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AI-Culture-Commons
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philosophy-culture-translations-html-csv

article_code string	source_lang string	target_lang string	section_name string	source_text string	translated_text string	source_html string	translated_html string	source_url string	translated_url string
press-review12	he	en	press-review	התדרדרות הארץ סיכום של דירוג "הארץ" (ראש הטבלה): אם תאמין שאפשר לקלקל תאמין שאפשר לתקן שואלים אותי: מהי הסיבה שיבש מעיינה הביקורתי של הכלבה? האם העיתון עד כדי כך השתפר שכבר אין מה לבקר? מדוע נטשת את משמרתך והשיירה עוברת? שובי למלונתך, כלבה. לכן, כשירות לבעלי כלבים, שמוגש מטעם צער בעלי חיים, אציג את הארץ ממבט הלוויין:...	The Degeneration of the Nation Summary of "Haaretz" ranking (top of the table): If you believe it can be ruined, believe it can be fixed People ask me: What's the reason for the drying up of the Bitch's critical spring? Has the newspaper improved so much that there's nothing left to criticize? Why have you abandoned ...	<!DOCTYPE html><html dir="ltr" lang=""><head><meta charset="utf-8"><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0"><title>סיכום של דירוג "הארץ" (ראש הטבלה): אם תאמין שאפשר לקלקל תאמין שאפשר לתקן - ביקורת הארץ - התדרדרות הארץ</title><link rel="icon" type="image/png" href="favicon-192x192.png" sizes...	<!DOCTYPE html><html lang="en" dir="ltr"><head><meta charset="utf-8"><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0"><title>Summary of "Haaretz" ranking (top of the table): If you believe it can be ruined, believe it can be fixed - The Degeneration of the Nation</title><link rel="icon" type="image...	https://hitdarderut-haaretz.org/bikoret-haaretz12.html	https://degeneration-of-nation.org/en/press-review12.html
night-life50	he	en	night-life	התדרדרות הארץ איך הפסקתי לפחד ולמדתי לאהוב את טיפולי ההמרה מה אמא שלך הייתה אומרת, אם הייתה חיה, שהפכת לחיה? ואם זה יתחיל ככה כל הגברים יתחזו לחתולים, כולם הרי יעדיפו חיי חתול, ומה יעשו הנשים? כבר קשה אפילו לדמיין, כי יש תחושה שאם נעז לדמיין יעלה במוחנו משהו מזעזע. משהו שעדיף שלא לדמיין אפילו. שלא לתת רעיונות. לא לא,...	The Degeneration of the Nation How I Stopped Worrying and Learned to Love Conversion Therapy What would your mother say, if she were alive, that you've turned into an animal? And if it starts like this, all men will pretend to be cats, everyone would prefer a cat's life after all, and what will the women do? It's alr...	<!DOCTYPE html><html dir="ltr" lang=""><head><meta charset="utf-8"><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0"><title>איך הפסקתי לפחד ולמדתי לאהוב את טיפולי ההמרה - חיי לילה - התדרדרות הארץ</title><link rel="icon" type="image/png" href="favicon-192x192.png" sizes="192x192"><link rel="apple-tou...	<!DOCTYPE html><html lang="en" dir="ltr"><head><meta charset="utf-8"><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0"><title>How I Stopped Worrying and Learned to Love Conversion Therapy - The Degeneration of the Nation</title><link rel="icon" type="image/png" href="../favicon-192x192.png" sizes="1...	https://hitdarderut-haaretz.org/igul-shachor50.html	https://degeneration-of-nation.org/en/night-life50.html
alternative-commentary62	he	en	alternative-commentary	"התדרדרות הארץ\n\nטרנס-הומניזם: על יתרונות הכתיבה כגבר\n\n(...TRUNCATED)	"The Degeneration of the Nation\n\nTranshumanism: On the Advantages of Writing as a Man\n\nUtterly e(...TRUNCATED)	"<!DOCTYPE html><html dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"\"><head><meta charset=\"utf-8\"><meta name=\"viewport\" co(...TRUNCATED)	"<!DOCTYPE html><html lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><head><meta charset=\"utf-8\"><meta name=\"viewport\" (...TRUNCATED)	https://hitdarderut-haaretz.org/actualia62.html	https://degeneration-of-nation.org/en/alternative-commentary62.html
philosophy-of-learning42	he	en	philosophy-of-learning	"התדרדרות הארץ\n\nהרומן הגדול של המאה הבאה\n\nכל ספרות גדו(...TRUNCATED)	"The Degeneration of the Nation\n\nThe Great Novel of the Next Century\n\nAll great literature is bu(...TRUNCATED)	"<!DOCTYPE html><html dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"\"><head><meta charset=\"utf-8\"><meta name=\"viewport\" co(...TRUNCATED)	"<!DOCTYPE html><html lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><head><meta charset=\"utf-8\"><meta name=\"viewport\" (...TRUNCATED)	https://hitdarderut-haaretz.org/filosofia42.html	https://degeneration-of-nation.org/en/philosophy-of-learning42.html
