REFERENCE MATERIAL

I love translating. I expect to be doing it for the rest of my life. That's why I've invested in the resources required to do it well. I have spent literally thousands of pounds on advanced dictionaries and reference works, just some of which are listed below.

Translation DICTIONARIES

• Der Grosse Eichborn
• Ernst Wörterbuch der industriellen Technik
• Langenscheidt e-Fachwörterbuch Architektur und Bauwesen
• Langenscheidt Technology and Applied Sciences
• Langenscheidt Mechanical Engineering and Plant Manufacturing
  
• The Muret-Sanders dictionary
  
• Dietl-Lorenz Dictionary of Legal, Commercial and Political Terms
• Dictionary of Legal and Commercial Terms, Romain (2002)
• Langenscheidt Dictionary of Business, Commerce and Finance
• Dictionnaire de l'informatique
  
• Dictionary of Civil Engineering
• Le Grand Robert
• Elsevier's Dictionary of Automation Technics
• Wörterbuch Labor / Laboratory Dictionary
• Ekkehard Richter's Retrodic Ingenieurtechnisches Wörterbuch
• Langenscheidt Collins Großwörterbuch
• Zahn Wörterbuch für das Bank- und Börsenwesen (Banking and Stock Trading)
• Langenscheidt Fachwörterbuch Elektrotechnik und Elektronik
  

• Creifelds Rechtswörterbuch
• DUDEN - Das Wörterbuch der Abkürzungen
  
• DUDEN - Redewendungen
• Illustrated Dictionary of Electronics
  
• McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms
• McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Engineering
  
• Dictionary of Architecture and Building Technology
  
• Encyclopedic Dictionary of International Finance and Banking
  
• S & P's Dictionary of Financial Terms
• Wiley Auditor's Dictionary
• Wiley Dictionary of Financial Engineering
• Dictionary of Science
• Dictionary of Food
• The Oxford English Dictionary (the largest dictionary in the world)
• A&C Black Publishers, Dictionary of Accounting (2007)
• ASTM Dictionary of Engineering Science and Technology

I will probably eventually post some reviews or commentaries on the quality and usefulness of these dictionaries, so check back every now and then if you think that would be of interest to you.

Incidentally, if you need to buy specialised German-English dictionaries, I would recommend Kater Verlag. They have a very good range, and the service is both prompt and personal.