Are there indices/bibliographies or databases of foreign science papers in English?

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Foreign-language science papers are frequently difficult to come by in translation. Is there any sort of index/bibliography or database that could be used to find translations of specific papers, assuming they exist? This could save a lot of time and expense for researchers when they would otherwise be duplicating existing translation work.

1. Alan Thomas II

• databases
• academic-libraries
• indices
• bibliographies
• translation

Comments

• JoeHobbit: http://libraries.stackexchange.com/questions/691/how-to-find-foreign-science-papers-in-english/695#695
• 1. Alan Thomas II: Based on the closed question at the above link. (Originally posted as an edit to that question, then reverted and posted here.)
• KatieR: You don't get it. The question had an accepted answer. It is redundant to repost the question. My comment was meant as a "learn from this and dont repeat it" situation.
• Joe: @KatieR : if we get enough people with high enough reputation, we should be able to re-open the earlier question (which, although was quite specific, was answered in a generic enough way)
• Joe: This question is *not* the same as the earlier one -- as there are many other ways to find foreign translations. It would be better to re-open the earlier question, and if necessary, strip out the specificity.
• KatieR: @Joe, the wording of the original question was completely changed by M. Alan Thomas II, making this a duplicate of the original question. If he had just left the first question alone and let it be closed and THEN opened this one, things would have been fine. As a result, these are duplicate questions.
• Ashley Nunn: @KatieR why do we need the closed one and this one? Why not just edit the first one to make it less specific, and thus, on-topic?
• Joe: @KatieR : I see this as being a much narrower question than the original (once you ignore the specific article they're looking for), as it asks about 'index/bibliography or database'(s), vs. just finding a translation ... but then it looses the specificity of it being a physics paper (for which I'd have asked for help on PAMNET)
• KatieR: Now that the original question has been restored, it would be appropriate for the OP to reword this question to be a bit more broad and more like the first, but without the specific article request. If I could take back my vote to close, I would.
• 1. Alan Thomas II: I submitted a reversion to OP's original version when I posted this here; I was trying to avoid duplication, but my edits still need approval. Since then, OP has re-worded his post to be appropriate and I think it could be re-opened as-is. If so, I'll delete this as a duplicate at that time.
• Anna Lear: @M.AlanThomasII The other question has been reopened, so I'm going to close this one on your behalf.

Answer by cpikas

There was a World Translation Center and they had an index which used to be on DIALOG, but might not be any longer.

SLA's PAM division has had several recent discussions see a summary here: http://pam.sla.org/2012/02/pamnet-monitor/ . See Dana Roth's column in the PAM Bulletin from August 2010 (p15) http://pam.sla.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/aug10.pdf for much more detailed information.

Indeed many Russian science articles have been translated and there are translated journals. Some German articles have been translated, too. Other languages not so much.

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• 1. Alan Thomas II: Anyone linked to this answer should also look at the original question and full answer list at http://libraries.stackexchange.com/q/691/345