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Volte
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 Message 25 of 35
05 March 2010 at 9:13pm | IP Logged 
Thanks Nocturne, great link - added.

Thanks Chung - I've started a new thread for graded reader links!


Edited by Volte on 05 March 2010 at 9:17pm
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Chung
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 Message 26 of 35
06 March 2010 at 2:51am | IP Logged 
- Estonian:

1) http://www2.kirmus.ee/grafo/ (navigable in Estonian only. This is a collection of some older Estonian texts courtesy the archives of the Estonian Literary Museum. Texts are viewable as scanned facsimiles or images. Click on the links on the upper half of the page to see the material. The links are:

"Eesti kroonikad" (collection of a magazine series from the 1930s)
"Kalendrid" (collection of calendars from the 19th century)
"Lasteraamatud" (collection of children's books from the 1930s)
"Teatmeteosed" (collection of some non-fiction texts from the 1940s and earlier)
"Vana raamat" (collection of books from the 18th century)
"Väliseesti" (copy of "Eesti asundused ja asupaigad Wenemaal" from 1918 - something about Estonians in Russia)

2) http://www2.kirmus.ee/nooreesti/ (navigable in Estonian only. This is a collection of some of the works by members of the neo-Romantic literary group founded in 1905 called "Noor-Eesti" ('Young Estonia'). These texts are available courtesy the archives of the Estonian Literary Museum and are viewable as scanned facsimiles or images. Click on "Ajakiri 'Noor-Eesti'" or "'Noor-Eesti' albumid" to the left in order to see scanned images of the books' contents.

3) http://dea.nlib.ee/ (navigable in Estonian only. This is an online collection of Estonian newspapers. Newspapers are viewable as scanned images. To see a list of all available newspapers, click on "väljaannete nimekiri" at the top of the main page. You can then pick from selected back issues of many Estonian newspapers for perusal or printing)

4) http://www.kirmus.ee/erni/rmtk/index.html (navigable in Estonian only. This is another collection of Estonian texts. Almost all of them date from the 1920s and are viewable in .html)

- Latvian

http://www.literature.lv (navigable in English or Latvian. This is the webpage of the Latvian Literature Center. To see texts in the original, set the page's language to Latvian ("Latviski" on the left hand menu), click DATU BĀZE at the top, and then pick a letter of the alphabet (to search for authors by family name). You will then see a list authors whose family name begins with that letter. All authors have biographical information, but only some have their works uploaded in Latvian, and even then they are excerpts. Authors who have permitted at least partial uploading of their works have the link "Darbu fragmenti" in their profile. Click on this link and then you will then see a list of viewable excerpts. As an example, look for the author "Inga Gaile" since her profile includes an excerpt from one of her works.)

- Lithuanian

http://www.antologija.lt/ (navigable in English or Lithuanian. This is a collection of 64 works from Lithuanian literature. Texts are available as .html or .pdf and sorted by author or time of appearance)
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Volte
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 Message 27 of 35
06 March 2010 at 5:26am | IP Logged 
Chung wrote:
- Estonian:

1) http://www2.kirmus.ee/grafo/ (navigable in Estonian only. This is a collection of some older Estonian texts courtesy the archives of the Estonian Literary Museum. Texts are viewable as scanned facsimiles or images. Click on the links on the upper half of the page to see the material. The links are:

"Eesti kroonikad" (collection of a magazine series from the 1930s)
"Kalendrid" (collection of calendars from the 19th century)
"Lasteraamatud" (collection of children's books from the 1930s)
"Teatmeteosed" (collection of some non-fiction texts from the 1940s and earlier)
"Vana raamat" (collection of books from the 18th century)
"Väliseesti" (copy of "Eesti asundused ja asupaigad Wenemaal" from 1918 - something about Estonians in Russia)

2) http://www2.kirmus.ee/nooreesti/ (navigable in Estonian only. This is a collection of some of the works by members of the neo-Romantic literary group founded in 1905 called "Noor-Eesti" ('Young Estonia'). These texts are available courtesy the archives of the Estonian Literary Museum and are viewable as scanned facsimiles or images. Click on "Ajakiri 'Noor-Eesti'" or "'Noor-Eesti' albumid" to the left in order to see scanned images of the books' contents.

