Discovering Hidden Gems in Foreign Languages

Description

This book offers a practical approach to conducting research in foreign languages on topics with a global nexus. It introduces the problem researchers face when getting started with a research problem, such as setting up the research environment and establishing goals for the research.  The researcher then needs to prepares and to conduct foreign-language research by generating key terms and searching the right places where the information they seek is most likely to be stored.  Using the appropriate advanced search operators, the researcher narrows down the search results to the desired sources, thereby eliminating the irrelevant sources.  Specialized knowledge of country-specific domains advances the specificity and relevance of the researcher’s efforts.   The methods and tools demonstrated in this book are applicable to a variety of academic and practical fields.  A doctor may ask “what are other experts in my field saying about ABC disease?”  A sommelier may ask “where else in the world are XYZ grape varietals grown?”  A businessman may ask “who are my global competitors in my market?”  A doctoral student may ask “have any other students at universities abroad ever written a dissertation about my topic, too?”  With the tools and techniques demonstrated in this book, all of these questions are answerable. This book concludes with chapters on translation and citation methods, and includes three case studies that demonstrate the practical use of the methods discussed above.  This book targets academic researchers as well as students and faculty.  This book will also be a good fit as an assigned reading for a college course on thesis/dissertation research. Disclaimers and Copyright Notices Preface Contents About the Author Chapter 1: Introduction to Foreign-Language Research 1.1 What Is Foreign-Language Research? 1.2 Who Is this Book for 1.3 Benefits of Foreign-Language Research 1.4 Establishing Research Goals and Asking a Research Question 1.5 Veracity of Foreign Sources 1.6 Language Keyboards in Microsoft Windows and Apple Macintosh 1.6.1 Microsoft Windows 10 1.6.2 Apple Macintosh 1.7 Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) and Geographic Restrictions 1.8 Foreign Alphabets 1.9 Book Outline Online Database References Chapter 2: Preparing to Conduct Foreign-Language Research 2.1 Getting Started with Key Terms and Phrases 2.2 Foreign-Language Research Support Using Wikipedia 2.3 By-Country Website Popularity 2.4 Country-Specific Search Engines 2.4.1 Seznam (Czechia) 2.4.2 Exalead (France) 2.4.3 Yandex (Russia) 2.4.4 Baidu (China) 2.4.5 Yamli (Saudi Arabia) 2.4.6 Parsijoo (Iran) 2.4.7 MetaGer (Germany) 2.4.8 Swisscows (Switzerland) 2.5 Other Search Engines with Useful Features for Foreign-Language Research 2.5.1 DuckDuckGo 2.5.2 Searx 2.5.3 CCSearch (Creative Commons Search) 2.5.4 Gibiru 2.5.5 Million Short 2.6 Downloading Online Search Results and Specialized Website Content 2.6.1 Searx 2.6.2 Thruuu 2.6.3 Data Miner 2.6.4 Google Trends 2.6.5 SerpAPI Online Database References Chapter 3: Discovering Foreign Language Resources Online 3.1 Discovering Exact Phrases with Quotation Marks 3.2 Discovering Combinations of Words with AND and OR 3.3 Discovering Key Terms in Website Titles with intitle: and allintitle: 3.4 Discovering Website Content with intext:, allintext:, inbody:, +, and – 3.5 Locating URLs with inurl:, allinurl:, and url: 3.6 Discovering Online Documents with filetype:, ext:, and mime: 3.7 Searching Websites with site: 3.7.1 Impact of Website Development Best Practices on Foreign-Language Research 3.8 Locating Links to Websites with link: 3.9 Discovering Related Websites with related: 3.10 Specifying Search Language with lang: or language: 3.11 Discovering Results from a Specified Date with before:, after:, date:, and inurl: 3.12 Discovering Topical Books with book: and the Google Books Database 3.13 Locating Results Geographically with loc: Online Database References Chapter 4: Country-Specific Domains and Non-Latin-Character Domains 4.1 Narrowing Online Searches to a Country Code Top-Level Domain (ccTLD) 4.2 Non-Latin-Character ccTLDs (ccIDNs) 4.3 Country Code Second-Level Domains (cc2LDs) 4.4 List of ccTLD Registries 4.5 List of Non-Country Top-Level Domain (TLD) Registries 4.6 Resources Online Database References Chapter 5: Translation Tools and Techniques 5.1 Translating Text 5.1.1 Seznam Slovnik 5.1.2 Google Translate 5.1.3 Yandex Translate 5.1.4 thePashto 5.1.5 Glosbe 5.1.6 Naver Dictionary 5.1.7 Reverso Context 5.1.8 Wiktionary 5.1.9 Linguee/DeepL Translator 5.1.10 Text Translation in Microsoft Office Products 5.2 Translating Live Websites 5.2.1 Google Translate 5.2.2 Naver Papago 5.2.3 Yandex Translate 5.3 Translating Documents 5.3.1 DeepL Translator 5.3.2 Translating an Entire Document in Microsoft Office Applications 5.3.3 Google Translate 5.3.4 Converting Text in Google Docs and Google Drive 5.3.5 Yandex Translate 5.4 Translating Images 5.4.1 Yandex Translate 5.4.2 Google Keep 5.4.3 OCR Space 5.5 Translating Video 5.5.1 YouTube Subtitles 5.5.2 Veed 5.5.3 Kapwing 5.6 Translator Communities of Interest 5.6.1 r/translator (Reddit) 5.6.2 Stack Exchange (Culture and Recreation) 5.6.3 Wiktionary Tea Room Online Database References Chapter 6: Case Studies 6.1 Discovering Data Sets from Foreign Sources 6.2 Discovering Russian Think Tanks 6.3 Smart Cities Around the World Online Database Reference Chapter 7: Citing Foreign-Language Resources and Translations 7.1 Foreign-Language Citations in Turabian 7.1.1 Citing Books in Turabian 7.1.2 Citing Websites in Turabian 7.1.3 Citing Journal Articles in Turabian 7.1.4 Citing Videos in Turabian 7.2 Foreign-Language Citations in Chicago 7.2.1 Citing Books in Chicago 7.2.2 Citing Websites in Chicago 7.2.3 Citing Journal Articles in Chicago 7.2.4 Citing Videos in Chicago 7.3 Foreign-Language Citations in APA 7.3.1 Citing Books in APA 7.3.2 Citing Websites in APA 7.3.3 Citing Journal Articles in APA 7.3.4 Citing Videos in APA 7.4 Foreign-Language Citations in MLA 7.4.1 Citing Books in MLA 7.4.2 Citing Websites in MLA 7.4.3 Citing Journal Articles in MLA 7.4.4 Citing Videos in MLA Chapter 8: Appendices 8.1 List of Country-Based Web Directories 8.2 List of Country-Specific Domains in Major Search Engines 8.2.1 List of Google Domains 8.2.2 List of Bing Domains 8.2.3 List of Yahoo Domains 8.2.4 List of DuckDuckGo Domains 8.3 List of Country-Based Search Engines Online Database References Index