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| AdobeAdobe® Products |
- Adobe
Reader
A software program that permits you to read
online PDF documentation.You may download the most recent version of
this program free of charge at the Adobe website. As many online
documents in addition to those found on this site are produced in this
format , it is very highly recommended. This program can be obtained in
a variety of languages and for both Windows and Apple operating
environments.
- Asian
Font Packs
As many PDF documents on this website
and others related to East Asia require Chinese, Korean, or Japanese
(CKJ) fonts, you may also like to download and install a copy of this
software package as well. It will permit you to read documents
containing Sino-Japanese and Hangul characters.
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| Apple® Computer, Inc. |
- Apple Computer
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- .Mac - EARTH's Online Home.
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Hong
Kong
Observatory |
- Homepage
Provides various formats for obtaining
weather information about Hong Kong including HTML, Text, Audio, and
WAP formats in either Chinese and English.
- Current Weather (HTML / English)
Local weather conditions including air
temperature, humidity, and other useful information for Hong Kong
residents and visitors. Links to one-day and five-day local and
regional forecasts, storm warnings, weather maps, historical
information, and more.
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Japan
Meterological
Agency |
- Homepage
In addition to information about Japanese weather this site includes information about earthquakes, volcanoes, tsunami, and just about any other major source of naturally occurring disaster (Japanese language).
- Tropical Cyclones (typhoons) (HTML / English)
This is an English website providing information about typhoons in the Western pacific. It is a very useful site for Hong Kong weather observers.
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| Online References |
- Chinese/English
Dictionary
Translates Cantonese characters into
English and Mandarin with pronunciation for Mandarin, but not Cantonese.
- Cantonese
Pronunciation Dictionary
Requires knowledge of Chinese.
- Tsong Kit
- Chinese Language Input Method as provided by the Hong Kong Institute
of Education (Chinese only)
- Tsong Kit and beginning Cantonese for Mac OS9.x users. (English and Chinese) more...
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Online
Search Engine |
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Other
Translation
Services |
- ProZ.com - ProZ.com's unique online workplace provides tools and opportunities for its members to network, collaborate on projects and terms, expand their businesses, do better work and have more fun. In addition, it enables companies and organizations to rapidly search, find, qualify, evaluate and interact with translators, interpreters and linguists.
- Traducteurs sans frontières - This is a charitable service that provides translations at no cost to other charitable services such as Médecins Sans Frontières, Amnesty International, and many others.
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