List of translations of works by William Shakespeare
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This is a list of translations of works by William Shakespeare. Each table is arranged alphabetically by the specific work, then by the language of the translation. Translations are then sub-arranged by date of publication (earliest-latest). Where possible, the date of publication given is the date of the first edition by that translator. More modern editions/versions may be available.
Complete/Selected works
[edit]| Language | Title of Translation | Translator(s) | Place of Publication | Date of Publication | ISBN | WorldCat OCLC | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albanian | [Works] | Margalina Sina [series editor] | Tirana | 1981 | 82548386 | ||
| Armenian | Ընտիր երկեր: երեք հատորով / Ěntir erker: erekʻ hatorov | Khachʻik Dashtentsʻ, Hovhannēs Masēhean | Yerevan | 1951 | 30489507 | ||
| Dutch | Tooneelspelen | Bernard Brunius, Albrecht Borchers (publisher) | Amsterdam | 1778-82 | 976703593 | ||
| Shakespeare's Dramatische werken | Abraham Seyne Kok | Amsterdam | 1880 | 833035215 | Utrecht University | ||
| De werken van William Shakespeare | Leendert Alexander Johannes Burgersdijk | Leiden | 1886-1888 | 781906011 | HaithiTrust | ||
| Estonian | Kogutud teosed seitsmes köites | Georg Meri | [Tallinn?] | 1959-1975 | 503857461 | ||
| French | Œuvres complètes de W. Shakespeare | François-Victor Hugo | [Paris?] | 1859-66 | 191715303 | Oxford |
Plays
[edit]| Original Specific Work | Language | Title of Translation | Translator(s) | Place of Publication | Date of Publication | ISBN | WorldCat OCLC | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anthony and Cleopatra | Estonian | Antonius ja Kleopatra | Georg Meri | Tallinn | 1946 | With: Julius Caesar; Coriolanus | ||
| As You Like It | Welsh | Bid Wrth Eich Bodd | J. T. Jones | Caernarfon (2007 reprint) | 1983 (published) | 12520327 | NLW | |
| Coriolanus | Estonian | Coriolanus | Georg Meri | Tallinn | 1946 | With: Julius Caesar; Antonius ja Kleopatra | ||
| Irish | Coriolanus | Liam Ó Briain | Dublin | 1945 | 18955001 | |||
| Cymbeline | Dutch | Cymbeline van Shakspere | Leendert Alexander Johannes Burgersdijk | Utrecht | 1878 | 47793372 | HaithiTrust | |
| Hebrew | סימבלין [Simbelin] | Meir Wieseltier | Tel Aviv | 2006 | 9655121135
9789655121131 |
234740683 | ||
| Hamlet | Afrikaans | Hamlet, prins van Denemarke | L. I. Coertze | Cape Town | 1945 | 7799155 | ||
| Hamlet | Eitemal (Professor W. J. du P. Erlank) | Cape Town | 1973 | 9780624004400
0624004406 |
79457647 | |||
| Albanian | Hamleti, princ i Danemarkes | Fan Stylian Noli | Pristina | 1952 | 863482651 | |||
| Arabic | رواية هملت: تمثيلية ذات خمسة فصول [Riwāyat Hamlit: tamthīlīyah dhāt khamsat fuṣūl] | Ṭānyūs ʻAbduh | Cairo | 1902 | 122878679 | |||
| Chinese | 哈姆莱特 [Hamulaite] | Zhengkun Gu | Beijing | 2015 | 9787513560474 | 950467481 | ||
| Dutch | Hamlet | Peter Verstegen | Amsterdam | 2018 | 9789025370527, 9025370527 | 1079229341 | ||
