The fifth and final section of useful links for translators gathers together links that are not strictly translation or business related but may, nevertheless, be of interest to professional translators and interpreters.
The categories in this section are:
Codes & Shortcuts, Lifestyle, Meetings,
Music & Background Sounds, Nature & Environment,
News & Politics, Photos, SEO, Sport & Exercise, Sundry,
Travelling & Holidays, TV & Films and World Time zones.
The other four sections of useful links for translators on separate pages are:
general dictionaries and glossaries
subject-specific dictionaries and glossaries
translation-related tools and links
It is worth checking with your University to see whether they have agreements in place for you to access some of these resources free of charge.
Codes & Shortcuts
- Alt Codes list of Alt key codes, symbols and characters
- ISO Language Codes
- Keyboard shortcuts in Windows
- RGB Color Codes Chart
- Unicode character table
- Windows – Alt Key Codes
Lifestyle
- BuyMeOnce a site combating our throwaway culture with info on products built to last
- CodeCheck app for smartphones to check food and cosmetics are free from toxins
- Fashion Revolution
- Good On You sustainable and ethical fashion brand ratings
- GuppyFriend washing bag for your machine
- Haulternative Guide by Fashion Revolution
- Sleepyti.me helps you calculate when you should go to bed based on 90-min sleep cycle & average time to fall asleep of 15 mins
- Nutrition Calculator by BBC Food: Are you getting all the nutrients you need?
- The Game Changers a film that could change your life
- The Minimalists a site for clearing the physical and emotional clutter from our lives
- Veggiebag.net by feelhome
- Workrave program that can help prevent RSI by telling you when to have a break
- Zero Waste Home Office tips to refuse, reduce, reuse, recycle and rot
Meetings
Music & Background Sounds
- Brain.fm (free trial)
- Calmy Leon relaxing music and sounds
- Coffitivity background coffee-shop noise to aid creativity
- Focus@Will specially sequenced background music to increase your attention span (15-day free trial; from $6.25 per month)
- myNoise customisable soundscape website to aid concentration
- Noisli ambient sounds (e.g. rain, seaside, train, coffee shop & white noise), plus timer and distraction-free text editor
- Radio Garden live radio around the world
- Rain.today white rain noise
- Spotify (free with ads; premium from £9.99 per month)
Nature & Environment
- Top Wildlife Experiences Hampshire & Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust
- Webcams The Wildlife Trusts
News & Politics
- ABYZ News Links
- FactCheck.org monitors the factual accuracy of what is said by major US politicians
- Full Fact UK’s independent fact-checking charity
- Hoax Slayer fact-checking site
- Nuzzel news feed based on what your connections are reading on Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook
- Our World in Data research and data visualisation of worldwide human civilisation
- PolitiFact fact-checking US politics
- Politwoops all deleted tweets from politicians
- Pro-Truth Pledge pledge to fact check before sharing & honour the truth
- Snopes fact-checking site
- TheyWorkForYou parliamentary monitoring website. Find out how your MP is representing you.
- WriteToThem write to your UK local and national politicians for free
Photos
- Can Stock Photo royalty-free stock photographs (cost from $9 for 12 credits)
- Creative Commons
- Flickr
- Fotosearch royalty-free stock photographs (cost from $3-12 per value image; credits and subscriptions also available)
- Getty Images
- GoGraph: Stock Photography (cost $3-8 per photo; credits and subscriptions also available)
- Gratisography free photos by Ryan McGuire
- iStock by Getty Images
- New Old Stock vintage photos free of known copyright restrictions
- Pexels free stock photos
- Picjumbo free photos
- PikWizard free photos, no attribution
- Pixabay free high-quality images
- SplitShire free stock photography
- Unsplash free high-resolution photos
SEO
- AnswerThePublic free visual keyword research tool
- Backlink Checker ahrefs
- BuzzSumo analyses content to see what performs best for any topic or competitor
- Copyscape plagiarism checker
- Google Trends info on top search queries
- Link Explorer by Moz
- Online Broken Link Checker
- OpenLinkProfiler analyses links of any website for free
- SEO Glossary by SEO Book
- Xenu’s Link Sleuth find broken links on websites
Sport & Exercise
- Breeze Rides HSBC UK organised bike rides for women
- Elliott Line for parkrun stats
- Find a Race for running, cycling and swimming
- Fix Events for runs, triathlons and other multisport events
- Get Britain Standing information on how to stop sitting all day
- Great Run Local 2k and 5k on Sundays
- My Favourite Running Links
- NHS Fitness Studio exercise videos including Pilates & yoga
- Parkrun 5k runs organised every Saturday at 9.00 a.m.
- Parkrun – Christmas & New Year Compendium 2019/2020
- Parkrun Volunteer Hub
- Race For Life running for Cancer Research UK
- Running Pace Calculator
- TimeOutdoors for running, cycling, walking and more
- Vegan Runners UK
Sundry
- Advertising Standards Authority (ASA)
- Adzuna job search engine & ValueMyCV
- Bookshop an alternative to Amazon supporting local bookstores
- Camtasia computer screen recorder and video editor
- Canva design program
- ClipX free clipboard history manager
- Committee on Publication Ethics COPE
- Dollar Street see how people from all over the world really live (project by Anna Rosling Rönnlund)
- Encrypt.me VPN (Virtual Private Network)
- Findmypastdna ancestry DNA testing
- Forebears search for genealogical records and meanings & distribution of surnames
- HSTalks Business & Management Collection audiovisual presentations
- Iconfinder search engine for vector icons
- Summary of Intellectual Property Rights The UK Copyright Service
- The Calculator Site finance, health, cooking , maths and science
- Thriva home blood-testing kits (UK) so you can track your long-term health
- Unit Converter calculator & metric conversions plus engineering, heat, fluids, light & binary converters, financial, date & time calculators & more
- Worldometer interesting real-time worldwide statistics
Travelling & Holidays
- BorrowMyDoggy for walks, weekends and holidays
- Bournemouth Beach Webcam
- DogBuddy find a dog sitter for boarding, day care or walks in the UK
- Fly Me Anywhere
- HouseMyDog dog boarding, sitting and walking in the UK
- KAYAK travel site search engine
- MyClimate non-profit climate protection organisation with footprint calculator & carbon offset suggestions for flights, driving, heating, etc. (EUR, CHF, GBP & USD)
- Rover.com home dog boarding in the UK
- Skyscanner for searching flights, hotels and car hire
- The Man in Seat Sixty-One worldwide train travel information
- Trainline UK rail and coach platform
- TrainSplit split ticketing site to save on fares
- TrustedHousesitters find someone to look after your house and pets while you’re away, worldwide
- University Rooms book stays in university accommodation when not in use by students
- Visa List visa requirements and document checklist for 238+ countries
TV and Films
- Internet Movie Database IMDb
- Marquee TV productions by The Royal Shakespeare Company, Royal Opera House, English National Ballet, etc.
- MUBI film website focusing on international arthouse cinema (£9.99 a month; free trial available)
- Netflix for films and TV programmes
- National Theatre YouTube channel
- The Shows Must Go On! Andrew Lloyd Webber’s YouTube channel
World Time
- timeanddate.com World Clock, Time Zones, Calendar, etc.
- worldtimezone.com World Time Zone Map
Images by: 1) Quang Le; 2) Pexels; 3) Free-Photos; 4) mdgrafik0, all from Pixabay
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