Below you will find a collection of Web sites that offer various kinds of practical information useful to writers in all kinds of fields.
- Alta Vista's Babel Fish Does Quick Machine Translations
The Babel Fish site can translate 150 words at a time, or you can enter a URL to translate a Web page. Caveat: machine translation will only give a close approximation of the meaning of any passage. Idiom and specialized expressions will appear peculiar.
- Google's Language Tools
What is inarguably the world's best search engine now has specific searching by language or country and a very fast machine translation. You can even search in the language of Elmer Fudd and Esparanto!
- Central Source for Quick Word Translation
A comprehensive language community portal with resources for study and improvement in more than 250 languages. Like Google, it also has customizable buttons for your browser's toolbar.
- The Slot: A Spot for Copy Editors
Bill Walsh has created a guide site for copy editors with resources, rants, and books for "Noble Misfits." Bold opinions and wry humor enlivens an often dry profession.
- Stephen's Guide to the Logical Fallacies
By Stephen Downes. A more classical approach to logical fallacies, arranged by category and with examples and clear definitions.
- HCI Resources: Guidelines, Style Guides, Standards
A comprehensive list of Human-Computer Interaction links to begin to establish some consistency in an often uneven field.
