(Triban can take no responsibility for the content of these websites, which will open in a separate window)

The big news currently is that there is a swell of opinion in favour of a new Welsh Language Act, which will remove ambiguities and make life easier for everyone - including translators and their clients. Click on the dragon's tongue logo to sign the petition:

Translating

Cymdeithas Cyfieithwyr Cymru  (Association of Welsh Translators and Interpreters). This is the principal professional association for qualified and accredited Welsh language translators and interpreters

Linguistfinder.com - If you need a translator, interpreter or tutor in another language, this website allows you to search for one online

Useful Welsh Sites for Business

Welsh Language Board - an organisation which claims to promote the Welsh language

Welsh Development Agency - an organisation which aims to promote the development of Welsh businesses

Wales Tourist Board

Menter a busnes: a company whose aims are to encourage enterprise within modern Welsh culture

Charities

Longfields Association is an excellent Welsh charity which has provided support since 1952 for people with learning difficulties living in the City and County of Swansea.

As part of their fundraising Longfields rent out conference facilities with spectacular views over the bay - definitely worth checking them out when planning your next conference!!

Selected Small Businesses

Online Shopping at over 80 stores, from the Longfields Webshop!

Use this link to shop conveniently online at over 80 major stores and businesses throughout the country. At the same time you will be helping to raise funds for Longfields Association, who get commission on every purchase. In return, you get: 

=> Frequent special offers and good prices

=> Convenience – no queuing or car parking

=> Gift ideas from a great selection of retailers

=> Free postage in many cases

Llwyau Caru - Welsh Love Spoons Love spoons are a lovely Welsh tradition. These are elaborately carved spoons, often given to newlyweds as presents. Now you can order your love spoons       online

Origins:Gogledd Cymru yn ei ogoniant! Stunning photographs of Snowdonia and North Wales. These are the best photographs I have come across, showing North Wales at its best.

Major Welsh Institutions

Yr Eisteddfod Genedlaethol - The National Eisteddfod. Wales is a land of eisteddfodau, or cultural festivals. The National Eisteddfod is the premier one of its kind

The Welsh Academy supports Welsh writing

The Welsh Assembly - the government of Wales

University of Wales 

Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion

Cymdeithas yr Iaith Gymraeg  - The Welsh Language Society, founded in the 1960s. Its campaigning has arguably done more than anything to safeguard the future of the Welsh language

Cymuned: a society which actively campaigns to safeguard the survival of local Welsh speaking communities in Wales 

Y Gymdeithas Wyddonol: the Welsh scientific society

National Library of Wales

Other useful Welsh sites

Cymru ar y We (Wales on the Web): An online directory of links to websites providing reliable information on Wales, Welsh life and services

CARDIFF - City of Culture 2008

Learn Welsh!

Other sites of interest

KwMap.com: browse the keyword map of the internet

British Wildlife Helpline Have you ever found an injured or orphaned wild animal or bird and wondered what to do with it? Here's the answer!