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Translation Sites and Online Dictionaries
» YourDictionary.com 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! » Altavista’s Babelfish » Dictionary.com
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. » US Embassy in Brazil » Brazil Embassy in the US » Official site of Brazil
