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]

Digitization Project Translatio

Type of site	Digital library
Available in	English
Country of origin	Germany
Owner	University of Bonn
Commercial	No
Registration	No
Launched	1 November 2013; 11 years ago (2013-11-01)
Current status	Active
Access
Cost	Free
Coverage
Record depth	Full-text
Format coverage	Newspapers and magazines
Temporal coverage	1860–1945
Geospatial coverage	Iran, Ottoman Empire, Arab World
Links
Website	Digitization Project Translatio

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

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

Persian Daneshkada Ayandeh Danesh Akhtar Kaveh Danesh (1910–1911) Jangal (1917–1918) Baba Shamal (1943–1947) Tarbiyat (1896–1907) Shokufeh (1913–1919) Sur-e Esrafil (1907–1909) Yadgar (1944–1949) Seraj al Akhbar (1911–1919) Sharq (1924–1932) Bahar (1910–1922) Habl al-Matin (1907–1908) Sharafat (1896–1903) Sharaf (1882–1891) Nashriya-i Madrasa-i Mubaraka-i Dar al-Funun-i Tabriz (1893–1894) Majlis (1906–1908) Nama-i farhangistan (1943–1947) Ruznama-yi Millati (1866–1870)

Arabic Ad-Diya Al-Bayan Al-Jamia At-Tabib Az-Zuhur Al-Maʿrifa Al-Muqtataf Al-Irfan Apollo Al-Katib al-misri Al-Hurriya Ruh al-Qudus Sahifat Dar al-Ulum Magallat Kulliyat al-Adab bi-l-Gamiʿa al-Misriya Al-Fajr Ar-Rawi Al-Balagh al-Usbuʿi Ad-Dunya al-Musawwara Magallat Kulliyat al-Adab bi-l-Gamiʿat Faruq al-Awwal Al-Fukaha At-Tahdhib Al-Ahali Al-Alam Al-Ahrar al-Musawwara

Turkish Kadro Shehbal Diyojen Demet Anadolu Mecmuası Hikmet Muharrir Güleryüz Aydede Eşref Hamiyet Aşiyan Karagöz Davul Nahid Aşiyan Her Ay Resimli Ay Sevimli Ay Envâr-ı Zekâ Yarım Ay Hayat Envâr-ı Zekâ Boşboğaz ile güllabi Âyine Kadınlık

See also

• Nashriyah
• List of digital library projects