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Just finished it and it's a great game. The thing that bugged me the most was doing the translating. The short stuff wasn't that big of a deal but for the long entries on the library computer, it was just a whip. So, for your reading pleasure here it is:

LIBRARY LOBBY

On the machine:
1. History
2. Culture
3. Technology
4. Geography
5. The Project
6. Intergalactic Games

Selection 1 (History)
0. Main Menu
1. Racial Origins: The ancient legends say that ships from the Second Union once filled our skies and will one day come again. Modern scientists, who once dismissed such legends and felt that life evolved here on Resida, now feel that our planet was really settled by men of the Second Union. For more detailed information on this topic, consult the librarian for the appropriate spools. Type zero to go to a higher level.
2. Great Hiatus: Whether or not the legends of the Second Union are true, archeologist are certain that a period of high technological and social development existed thousands of years ago, but for some reason civilization slid into a dark age lasting centuries. For more detailed information on this topic, consult the librarian for the appropriate spools. Type zero to go to a higher level.
3. Rise of the New “Teknakrasee”: Within the last five centuries, the rise of the New Teknakrasee has returned civilization to the level attained before the Hiatus. Social historians think that when the Disease struck, our race had achieved a level of sophistication equal to the pre-Hiatus. For more detailed information on this topic, consult the librarian for the appropriate spools. Type zero to go to a higher level.

Selection 2 (Culture)
0. Main Menu
1. Literature: Many volumes on the development of Residan literature are on file in the library. Also, copies of all great works of writing, some dating back to the mystical days of the Second Union, are located here. For more detailed information on this topic, consult the librarian for the appropriate spools. Type zero to go to a higher level.
2. Art: Historical studies and reproductions of Residan art are available here for all three major periods of art development: the Primitive period, the Renaissance period of the early post-Hiatus, and the most recent period of video and laser art.
3. Music: Recordings of all important compositions for the last five hundred years are located in the library databanks.

Selection 3 (Technology)
1. Medicine: All major diseases have been curable for over a century. The development of cryogenics now allows doctors to put patients in stasis until a cure is found. Average Residan life expectancy is now 147 revolutions.
2. Agriculture: Dirt farming is all but obsolete, with most food coming from the hydroponics complex or the underwater algae farms.
3. Transportation: Planetary travel is normally private scooters for short hops, and airbus for longer trips. Space travel has recently been revolutionized with the invention of nuclear-fueled engines.
4. Robotics: Untold centuries ago, entire teams of robots were required to perform even the simplest tasks… one robot would handle visual functions, one robot would handle auditory functions, and so forth. Now, thanks to advances in miniaturization, the tasks can be performed by singular robots, such as the multipurpose B-19 series.
5. Planetary System: The primary Planetary Systems are Core Control (for maintaining an ideal climate), Defense (for destroying potential dangerous meteors), and the recently added Project Control (for monitoring progress of The Project).

Selection 4 (Geography)
1. Planet Landmasses: Since the stabilization of the orbit of Resida, presently 47.79 percent of the planet’s surface is land. The land is divided into two primary landmasses, Andoor and Fruulik, plus six lesser landmasses. The global capital, Pilandoor, is on the eastern coast of Andoor.
2. Undersea Region: The first undersea habitats were opened in 2992, and today, nearly two centuries later, about 9 percent of Resida’s population lives in one of the twenty sprawling undersea cities.
3. Space Colonies: Although settlements have been established on Fristin, and on several of the moons of the gas giant Blustin, the vast majority of off-worlders live in the space colonies established at Residans troojin points.

Selection 5 (The Project)
1. Origins of the Disease: The origin of The Disease has been linked to the Center for Advanced Cryogenics Research, which was conducting research into ways of extending the Cryogenic period indefinitely. Although this research was a success, somehow The Disease was released and began spreading.
2. The Installations: The two complexes were established on the twin peak plateaus of Kalamontee and Lawanda. These locations were chosen because their height would make transportation and communications easier, and so that the vast reactors and cryogenics chambers could be constructed in the mountains below.
3. Project Control: Phase One: the construction of the Kalamontee and Lawanda Complexes. Phase Two: mass cryogenic freezing of Residan population. Phase Three: simultaneous monitoring of cryogenics while automated research is conducted by incredibly sophisticated computerized facility. Phase Four: revival and inoculation of the population.

Selection 6 (Inturelajik Games)
1. Zork: The Zork trilogy, an adventure classic, takes place in a delightful but dangerous underground setting.
2. Deadline and Witness: Deadline is the first great mystery of the computer age, and Witness is its worthy successor.
3. Starcross and Suspended: Starcross is Infocom’s mind-bending science-fiction adventure. Suspended is a cryogenic science-fiction nightmare.