Translations
Table 20: Translations by original language

 

Original
language

Number of
translations
published *

Major languages
into which
translated 1980

Major languages
into which
translated 1994

First
language

Second
language

First
language

Second
language

1980

1994

1980

1980

1994

1994

Abhaz

15

2

..

..

Russian

..

Adygej

..

5

..

..

Russian

..

Afrikaans

..

16

..

..

Dutch

English

Albanian

118

20

English

French

French

German

Arabic

230

227

French

English

English

Russian

Aramaic

..

12

..

..

English

..

Armenian

54

13

Russian

English

French

English

Avarskij

..

6

..

..

Russian

..

Azerbaijani

47

2

Russian

German

Turkish

..

Baskir

18

10

..

..

Russian

..

Belorussian

98

12

Russian

English

Russian

English

Bengali

77

26

English

..

English

Hindi

Bosnian

..

24

..

..

German

Portuguese

Breton

..

7

..

..

French

English

Bulgarian

239

37

Russian

German

Russian

German

Catalan

27

344

Spanish

English

Spanish

French

Chinese

187

187

French

English

English

French

Cuvash

14

3

..

..

Russian

..

Czech

651

355

Slovak

German

Slovak

German

Danish

649

370

Swedish

German

English

German

Dutch

409

441

German

English

German

English

English

22 415

28 642

German

French

German

French

Middle English

..

4

..

..

English

..

Estonian

124

71

Russian

English

Russian

English

Euskera

..

76

..

..

Spanish

Catalan

Finnish

165

151

Swedish

English

English

Swedish

French

5 972

5 661

Spanish

German

Russian

German

Middle Old French

17

37

French

German

English

French

Frisian

..

8

..

..

Dutch

..

Gallegan

..

58

..

..

Spanish

Catalan

Georgian

71

6

Russian

German

Russian

English

German

4 823

4 667

English

French

Czech

English

Middle High German

20

25

German

..

German

Dutch

Classical Greek

458

444

German

Spanish

French

German

Modern Greek

86

62

English

German

French

Spanish

Hebrew

181

281

English

Spanish

English

German

Hindi

63

26

English

..

English

Russian

Hungarian

633

108

English

German

German

French

Icelandic

39

18

English

German

German

Danish

Indonesian

..

9

..

..

Dutch

English

Irish

..

13

..

..

English

German

Italian

1 476

1 494

Spanish

French

French

German

Jakut

..

6

..

..

Russian

..

Japanese

199

292

English

German

English

French

Kannada

..

7

..

..

English

Tamil

Karakalpa

..

9

..

..

..

..

Kazakh

66

3

Russian

..

Russian

Jakut

Kirghiz

68

3

Russian

German

Russian

..

Korean

21

26

French

English

French

Russian

Latin

537

444

German

French

German

Spanish

Latvian

77

10

Russian

..

Lithuanian

Belorussian

Lithuanian

99

54

Russian

..

English

Russian

Macedonian

36

59

..

..

Albanian

Turkish

Malay

31

2

..

..

Korean

..

Malayalam

..

9

..

..

Tamil

English

Marathi

26

6

..

..

..

..

Moldavian

45

27

Russian

..

Russian

English

Niuean

..

5

..

..

Tongan

..

Old Norse

..

6

..

..

German

..

Norwegian

358

237

Danish

Swedish

Danish

German

Occitani

23

10

French

..

French

..

Pali

..

12

..

..

German

English

Persian

96

63

English

French

German

English

Polish

608

319

German

English

Russian

English

Portuguese

198

264

Spanish

French

Spanish

French

Romanian

392

43

English

Hungarian

French

English

Russian

6 450

1 193

English

German

English

German

Old Russian

..

5

..

..

Russian

..

Samoan

..

15

..

..

Niuean

Tongan

Sanskrit

204

94

English

German

English

Russian

Serbo-Croatian

382

293

English

German

English

German

Slovak

148

78

Hungarian

Russian

Hungarian

Czech

Slovene

41

14

..

..

German

Lituanian

Spanish

851

1 708

French

German

English

French

Surinam Javanese

..

5

..

..

Dutch

..

Swedish

1 225

810

Danish

Norwegian

Danish

Norwegian

Tadzik

22

1

Russian

..

Jakut

..

Tamil

24

5

..

..

English

..

Tatar

32

13

Russian

..

Russian

..

Telugu

..

11

..

..

Tamil

English

Thai

..

5

..

..

German

English

Tibetan

14

46

German

English

English

French

Turkish

52

54

German

French

German

English

Turkman

30

1

..

..

Russian

..

Ukranian

158

22

Russian

English

Russian

German

Urdu

37

22

English

..

English

Hindi

Uzbek

64

7

Russian

..

Russian

Turkish

Valencian

..

25

..

..

Spanish

..

Vietnamese

11

13

..

..

English

French

Yiddish

69

38

English

Russian

German

Polish

*Not including 672 translations of over 130 languages with less than five entries in either year.

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