Translation Glossaries from the Web

English-Russian glossary of terms related to the Glossary of Terms related to the Promotion of International Cooperation to Combat Illicit Financial Flows in Order to Foster Sustainable Development.

The United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE), the Eurasian Economic Commission, and the China National Institute of Standardization, working with other partners, teamed up to develop this revised third edition of the Glossary of trade facilitation terms, including for the first time the Chinese translation of the terms, to become an En... View more

36 pages downloadable file (scroll down on the page) with ample explanations of each term.

This section provides a guide to terms commonly used in relation to treaties and employed in the practice of the Secretary-General as depositary of multilateral treaties, as well as in the Secretariat's registration function. Where applicable, a reference to relevant provisions of the Vienna Convention 1969 is included.

UNTERM is a multilingual terminology database maintained jointly by the main duty stations and regional commissions of the United Nations system.

(pages 36-38) UNISDR develop these basic definitions on disaster risk reduction to promote a common understanding on the subject for use by the public, authorities and practitioners. The terms are based on a broad consideration of different international sources. Feedback from specialists and other practitioners to improve these definitions will b... View more

Multilingual glossary on organic agriculture. Searchable database and downloadable in pdf format.

A compilation of acronyms created by United Nations linguists and updated frequently.

All-round standardization glossaries for many languages including about 25,000 terms.

All-round technical standardization glossary with around 25,000 terms.

Department of Economic and Social Affairs Statistics Division United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names

ENGLISH-FRENCH-ARABIC GLOSSARY‎

One of a few glossaries published by this group. Provides links to other sites of interest as well.

The purpose of this glossary is to determine the meaning of the terms in current use, and to make them more easily understandable to the increasing number of people who use them, politicians, technical personnel or operators of the various modes of transport concerned. These definitions are not applicable in their strictest sense to the legal and s... View more

This reference standard is a listing of terms and definitions with specific meaning for phytosanitary systems worldwide. It has been developed to provide a harmonized internationally agreed vocabulary associated with the implementation of the International Plant Protection Convention and International Standards for Phytosanitary Measures. Users w... View more

Multilingual glossary of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

UN Terminology Database

Arabic > English Glossary of Public Administration ﻲﺒﺭﻋ - ﻱﺯﻴﻠﻜﻨﺇ ﺔﻤﺎﻌﻟﺍ ﺓﺭﺍﺩﻹﺍ ﺕﺎﺤﻠﻁﺼﻤ

English > Arabic Glossary of Public Administration Terminology

United Nations Multilingual Terminology Database in 6 languages English, French, Spanish, Chinese, Russian, Arabic

Provides official country names and ISO abbreviations, and the names of capital cities, in the vernacular and the English form. (an equivalent list exists in French and Spanish as well).

A very useful dictionary Arabic English and English Arabic dictionary for United Nations and other political terms

2001. Fair size. Search box, A-Z index. This Glossary of biotechnology for food and agriculture is a revised and augmented version of the Glossary of biotechnology and genetic engineering published by FAO in 1999. It provides a consolidated, comprehensive, up-to-date and accessible list of terms and acronyms that are used regularly in biotechnology... View more