end-of-nights12	he	en	end-of-nights	"התדרדרות הארץ\n\nאליהו\n\nמאת:\n\n(מקור)\n\nספר אליהו שנעלם\n\(...TRUNCATED)	"The Degeneration of the Nation\n\nElijah\n\nBy:\n\n(Source)\n\nThe Lost Book of Elijah\n\nI dreamed(...TRUNCATED)	"<!DOCTYPE html><html dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"\"><head><meta charset=\"utf-8\"><meta name=\"viewport\" co(...TRUNCATED)	"<!DOCTYPE html><html lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><head><meta charset=\"utf-8\"><meta name=\"viewport\" (...TRUNCATED)	https://hitdarderut-haaretz.org/acharit-halelot12.html	https://degeneration-of-nation.org/en/end-of-nights12.html
culture&literature1	he	en	culture&literature	"התדרדרות הארץ\n\nתחרות הסיפור הקצר שלא זכה של \"התדרדרות(...TRUNCATED)	"The Degeneration of the Nation\n\nThe Unawarded Short Story Competition of \"The Degeneration of th(...TRUNCATED)	"<!DOCTYPE html><html dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"\"><head><meta charset=\"utf-8\"><meta name=\"viewport\" co(...TRUNCATED)	"<!DOCTYPE html><html lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><head><meta charset=\"utf-8\"><meta name=\"viewport\" (...TRUNCATED)	https://hitdarderut-haaretz.org/tarbut-vesifrut1.html	https://degeneration-of-nation.org/en/culture&literature1.html
night-life32	he	en	night-life	"התדרדרות הארץ\n\nהאדונית והחתול\n\nכל החתולים השחורים הא(...TRUNCATED)	"The Degeneration of the Nation\n\nThe Mistress and the Cat\n\nAll the other black cats are thinking(...TRUNCATED)	"<!DOCTYPE html><html dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"\"><head><meta charset=\"utf-8\"><meta name=\"viewport\" co(...TRUNCATED)	"<!DOCTYPE html><html lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><head><meta charset=\"utf-8\"><meta name=\"viewport\" (...TRUNCATED)	https://hitdarderut-haaretz.org/igul-shachor32.html	https://degeneration-of-nation.org/en/night-life32.html
index	he	en	main	"התדרדרות הארץ\n\nמאמר מערכת\n\nמהו ומהי התדרדרות הארץ\n\nמ(...TRUNCATED)	"The Degeneration of the Nation\n\nEditorial\n\nWhat Is the Degeneration of the Nation\n\nWhat remai(...TRUNCATED)	"<!DOCTYPE html><html dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"\"><head><meta charset=\"utf-8\"><meta name=\"viewport\" co(...TRUNCATED)	"<!DOCTYPE html><html lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><head><meta charset=\"utf-8\"><meta name=\"viewport\" (...TRUNCATED)	https://hitdarderut-haaretz.org/index.html	https://degeneration-of-nation.org/en/index.html
culture&literature31	he	en	culture&literature	"התדרדרות הארץ\n\nהסיפורים הזוכים - תחרות הסיפור הקצר של (...TRUNCATED)	"The Degeneration of the Nation\n\nThe Winning Stories - \"The Degeneration of the Nation\" Short St(...TRUNCATED)	"<!DOCTYPE html><html dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"\"><head><meta charset=\"utf-8\"><meta name=\"viewport\" co(...TRUNCATED)	"<!DOCTYPE html><html lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><head><meta charset=\"utf-8\"><meta name=\"viewport\" (...TRUNCATED)	https://hitdarderut-haaretz.org/tarbut-vesifrut31.html	https://degeneration-of-nation.org/en/culture&literature31.html
night-life2	he	en	night-life	"התדרדרות הארץ\n\nגברים מעדיפים ביצ'יות\n\nמעכשיו מרכיבים(...TRUNCATED)	"The Degeneration of the Nation\n\nMen Prefer Bitches\n\nFrom now on, every man from birth is fitted(...TRUNCATED)	"<!DOCTYPE html><html dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"\"><head><meta charset=\"utf-8\"><meta name=\"viewport\" co(...TRUNCATED)	"<!DOCTYPE html><html lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><head><meta charset=\"utf-8\"><meta name=\"viewport\" (...TRUNCATED)	https://hitdarderut-haaretz.org/igul-shachor2.html	https://degeneration-of-nation.org/en/night-life2.html

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AI-Culture Philosophy and Culture Translations CSV + HTML Corpus

The corpus contains an exceptionally diverse range of cultural, philosophical, and literary texts, available in 12 major languages. Among other topics, there is extensive engagement with the ethics and aesthetics of artificial intelligence and its cultural and philosophical implications, as well as connections between AI and philosophy of language and philosophy of mind.

