A clutch of time-saving, helpful links – including free translation by machine. 

Britannica – the biggest and best encyclopaedia, now online
Search engines worldwide – drill down deep in your hunt
Daily Newspapers in Europe - hundreds of online newspapers from throughout Europe

Glossaries and translation aids: 

http://www.systransoft.com/ - free machine translation of up to 150 words at a time!
http://www.xrce.xerox.com/competencies/content-analysis/tools/guesser-ISO-8859-1.en.html - a language identifier. Simply paste your text in
ITU Telecommunication Terminology Database (TERMITE)
Microsoft glossaries
The Terminology Collection – specialist dictionaries and glossaries
Eurodicautom a comprehensive 12-language terminology database provided by the European Commission
http://europa.eu.int/comm/translation/index_en.htm - the translation section of the EU commission.
Please note: we accept no liability for the content of linked websites.