WWW sites for translating LATIN?

[John Bruner]

On Tue, 19 Jun 2001, christian thompson wrote:
> Given all the botanists who read TAXACOM, etc., do any of you know of good
> sites on the World Wide Web where one can get Latin diagnoses / descriptions
> translated? Or even be able to look up the meanings of Latin words.
> Yes, as a zoologist I am rather ignorant of Latin, but occassionally do
> have to deal with old description in Latin and where the types are now lost.
> ...
> Thanks
> F. Christian Thompson
> Systematic Entomology Lab., ARS, USDA
> Smithsonian Institution
> Washington, D. C. 20560-0169
> (202) 382-1800 voice
> (202) 786-9422 FAX
> cthompso at sel.barc.usda.gov

I suggest you visit Matthew Carrano's website at Stony Brook State
University of New York, entitled, "Polyglot Paleontologist".

http://www.uhmc.sunysb.edu/anatomicalsci/paleo/index.html

There are a lot of links to translations, translation services, etc.

        John
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