino et al., Medicine & Biology, Zanichelli, CD
MS Bookshelf, CD
Oxford English Dictionary, CD
Encyclopedia Britannica, CD
Reference - Books
Picchi, Grande dizionario Eng-Ita, ed. Hoepli
West's Law & Commercial Dictionary, ed. Zanichelli
Codeluppi, Dizionario di Economia Banca e Borsa, ed. Le Lettere
F.Picchi, Language & Business, ed. Zanichelli
McGraw-Hill, Technical Dictionary, ed. Zanichelli
Il Gould Chiampo, Dizionario medico, ed. Zanichelli
Devoto-Oli, Italian dictionary, ed. Le Monnier
Oxford Reference dictionary
Roget's Thesaurus, ed. Harper Collins
Chambers Dictionary of Etymology
Dizionario del grafico, Fioravanti, ed. Zanichelli
Sinonimi e contrari, ed. Zanichelli
La Lingua Italiana, Dardano, ed. Zanichelli
Le parole dell'italiano, Morello, ed. Zanichelli
Il nuovo manuale di stile, Lesina, ed. Zanichelli
Così si dice e si scrive, Pittano, ed. Zanichelli
Odd pairs and false friends, Browne, ed. Zanichelli
Bugs and bugbears, Browne-Natali, ed. Zanichelli
English usage, Storrie-Matson, ed. Zanichelli
Reference Grammar, Devitis et al., ed. Zanichelli
... to be compiled...
CAT Tools: Translation memory & Terminology
Trados 7.5
Trados TagEditor
MultiTerm
Operating Systems and Office applications
Windows XP (Italian) and Windows 2000 (English)
Office XP (Italian) and Office 2000
Utilities and security
Zone Alarm Firewall (security)
FTP clients (comms)
Paint Shop Pro 9.0 (graphic)
Magellan (metasearch software)
2 PCs networked
2 internal hard disks for each PC
2 external hard disks for backups, 120+120 GB
CD/DVD-recorder
ADSL Internet connection
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