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Project Translatio

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Digitization Project Translatio
Type of site
Digital library
Available inEnglish
Country of originGermany
OwnerUniversity of Bonn
CommercialNo
RegistrationNo
Launched1 November 2013; 10 years ago (2013-11-01)
Current statusActive
Access
CostFree
Coverage
Record depthFull-text
Format coverageNewspapers and magazines
Temporal coverage1860–1945
Geospatial coverageIran, Ottoman Empire, Arab World
Links
WebsiteDigitization Project Translatio

Digitization Project Translatio is a freely-available digital collection of 19th and 20th century periodicals in Arabic, Persian and Ottoman Turkish, created and maintained at the University of Bonn.[1] The project started in 2013, with funding provided by the state government of North Rhine-Westphalia. The publications had been provided in collaboration with several German institutions, eventually being digitized at Bonn.[2]

The collection is considered a strong archive of Egypt-based periodicals.[3] Some of the publications in the archive are also rare or hard to find.[4] The project's website has been praised for being user-friendly, while use of German language in descriptions and metadata as well as lack of information on editors and authors has been described as the disadvantages.[2]

Archive[edit]

The archive covers between 1860 and 1945,[1] and currently includes the following publications:

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Zemmin, Florian (2018), Modernity in Islamic Tradition: The Concept of ‘Society’ in the Journal al-Manar (Cairo, 1898–1940), Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG, p. 178, ISBN 9783110545845
  2. ^ a b Correa, Dale (26 June 2020), "Read, Hot & Digitized: Translatio", University of Texas Libraries, retrieved 1 September 2021
  3. ^ Fallas, Amy (26 June 2020), "Researching Modern Egypt Online", Hazine, retrieved 1 September 2021
  4. ^ "Been All Around This World: Open Access resources for Middle East & Islamic Studies", Duke University Libraries Blogs, 22 October 2019, retrieved 1 September 2021