German Dictionary

[Charley]

Where can I find the online dictionary of German > English or vice versa. I am looking for free ones.

Links will be welcome.

Cheers.

 

[moxid]

www.dict.cc

 

[Charley]

Are these precise translations?

I have this website book marked but need to know some more if available.

 

[mulligan]

In my experience online translations can be helpful but not always accurate.
I decided some time ago to buy the book editions of all dictionaries I would be likely to use.
If going down that road get yourself a good dctionary, for the sake of a couple of extra bucks it's worth it.

Another 'useful' site is:
http://dict.longdo.com/

English - Thai / Japanese - Thai / German - Thai / French - Thai Dictionary

Also, alot of translation websites all take their information from a central source so cross checking with 2, 3 or 5 translators will give you the same result, and not always the correct one...

Use all tools available to you to check the word, online / machine translation is just the first step.

German Ovt : http://inventory.overture.com/d/searchinventory/suggestion/?mkt=de

Google trends: http://www.google.com/trends
(It is helpful to use a German word you know to be 100% correct and compare your word with it. This will give you a more accurate reflection of whether its right or not. Enter both words in the search box seperated with a comma)

Search for it on Google Germany: http://www.google.de/

Use the German Overture bid tool to see if it's getting any bids:
http://uv.bidtool.overture.com/d/search/tools/bidtool/?mkt=de

Finally, look for language forums and ask the members there to confirm translations.
You can offer to pay a few $$'s for a word list to be translated for example...
This is a good option as you will be dealing with people rather than a machine.
A lot of languages have subtle or not so subtle nuances that you wont know about, verbs, nouns, masculine / feminine / neutral, the context it is used in etc etc...

 

[Charley]

Finally, I asked a friend of mine to get one from Germany.

Thanks for taking the time to gather all the information and listing them out here. I will go through one by one.

I decided some time ago to buy the book editions of all dictionaries I would be likely to use.
If going down that road get yourself a good dctionary, for the sake of a couple of extra bucks it's worth it.