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Japanese Language, Translation, and Production Tools and Resources

Online Webpage Translators

Nifty.com Japanese/English webpage translator -- Must have cookies enabled! Slightly better than BabelFish, mostly because it opens the page in a new window (so you don't have to keep using your back button), and because the new page shows the translations BELOW the lines of foreign text. (Japanese-to-English is 2nd choice). Japanese site. Works the same way as BabelFish, except translated page is opened in a new window...so turn off your pop-up stopper.

BabelFish: webpage translator for various languages -- English site. Translate an entire webpage by entering the URL in the 1-line box, selecting the languages to convert between, and clicking the button. Translate text by pasting into the larget box and doing the same.

Dictionaries

Online English-to-Japanese/Japanese-to-English Dictionary -- Only for looking up words, not translating pages.

Yahoo! Online Japanese-English Dictionary

New Japanese-English Character Dictionary -- Electronic Book Edition -- Electronic Book edition of of Jack Halpern's the New Japanese English Character Dictionary, which has become a standard reference work and has enjoyed the praise of renowned scholars and learners throughout the world.

Kanji Dictionary Publishing Society -- Publishes many books including the electronic version dictionary by Jack Halpern.

Japanese Language Turorials

Learn Japanese -- Online instruction in learning Japanese. Grammar, vocabulary, pronunciation, and how to write. Really cool, interactive, stroke-by-stroke writing feature!

NEW!!!    "Genki-Online" Japanese tutorials -- Really designed for teachers, includes a lot of interactive excersizes. Try it with friends.

The Kanji Site -- Online Kanji tests, books for Japanese students, flashcards for japanese students, information about Japanese language and grammar.

The Japanese Page -- Mainly a source for learning to write Japanese; also has some cultural information and fun stuff.

FreeLang.net -- Japanese-language tutorials and dictionary; cultural and miscellaneous information.
Spanish version    French version
(Online dictionary ONLY, without tutorials and information, is also available in other languages.)

Productivity and Communication Software

NJStar Japanese WP 4.35 -- A Windows version word processor software, which is designed for both Japanese and English languages. It is also an ideal tool for Japanese learning and teaching with powerful dictionary functions.     FREE TRIAL!!!

NJStar Communicator 2.30 -- Powerful software which enables normal Windows applications to read and write Chinese, Japanese and Korean (CJK) language text.     FREE TRIAL!!!

NJWIN CJK Viewer 1.85 -- Allows user to read CJK (Chinese, Japanese, Korean) language text in Windows programs.     FREE TRIAL!!!

Microsoft Global IME 5.02 -- Needed to input Asian characters on non-Asian distributions of Windows. Can be downloaded with or without language packs.     FREE!!!

Internet Utilities and Services

NJStar Asian Explorer -- A FREE web browser just like Microsoft Internet Explorer, but specially designed for surfing Chinese/Japanese/Korean (CJK) web sites.     FREE!!!

NJStar Unicode Domain Names -- Multilingual domain-name registration and parking services.

Information for Computer and Software Programmers

Ken Lunde's Home Page -- Online tools, published books, and additional information for programmers working in the Asian languages.

Saved Search Strings

Search results for "Watanabe Ken" in Japanese

General Information / Links Pages

Jim Breen's Japanese Page -- Links for Japanese-Language tutorials, computer-related tutorials (Windows/Linux/MacIntosh), articles about Japan, Japanese literature, Asian computing, dictionaries, Japanese culture, guides to Japan, photos, exhibitions, religious literature in Japanese, online stores, services in Japan, Japanese history, Japanese government and politics, travel information, and humor.

Wasabi Brothers Trading Company -- Mangajin Magazine, Mangajin e-zine, Japanese Resource Guide, Resources for Japanese software, and Japan-related shopping