11 Jun 2008

Center for Central Asian Literatures in Translations (CCALT)
Central Asian Studies Program, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, US
Supplied note: "We would like to announce the commencement of a database on the University of Washington website that may be of interest to you: The Center for Central Asian Literatures in Translation (CCALT), located at [the URL below].
Recently announced earlier this month at the 20th Annual Nicholas Poppe Symposium held at the UW [http://depts.washington.edu/silkroad/upcoming.html - ed.], CCALT's aim is to provide access to high-quality translations of literature from throughout the Central Asian region, focusing on Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Tuva, Uzbekistan, and Xinjiang, as well as developing a cross-linked online database of relevant supplementary information. Our new database offers a framework for input and collaboration in the form of discussions on specific texts or related topics as well as the collaborative revision of translations. - ccalt."
Site contents: * Search; * Language (Mongolian, Tuvan, Uzbek, Old Turkic); * Genre (Poetry, Essays, Literary Non-Fiction, Fiction, Folktales); * Navigation (Index / Map, Wikistan index, Recent posts, Submit new content, Posting guide, Wikistan posting guide, Copyright information, Discussion forums, Contact).
URL http://depts.washington.edu/ccalt/
Internet Archive (web.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract]
Link reported by: ccalt--at--u.washington.edu
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Documents
* Publisher [academic - business - government - library/museum - NGO - other]: Academic
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30