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Language Resources

  • YourDictionary.com - Dictionaries for languages from around the world, including Spanish, Portuguese, Mapudungun, and Quechua. English.
    • Grammars - Links to grammars and language courses for languages from around the world. English.
  • Spanish Slang - This page is dedicated to explaining and defining slang words used in a variety of Latin American countries. Spanish.
  • Aymar Arux Akhamawa - Aymara Language Is Like This - By Miguel Huanca with Amalia and Teófilo Huanca. This online publication is the only English-Aymara textbook available and includes digitally recorded native-spoken dialogues, vocabulary supplements, original literature, and traditional song.


Online Dictionaries


Translation Programs on the Web

  • Alta Vista's translation program - Free program that will translate text from English to Spanish and Portuguese, and from Spanish and Portuguese to English, among a host of others languages.
  • FreeTranslation.com - Another program that will provide free translations of text in languages relevant to Latin America. This Web site also has links to its professional translation services.

          N.B. These translation programs are intended to provide only an approximation of original text, not flawless  translations.
 
 

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