Online dictionaries and language corpora for translators from German

by Susanne Kolb – Over the past twenty years the number of instruments available for translators has increased considerably, in both quantity and quality. Currently on line there is a very wide range of Italian-German dictionaries and German language corpora. This article analyses certain important portals, in particular IDS, Institut für deutsche Sprache (www.ids-mannheim.de), illustrating in detail certain characteristics and headings of the various projects currently underway.