Useful Multilingual Databases

  • Cercaterm (TERMCAT Terminology Centre Database) This database houses the largest repository of Catalan terminology, taken from texts produced by the centre itself, other organisations, queries sent to the centre, terms standardised by the TERMCAT Supervisory Council, etc. Cercaterm covers all knowledge areas and provides equivalent terms in other languages, mainly Spanish and English, as well as definitions in Catalan. Users may make queries in any of the working languages.
  • TERMIUM Plus® (Government of Canada Terminology Database) This language and terminology database from the Canadian Government’s Translation Bureau contains millions of terms in English and French, and to a lesser degree, Spanish and Portuguese. Many of the terms and expressions come from translated legislation, administrative and commercial texts, etc. originally published in either French or English. The Spanish and Portuguese terms come from the trade relations between Canada and Latin America.
  • Wikipedia This free, open-source, multilingual and collaborative encyclopaedia is produced by volunteer editors around the world in 333 languages. It includes clearly structured entries on all kinds of topics, individuals, etc.