The Translator’s Tools

Maulik B. Bhatt,

Roll No – 03,

M.A. Part - 01, Sem – 01,

Year – 2010 – 2011,

Bhavnagar University.

Tools - a thing that helps you to do your job or to achieve something,Reference Books,Dictionaries a. – An Unabridged SL Monolingual Dictionaries vs. Bilingual

Dictionaries,b. - An up-to-date Unabridged Dictionary (Available on CD-

ROM),c. - General SL-to-TL Dictionaries Old vs. New Dictionariesd. - Glossary,e. - Informal Networking,f. - A Comprehensive Multivolume Encyclopediag. - A so-called Visual Dictionary in the SL (Bilingual – better),

h. Verbal Description vs. A Drawing or Photo (unambiguous)

i. A Good English Language Thesaurus,How to Use Dictionaries for Translation?Electronic vs. Printed Dictionaries,Dictionaries on the Internet.

Acknowledgement :

My sincere thanks to My Family who supports me in critical situations of my life.

We are really indebted to Dr. Dilip Barad who has provided us with ample number of material and made us help choose our subjects also.

Thank You All…