LibGuides: Chemistry: Translating Tools

Translating Tools

TRANSLATING FOREIGN LANGUAGES
Bing Translator
Enter text or webpage URL then select the language you want to change it to.
Google Translate
Translate text, a document, or a website from one language to one of over 60 languages.
Babel Fish
Enter blocks of up to 150 words, or enter the URL of a website, then select the language you wish this text or website to appear.
DeepL
Offers both a free version, and a subscription version. Claims to be more accurate and nuanced than other translators. See J. Chem. Inf. Model (2018) Vol. 58, pages 2214-2223, for an evaluation.
BEOLINGUS
An online dictionary for translating words from: German-to-English, German-to-Spanish, and German-to-Portugese.
LEO
An online German-English dictionary.
Linguee
This tool shows translations of words used in full sentences, so you can see the context and usage of the word.
Beilstein German-English and English-German Dictionary
While this dictionary of about 2,100 entries is primarily intended for users of the Beilstein Handbook of Organic Chemistry, it has translations of many scientific terms used in other sciences besides chemistry.
Patent Translate in Espacenet
After you locate a patent in this European Patent Office database, Choose the part of it you want to translate, then select the target language.
American Translators Association
A directory of professional translators.
CONVERTING TEXT TO SPEECH
iSpeech
Convert almost any text into clearly spoken audio.

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