Data(Researching—Compiling—Providing)cubed The Heidelberg Bibliography of Translations of Nonfictional Texts
摘要
In the context of the digital humanities (DH), online bibliographies are of specific interest because they both make use of and serve as digital tools. The Heidelberger Übersetzungsbibliographie (HÜB) (Heidelberg Bibliography of Translations of Nonfictional Texts) is one such database, focusing on German translations of Romance, Latin, English, and Dutch texts from the Early Modern Period (1450–1850). After a brief introduction to translation in that period (Sect. 6.1), we will discuss the role of modern bibliographies, and present our specific project aims as well as the current project status (Sect. 6.2). As the HÜB is the third in a series of projects funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG), we will then talk about our previous experiences and the basic features of our database, give an overview of the underlying technology, and discuss long-term availability (Sect. 6.3). Finally, we will address some challenges of larger-scale databases (Sect. 6.4) before finishing with some concluding remarks (Sect. 6.5).