Mandarin

This site includes Mandarin resources in various aspects.

Dictionaries (monolingual/bilingual)

• Cambridge Dictionary (English–Chinese). Translates English vocabulary, idioms and sentences into their Chinese equivalent (but not from Chinese to English).
• Complete Collection of Chinese Two-Part Allegorical Sayings. Includes over 50000 monolingual Chinese allegorical sayings containing allegories and explanations.
• Han Dictionary. Collects comprehensive explanations of Chinese words and some English translation from various monolingual/bilingual Chinese dictionaries.
• Online Xinhua Dictionary. Explains Chinese characters, vocabulary and idioms in Chinese with some English translation.
• Online Chinese Idiom Dictionary. Provides definitions of Chinese idioms and their synonyms, antonyms, origins and sentence examples in Chinese.

Online Translators

• bab.la (English–Chinese). Helps translate Chinese words and phrases into their English counterpart, and vice versa, providing bilingual sentences to show how they are used.
• Baidu Translate (百度翻译). A convenient translation tool that generates instant Chinese translation of English texts in any format, including those in web pages, photos, and documents (in PDF, Word, PowerPoint, etc.), and of no maximum word limit.
• English to Chinese Simplified Translation Tool. Helps translate English texts of up to 500 characters per request into their Chinese counterpart, and vice versa.
• Lingea. Provides English translation of Chinese words and phrases, and vice versa.
• Lingvanex (English–Chinese). Enables instant translation between English and Chinese texts for free.

Corpus from different Chinese-speaking regions

• A Collection of Key Concepts and Terms in Chinese Thought and Culture. Provides comprehensive bilingual explanations of key cultural concepts in Chinese philosophy, history and arts.
• Bilingual Vocabulary Database (Chinese<->English). Created by the National Academy for Educational Research from Taiwan, it includes plentiful institutional, academic and technical bilingual terms.
• China Key Words (中国核心语汇). A multilingual website that introduces key words and phrases that matter to the Chinese economy, history, culture, technological development, etc. with multilingual definitions, examples, and related articles.
• Chinese-English/English-Chinese Terms on Current Affairs. Regularly updated to include more recent Chinese-English terms and expressions from the news in Hong Kong.

Encyclopaedia

• ChinaKnowledge.de -An Encyclopaedia on Chinese History, Literature and Art. Provides information in English on a wide range of topics in Chinese history, literature, art, religions and philosophy.

Classical Chinese Translation

• Chinese Text Project. Offers access to many classical pre-modern Chinese texts and some of their English translation.
• Complete Collection of Chinese Poetry. Contains Chinese poetry with some translation in modern Chinese and brief literary analysis.
• Online Classical Chinese Dictionary. Translates Chinese ancient passages in standard modern Chinese.

Legal Translation

• Glossary of Commonly Used Court & Justice System Terminology (English–Chinese). Created by Consortium for State Court Interpreter Testing in 2003, it lists legal terminology in both English and Chinese (traditional and simplified).
• Glossary of legal terms – Multilingual Glossary in 13 languages. Gives translation of common legal terminology in 13 languages, including Chinese.

Medical Translation

• English-Chinese Medical Dictionary (英汉医学词典). Allows you to find English translation of Chinese medical terms, and vice versa.
• China’s Standardised Technical Terms (中国规范术语). Offers English translation of Chinese medical terminology, and vice versa.
• Termonline (术语在线). A bilingual (Chinese/English) website that covers standardized and new technical terms that are related to medicine.
• Dictionary of Traditional Chinese Medicine (monolingual). Explains various kinds of Chinese medical terms in detail, including theories about different treatment modalities, functions and preparation procedures of Chinese medicines, etc.

Sciencific Translation

• China’s Standardised Technical Terms (中国规范术语). Offers English translation of Chinese technical terms in areas such as science, social science, engineering, medicine and agriculture, and vice versa.
• Termonline (术语在线). A bilingual (Chinese/English) website that covers all the standardized terms, new technical terms, and parallel terms used in Mainland China and Taiwan, that are related to science, engineering, military science, medicine, etc.
• Termonline Big Data Multilingual Encyclopedia Terms. Allows one to search for multilingual translation of Chinese technical terms in big data.

Translation of Political Texts

• China Keywords (中国关键词). Provides multilingual explanations of essential expressions used to describe the developmental theories and pathways, external and internal policies as well as the cultures and philosophies of contemporary China.
• Standardised Terminology Database for Foreign Translation of Chinese Characteristic Terms (中国特色话语对外翻译标准化术语库). Includes technical terms related to Chinese political system, thought and culture in 10 languages. It requires account registration to assess more entries.