Major translation services from the U.S. government:
Smiliar translation service from Great Britain:
WNC and FBIS offer information gathered from thousands of foreign media sources, including political speeches, television programs and radio broadcasts, and articles from newspapers, periodicals, and books. WNC online covers 1995-2013; while the CIA continues to translate international news through its Open Source Enterprise, it no longer distributes the translations publicly and has since been decomissioned.
BBC Monitoring International Reports is a similar service from the British government.
JPRS began in 1957 and was merged into FBIS in 1996. In 1997 the reporting system was transformed into the current electronic World News Connection and all print versions were discontinued. For many years prior to 1996 JPRS was responsible for the translation of foreign language publications into English for government use. Handling materials in almost any language, JPRS provided translations of government documents, scholarly works, research reports, newspaper and periodical articles, and almost anything else appearing in print. JPRS Translations are not limited to any subjects, but ranged over the entire spectrum of the social sciences and science-technology fields and occasionally even the humanities.
Both FBIS and JPRS are arranged by region of the world, including:
Also of interest:
These are the regions, years, full text (print, microfiche, and online), and indexing of FBIS Daily Reports at UVA Library.
Use Hathi Trust for full-text searching online. If the volumes you need are only available through print or microfiche, you should consult the index first. Look up the topic you are interested in the index, then use that information to determine which specific microfiche to request.
If you need further assistance, contact the librarians listed on this page.
Region | Years | Full Text | Notes & Indexes |
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Global | 1995-2004 |
Full text:
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Due to copyright restrictions there are more articles on the FBIS CDs than there are in WNC online. |
China
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1968-1996 |
Full text:
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Indexes:
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East Asia, Asia and Pacific
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1967-1996 |
Full text:
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Indexes:
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South Asia | 1980-1987 |
Full text:
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Index:
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Near East & South Asia |
1987-1996 |
Full text:
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Indexes:
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Middle East & Africa | 1978-1987 |
Full text:
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Indexes:
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Sub-Saharan Africa | 1988-1996 | Full text:
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Indexes:
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Latin America | 1988-1996 |
Full text:
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Indexes:
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Soviet Union, Eastern Europe, and Central Eurasia |
1968-1972, 1977-1996 |
Full text:
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Indexes:
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Western Europe |
1987-1996 |
Full text:
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Indexes:
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"White Book" | 1947-1967 |
Full text:
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These are the formats, locations, and call numbers of backfiles and indexing of JPRS Reports at UVA Library. If you need further assistance, contact the librarians listed on this page.
Format | Years | Indexing | Notes |
Discontinued | 1996 | --- | Merged into FBIS. See information above |
Microfiche, and a very few in paper - Y 3.J 66/13: |
1976-1996 | PREX 7.13: Transdex (1971-1996) Transdex Index 1971-1974 (Paper) PREX 7.10:Transdex 1975-1996 (MF only) |
Sudoc Class numbers vary: Consult Guide to U.S. Government Publications (Andriot) -Z1223 .Z7 A572 - behind 3rd floor desk - for specific stem call numbers for specific JPRS series. |
Microprint
Contained in the United States Government publications; non-depository Collection from Readex |
1958-1977 | Monthly Catalog |
All Readex Microprint Cards in storage, Ivy Stacks. Cards filed by Monthly Catalog entry numbers. This is the VIRGO record for the overall collection of microprint in Ivy Stacks. You need to determine which MoCat Year and Number you need, and then search for it in the items on this record. For these early "Translations from ...." series it's necessary to look an individual title, for example, "Changes in Matrimony Requirements" (Trns Latin America), up in one of the indexes listed below. Then look up the resulting JPRS number (44038) in the Index to Readex Microprint Edition of JPRS Reports.... (PREX 7.13:) - to find Monthly Catalog entry number. |
Additional JPRS Indexes | Call Number | Years | Notes |
Bibliography -- Index: China and Asia; Exclusive of Near East | PREX 7.13: | 1962-1970 | |
Bibliography -- Index: East Europe | PREX 7.13: | 1962-1970 | |
Bibliography -- Index: International Developments | PREX 7.13: | 1962-1970 | |
Bibliography -- Index: Soviet Union | PREX 7.13: | 1962-1970 | |
Consolidated Translation Survey |
PREX 3.10/2: |
1958-1970 | Ivy Stacks |
International communist Developments, 1957-1961, ed. by Theodore Kyriak | PREX 7.13: | 1957-1961 | |
Sci/Tech Quarterly Index |
Z7403 .S27 |
1970-1972 | Ivy Stacks |
Contemporary China, ed. by R Sorich |
Z3108 .A5 S6 1961 |
1957-1960 | Law Library |
Technical Translations |
Z7401 .T712 |
1959-1967 | Ivy Stacks |
Translations Register -- Index |
Z7403 .T7 |
1967- | Ivy Stacks |
Transdex: Bibliography and Index to United States Joint Publications Research Service | PREX 7.10:Transdex |
1970-1996 |
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Catalog Cards in Book form for United States Joint Publications Research Service Translations | PREX 7.13: | 1957-1970 | |
Index to Readex Microprint Edition of JPRS Reports | https://dds.crl.edu/crldelivery/21657 (Also print: PREX 7.13:) | 1958-1976 |