This project is maintained by a non-profit digital humanities team committed to advancing humane AI through meticulously curated, thoroughly clean cultural datasets.

Quick Start

from datasets import load_dataset

# CSV format (parallel text pairs)
csv_ds = load_dataset(
    "AI-Culture-Commons/philosophy-culture-translations-html-csv",
    name="csv",
    split="train"
)

Dataset Overview

File	Format	Size	Structure	Characters	Reference
`ai-culture.csv`	CSV	460 MB	Parallel pairs: Original ↔ Translation	83M+
`ai-culture.zip`	Complete Website Archive	162 MB	HTML + PDF + CSS + Images	83M+

Dataset Summary

Content Structure: ~420 articles × 12 languages
Content Volume: 83M+ characters
Each article is provided in 3 formats:
- Plain translated text
- HTML source of the translation
- Original source text
HTML Structure: Complex, identical across all language versions
Content Types: Essays, review articles, philosophical works, literature, interactive books, poetry, commentary, press reviews
Content domains: Philosophy (1.1K), Literature (1.5K), Culture (1.1K), Commentary (950), Press Review (200), General (150)
Languages: English, French, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Japanese, Russian, Korean, Mandarin Chinese, Hindi, Hebrew

CSV Data Structure

The CSV file contains parallel text pairs with the following columns:

article_code,source_lang,target_lang,section_name,source_text,translated_text,source_html,translated_html,source_url,translated_url

Column descriptions:

article_code: Unique identifier for each article
source_lang: Source language code
target_lang: Target language code (en, fr, de, etc.)
section_name: Content section (philosophy-of-learning, culture&literature, etc.)
source_text: Clean text content in source language
translated_text: Clean text content in target language
source_html: Complete HTML source (original)
translated_html: Complete HTML source (translation)
source_url: URL of original article
translated_url: URL of translated article

Content Characteristics

All our datasets guarantee four core principles:

Extremely clean: All content is original, editor-curated text without any user comments, scraped texts, ads, tracking scripts, JavaScript, cookies, or unwanted noise. All source articles were produced by our editorial team and professionally edited.
Transparent process: Both clean text and original HTML source are preserved in all datasets, with full pipeline documentation (see below).
Free license: Clear free license - usage is free for any purpose including commercial use, with attribution required only when feasible.
Rich intellectual content: Long-form essays that foster philosophical reasoning, cultural awareness, and literary sensitivity in models. Our datasets provide models with deep philosophical-intellectual context and diverse connections between culture, philosophy, literature, and technology—particularly AI. The content curation is specifically designed to help train more intellectually critical and philosophically grounded AI models.

Pipeline & Validation

The corpus was created with an open-source pipeline [GitHub link] that:

Processes HTML files from local project directories (no web crawling required)
Maps translated files to their source originals using predefined path mappings
Extracts and processes content through a multi-stage pipeline:
- HTML files: Compacts HTML structure, extracts titles via BeautifulSoup, and converts body content to clean text using html2text with enhanced CJK character handling
- Text processing: Removes control characters, normalizes Unicode (NFKC), handles bidirectional text spacing, and collapses excessive whitespace
Performs language-aware content validation and section categorization
Generates:
- ai-culture.csv – parallel text pairs with metadata
- ai-culture.zip – complete website archive with all assets
Runs multi-layer integrity validation including dataset loading, structure verification, and sample inspection. Includes supplementary datasets library compatibility tests for Hugging Face Hub integration

All scripts include a zero-duplicate guarantee. We maintain machine-validated alignment between all language pairs.

License & Attribution

License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

English license terms: https://degeneration-of-nation.org/license
Hebrew license terms: https://hitdarderut-haaretz.org/license

Citation

@dataset{AI_Culture_Translations_2025,
  title     = {AI-Culture Commons Philosophy and Culture Translations},
  author    = {AI-Culture Commons},
  year      = {2025},
  version   = {2.0},
  url       = {https://huggingface.co/datasets/AI-Culture-Commons/philosophy-culture-translations-html-csv},
  license   = {CC BY 4.0}
}

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