Looking for a good children's book? Internet users can find hundreds of them. These books are from around the world. And they are free of charge. The project is called the International Children's Digital Library.

寻找一本好的儿童读物?互联网用户可以找到几百个。这些书来自世界各地。它们是免费的。这个项目被称为国际儿童数字图书馆。

The goal is to offer electronic versions of more than ten-thousand children's books in at least one-hundred languages. We will give the address of the Web site at the end of this report. So get ready to write it down.

我们的目标是在至少100种语言中提供超过1万儿童书籍的电子版本。我们将在报告的最后给出网站的地址。所以准备好把它写下来。

Project developers have been working with children to design easy ways to search the collection and read the books. An image of each page appears on the computer. Users can also print copies on paper.

项目开发人员一直在与孩子们合作，设计简单的方法来搜索和阅读书籍。每一页的图像显示在计算机上。用户也可以在纸上打印副本。

Officials say the project has been designed for two main groups of users. The first is children between the ages of three and thirteen, along with their teachers and parents. The second group is researchers in the area of children's literature.

官方称该项目已经为两大用户群设计。第一个是三岁至十三岁的孩子，以及他们的老师和父母。第二组是儿童文学领域的研究人员。

The books chosen for the collection are meant to help children understand the world in which they live. Literature is one way to teach young people about new ideas. The idea behind the collection is that an interesting story not only helps children understand who they are. It may also influence their desire to explore the world.

这些精选出来的书是为了帮助孩子们了解他们生活的世界。文学是向年轻人传授新思想的一种方式。这个系列背后的想法是，一个有趣的故事不仅可以帮助孩子们了解他们是谁。这也可能影响他们探索世界的愿望。

Project organizers say they have chosen books that show the similarities and differences in ways of life around the world. The aim is to create a greater understanding of other people's cultures and beliefs. The International Children's Digital Library is also an attempt to use technology to strengthen libraries around the world.

项目组织者说，他们选择的书籍显示了世界各地生活方式的异同。目的是为了更好地了解他人的文化和信仰。国际儿童数字图书馆也试图利用技术来加强世界各地的图书馆。

The digital library is a project of the University of Maryland and the Internet Archive. The Internet Archive is building an electronic library of Internet sites and other digital collections as a cultural record.

数字图书馆是马里兰大学和互联网档案馆的一个项目。互联网档案馆正在建立一个电子图书馆和其他数字馆藏作为文化记录。

The children's library project is supported by the National Science Foundation and the Institute of Museum and Library Services. The Library of Congress and other organizations are also involved. 

儿童图书馆项目得到了国家科学基金会和博物馆和图书馆服务学院的支持。国会图书馆和其他组织也参与其中。