3) http://dea.nlib.ee/ (navigable in Estonian only. This is an online collection of Estonian newspapers. Newspapers are viewable as scanned images. To see a list of all available newspapers, click on "väljaannete nimekiri" at the top of the main page. You can then pick from selected back issues of many Estonian newspapers for perusal or printing)

4) http://www.kirmus.ee/erni/rmtk/index.html (navigable in Estonian only. This is another collection of Estonian texts. Almost all of them date from the 1920s and are viewable in .html)

- Latvian

http://www.literature.lv (navigable in English or Latvian. This is the webpage of the Latvian Literature Center. To see texts in the original, set the page's language to Latvian ("Latviski" on the left hand menu), click DATU BĀZE at the top, and then pick a letter of the alphabet (to search for authors by family name). You will then see a list authors whose family name begins with that letter. All authors have biographical information, but only some have their works uploaded in Latvian, and even then they are excerpts. Authors who have permitted at least partial uploading of their works have the link "Darbu fragmenti" in their profile. Click on this link and then you will then see a list of viewable excerpts. As an example, look for the author "Inga Gaile" since her profile includes an excerpt from one of her works.)

- Lithuanian

http://www.antologija.lt/ (navigable in English or Lithuanian. This is a collection of 64 works from Lithuanian literature. Texts are available as .html or .pdf and sorted by author or time of appearance)


Absolutely fantastic. I'm quite excited to see so much Estonian, and Lithunian/Latvian are also very welcome. Great summaries too - I really appreciate the format and navigational information in particular. Thank you.

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Hashimi
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 Message 28 of 35
06 March 2010 at 9:26am | IP Logged 

English <> Arabic:

http://news.meedan.net      &n bsp;(posted by Fat-tony)



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Volte
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 Message 29 of 35
06 March 2010 at 2:06pm | IP Logged 
Hashimi wrote:

English <> Arabic:

http://news.meedan.net      &n bsp;(posted by Fat-tony)




Added to the new list of free news sites, thank you both.

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Chung
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 Message 30 of 35
10 March 2010 at 10:09pm | IP Logged 
Estonian:

http://homepage2.nifty.com/kmatsum/eng/tekstid.html (Assorted texts or articles - e.g. Declaration of Independence from 1918)

Icelandic:

http://www.library.wisc.edu/etext/Jonas/ (Assorted works of Jónas Hallgrímsson with commentary / translations)

http://www.snerpa.is/net/ (Collection of texts (including the Bible) and sagas. Navigable in Icelandic only)

Latvian:

http://www.ailab.lv/Teksti/ (Assorted texts from Latvian literature. Navigable in Latvian only. Click on "Latviešu Teksti Datortīklā" and then you'll see two links leading to online versions of classic (klasikas) and modern (mūsdienu) Latvian literature)

Romanian:

http://biblior.net/ (Assorted texts in Romanian. Navigable in Romanian only. On the main page, you begin a search using the row of links in the upper half of the screen. The search categories are understood as: "Cărţi" ~ "search"; "Pagini" ~ "pages"; "Autori" ~ "authors"; "Secţiuni" ~ "genre / section". You thus begin a search for an online text using one of these categories.)
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Chung
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 Message 31 of 35
13 March 2010 at 9:44pm | IP Logged 
Ukrainian:

http://www.utoronto.ca/elul/Main-Ukr.html (Navigable in Ukrainian only. This is the University of Toronto's extensive collection of online texts in .html or .pdf from Ukrainian literature or dealing with Ukrainian literature (e.g. literary monographs))

English (Ukrainian):

http://www.ukrainianliterature.org/ (Navigable in English. This page contains two collections of Ukrainian literature in English translation. While it may not be useful as authentic Ukrainian material, it may have some use for people interested in Ukrainian literature but whose command of Ukrainian is too low or negligible)
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OlafP
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 Message 32 of 35
14 March 2010 at 1:27am | IP Logged 
Either I missed it or it is true that nobody mentioned Wikisource.


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