World Translations Index l l World Translations Index

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World Translations Index l l World Translations Index (WTI) is the unique source for

World Translations Index l l World Translations Index (WTI) is the unique source for existing translations of literature relating to all fields of science and technology. The database is the machine-readable version of the print publication World Translations Index. WTI contains bibliographic references to both the original and translated documents, reflecting the translation announcements collected by the International Translations Centre (ITC) and the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique et Technique (CNRS/INIST) Translations cited are in Western languages and from any language source. More than half of the English translations are for documents originally published in Russian; another 30% are from Japanese and German originals 10

Index Translationum l Index Translationum The Index Translationum is a list of books translated

Index Translationum l Index Translationum The Index Translationum is a list of books translated in the world, i. e. an international bibliography of translations. The Index Translationum was created in 1932. It celebrates this year its 75 th anniversary. The database contains cumulative bibliographical information on books translated and published in about one hundred of the UNESCO Member States since 1979 and totalling more than 1. 700, 000 entries in all disciplines: literature, social and human sciences, natural and exact sciences, art, history and so forth. It is planned to update the work every four months 11