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Translation Sites and Online Dictionaries
Translation sites allow you to enter text and translate from English to another language, or enter text in another language and translate it to English. You can also enter a web address and translate a whole webpage. Pretty cool to see what our home page looks like in Portuguese!!! A word of caution: When using online translation sites, remember to check your work, i.e., if you are writing your penpal, after changing your English note to him/her into Portuguese, translate the note back to English again to make sure you did not use a term that has more than one meaning, and your penpal will be able to understand your message as you intended!
Foods and Cooking
» CookBrazil
Recipes, including an email link to submit questions to the chef.
Books and Language Instruction
» Luso-Brazilian Bookstore
select category “GRAMMAR AND LEARNING - PORTUGUESE FROM BRAZIL” for textbooks on Portuguese. Note that when you buy from them on-line you cannot return what you bought. Send for catalog and phone in the order; phone orders allow returns.
» A full course on Brazilian Portuguese, 2 CDs, $70. Course includes audio, short videos of native speakers, and exercises you can print out or work on with your computer.
» Brazilian Portuguese website
Online lessons in Brazilian Portuguese, primarily for study, no exercises. Links of interest, incl. list of Brazilian Portuguese. books, some tapes/cds, and a number of dictionaries, one at the bottom has slang/idioms.
» Phrasal Verbs
Portuguese equivalent of English phrases such as “be about to”
» Glasgow Univ. Portuguese lessons
Portuguese beginner’s course online (from Univ. of Glasgow, not Brazilian Portuguese. Instruction/lessons only, no application exercises, but it’s free.)
» World Language Store - Links to language resources for on-line purchase.
» Transparent Language site - this page has a Portuguese word of the day. Other links on left side to language games and a few vocabulary tests. Most apparently cover European Portuguese.
» Sonia-Portuguese - Brief introduction lessons on-line to grammar and pronunciation, with audio. She has published a Portuguese Grammar book ($ 33) and a complete and practical Portuguese language course on CD-ROM ($ 125). The grammar book is very well done.
» 101 Language - offers a wide variety of Portuguese materials. Investigate before buying.
News and General Information
» Univ. Michigan Mega-links on Brazil
Website with mega-links related to Portuguese & Brazilian studies.
