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Re:Hungary's oldest library fighting to save 100k books from... by Telemakhos on Sunday July 13, 2025 @04:21PM (#44553372)
Even among the scanned books there are tons of untranslated ones. I've collected a few that I'd like to do editions of with commentaries and translations—they're all on the same topic, which up until a few years ago nobody thought existed (in fact, someone's book on a related topic denied that these existed, because the author didn't know about them). I found them all initially through scans on Google Books.
Re:Hungary's oldest library fighting to save 100k books from... by WalterBright on Sunday July 13, 2025 @07:40PM (#44554823)
Recent versions of AI have greatly improved my ability to decode and translate ancient family letters. Finally!
Re:Hungary's oldest library fighting to save 100k books from... by dr_dshiv on Monday July 14, 2025 @06:23AM (#44558346)
Im working on this challenge with the Embassy of the Free Mind in Amsterdam… hit me up if you are interested.

Curious which books you are starting with!