dict.cc
For a very long time now, I’m using dict.cc to write all my english texts – be it blog entries, wiki pages, presentations, code comments, instant messages or e-mails – whatever. Just to look up a word or to check a phrase, check my spelling, find alternate expressions…yes – I even use it to train my pronunciation before talks and presentations – using dict.cc’s audio representation feature for many words. Dict.cc has accompanied me in years, it has become somewhat a part of my personal infrastructure – and has definitly made me better talk to many people all around the globe.
I’m really delighted with dict.cc, which meanwhile has grown up to a top-featured, community-written online dictionary for German/English into multiple European languages. It’s outstanding availability, performance and it’s usablity with such invaluable features like phrase search, synonym search, audio representation and more make it one of the most useful web sites I have ever seen. And it’s QA mechanisms make it one of the most trustable translation resources on the web.
And as priceless as it is – it’s free!
Thousand thanks to Paul Hemetsberger and all the contributors!
Keep up the good work!
