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Italian Dictionaries

Babelfish Translation Service:  Proof that machines still can’t translate poetry

Dizionario Collins:  Among the best online dictionaries; quite user-friendly

Dizionari e glossari:  retorica, stilistica, metrica, ecc.

Artemotore.com:  An Italian vocabulary of film terms

Garzanti:  Easily the best online Italian dictionary.  You have to register, but it's free and very user friendly.

Virgilio Traduttore Multilingue

ForeignWord.com:  Rather good and user-friendly

Cinematografo.it:  An exceptionally useful Italian/English, English/Italian dictionary of film terms

The Logos Dictionary:  An amazing resource. Much, much more than a dictionary!

Girodivite.it:  A dictionary of writers, scriptwriters, directors, and actors who have contributed to the development of world cinema.