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Language resources – Look it up!

Have you ever wondered about using a certain term or how best to resolve a particular language issue? The resources provided on this page could help you. We have found them useful in the course of our work and therefore provide the links below. Use your own discretion to determine whether they will suit your purpose.

You will find the brand-new SU Style Guide under ‘Monolingual resources’, and our Afrikaans-English translation equivalents and details on subject-specific terminology lists under ‘Bilingual and multilingual resources, Stellenbosch University’.

If you have any questions, comments or suggestions, you are welcome to email Elzette Wickens.

How to make the most of these resources

1. Be sure to pick the right term or tip for the context in question.
2. Consider whether –
a) there are other preferences or requirements, such as institution-specific terms, and
b) the term or tip has become obsolete or outdated since the link was posted on this page.

Monolingual resources

Title/link

Subject field/description

Original source/compiler

Year

Afrikaans

South African Academy for Science and Arts

City names (downloadable, 1MB)

Wikipedia

In-house style guide (downloadable, 744 KB)

SU Language Centre

2014

Institutional style guide (downloadable, 161 MB)

Commissioned by the SU Corporate Communication and Marketing Division, compiled by the  SU Language Centre

2023

In-house style guide (downloadable, 856 KB)

SU Language Centre

2012

Bilingual and multilingual resources

General resources

Title/link

Subject field or description

Original source/compiler

Year

Afrikaans-English bilingual e-dictionary

Afrikaans-English lexicon

Multilingual online dictionaries including Afrikaans and English

Multilingual online dictionaries including Afrikaans and English

Subject-specific resources

Astronomy

Title/link

Subject field/description

Original source/compiler

Year

Astronomy

South African Academy for Science and Arts

Automobiles

Terminology list (online)

1994

Terminology list (downloadable, 267 KB)

Samuel Murray

1994

Farming

Agriculture (downloadable, 919 KB )

Western Cape Department of Agriculture

2012

Fire

English-Afrikaans fire dictionary (downloadable, 319 KB )

Terminology Association of South Africa

1985

Geography

SA place names

PE Raper

1987

South African and international exonyms

Wikipedia

Countries and languages of the world

geonames.de

Health

Paramedic dictionary (downloadable, 1,1 MB)

South African Academy for Science and Arts

Afrikaans-English epidemiology word list (downloadable, 1,7 MB)

SU Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences

2000

Dutch corona terminology (downloadable, 308 KB)

Instituut voor de Nederlandse Taal

2020

Law

South African Constitution: full-text translations in the 11 official languages

National Department of Justice and Constitutional Development

2016

Religion

The Bible in various languages and various English translations

BibleGateway

Science and mathematics

Statistics (downloadable, 1,94 MB)

Editors: Faans Steyn, Chris Smit and Corna Vorster

2009

Electricity generation and distribution (downloadable, 3,5 MB)

1986

Fungi names in Afrikaans and English (Afr, Eng and scientific names) (downloadable, 336 KB)

GJMA Gorter and A Eicker,

SA Tydskrif vir Natuurwetenskap en Tegnologie 7(1) 1988

1988

South African Academy for Science and Arts

Sport

Multilingual Soccer Terminology List (downloadable, 1,7 MB)

National Department of Arts and Culture

2009

Stellenbosch University

Law Faculty’s Writing Guide

Legal writing resources

SU Law Faculty

List of SU qualifications with their abbreviations (downloadable, 72 KB)

Compiled by SU Language Service

2015

Names of modules, qualifications and SU terminology

SU

2021

A list of SU modules names in Afrikaans and English

SU

2022

Translation equivalent list compiled by SU language practitioners (downloadable, 390 KB)

SU Language Centre

October 2022

Terminology lists

Various terminology lists compiled by SU interpreters

E-mail Chantal Ellis for more information

Subject terminologies in Afrikaans, English and isiXhosa

SU Language Centre

Technology

Afrikaans-English terminology list

Profs Johan Combrink and Niek du Plooy and Mr Deon Meyer

Afrikaans-English terminology list

Profs Johan Combrink and Niek du Plooy and Mr Deon Meyer

Search functionality for terms for the localisation of software user interfaces

Other resources

SU academic department, teaching translation and editing in addition to Afrikaans and Dutch

An association for practitioners who operate in the South African publishing industry, corporate communications and media

An association for English and Afrikaans language practitioners

South African Translators’ Institute

Other services

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