How to Find a Word in Any Language
Before the days of the Internet, you would need to thumb through a catalog of language dictionaries to translate words and phrases among multiple different languages. The Internet has led to increasing availability of online resources for learning and converting worldwide languages. As a result, finding and translating words into virtually any language is easy to do with a few clicks.
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Instructions
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Use the Internet to find an online international dictionary. For example, Dicts.info contains a vast collection of international dictionaries that allows you to look up any word in over 60 languages.
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Go to the home page of the online international dictionary.
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Click on the "Universal Dictionary" link.
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Go to the top of the webpage and click on the languages of your choice. For example, you can translate words from English to Spanish to French in one click.
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Type the word that you wish to translate in the "Look up" box. For example, type in the word "dog." The international dictionary will list the word "dog" in Spanish ("perro") and French ("chien") as well as a host of associated words, such as types of dogs.
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Tips & Warnings
The wide range of languages available on this type of service includes Marathi, Swahili, Telugu, Tamil and Urdu.
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