| Estonian | Taani Prints Hamlet | A.F. Tombach-Kaljuvald | Tartu | 1930 | 924373442 | |||
| Finnish | Hamlet | Paavo Cajanderin | Charleston | 2014 | 9781502465009 | |||
| German | Hamlet | Norbert Greiner | Tübingen | 2006 | 9783860575673 | 214348716 | ||
| Haitian Creole | Hamlèt (Prens Denmak) | Nicole Titus | Cambridge | 2014 | 9781936431199 | 947047286 | ||
| Hindi | Hamlet | Rangeya Raghav | Delhi | 2020 | 9789350642085 | |||
| Klingon | The Klingon Hamlet: The Restored Klingon Version | Nick Nicholas
Andrew Strader |
New York | 2000 | 9780671035785 | 43443445 | Based on the fictional Klingons from Star Trek media. | |
| Korean | 햄릿 [Hamlet] | Shin Jeong-ok | Yongin-si | 2011 | 9788979241136 | 947109703 | ||
| Romanian | Tragedia lui Hamlet, prinţ de Danemarca | Vladimir Streinu | Bucharest | 1965 | 935396590 | |||
| Russian | Трагическая история Гамлета [Tragicheskaya istoriya Gamleta] | A. Korchevskiĭ | Moscow | 2019 [reprinted] | 9785751615185 | 1239954723 | ||
| Russian | Гамлет [Gamlet] | Alexey Tsvetkov | 2010 | 9785983791374 | With: Macbeth | |||
| Spanish | Hamlet | Luis Astrana Marín | Madrid | 2011 | 9788420651415 | 804915312 | ||
| Tamil | ஹாம்லெட் [Hamlet] | Dr. Justice S. Maharajan | Chennai | 2020 | 9789390053049 | |||
| Welsh | Hamlet, Tywysog Denmarc: cyfieithiad | D. Griffiths | Wrexham | 1864 | 45657627 | NLW | ||
| Trasiedi Hamlet, Tywysog Denmarc | J. T. Jones | Aberystwyth | 1960 | 30254777 | NLW | |||
| Hamlet | Gareth Miles and Michael Bogdanov | Cardiff | 2004 | NLW | ||||
| Julius Caesar | Albanian | Jul Qesari | Fan Stylian Noli | Pristina | 1968 | 503879169 | ||
| Dutch | Julius Cæsar | Karel ten Bruggencate | Groningen | 1919 | 901022209 | |||
| Estonian | Julius Caesar | Georg Meri | Tallinn | 1946 | With: Antonius ja Kleopatra; Coriolanus | |||
| Hausa | Jarmai Ziza | Mahmoon Baba-Ahmed | 2016 | 9781541182530 | ||||
| Latin | Julius Cæsar | Henry Denison | Oxford | 1856 | 8973465 | Google Books | ||
| King Lear | Afrikaans | Koning Lear | Uys Krige | Cape Town | 1971 | 9780798600040
0798600047 |
749989388 | |
| Koning Lear | Deryck Uys | [Johannesburg?] | 2023[?] | 9780639734750 | TCC Press | |||
| Arabic | مأساة الملك لير / Maʼsāt al-Malik Līr | Jabrā Ibrāhīm Jabrā | Beirut | 1968 | 863269869 | |||
| الملك لير /
al-Malik Līr |
Muḥammad Muṣṭafá Badawī, Muḥammad Ismāʿīl al-Muwāfī | Kuwait | 1976 | 122864360 | ||||
| Dutch | Koning Lear, treurspel | M.G. de Cambon | S-'Gravenhague | 1786 | 458827860 | Early Dutch Books Online | ||
| Estonian | Kuningas Lear: draama viies aktis | Mihkel Jürna | Tartu | 1926 | 77979828 | |||
| Galician | Rei Lear | Eduardo Alonso, Cándido Pazó | Vigo | 1998 | 8483023180 | 317393647 | ||
| Macbeth | Afrikaans | Macbeth | Eitemal (Professor W. J. du P. Erlank) | Cape Town | 1965 | 236076023 | ||
| Macbeth | Deryck Uys | [Johannesburg?] | 2023[?] | 9780639734736 | TCC Press | |||
| Albanian | Makbethi | Fan Stylian Noli | Pristina | 1968 | 503891951 | |||
| Dutch | Macbeth. Treurspel. | Pieter Boddaert | Amsterdam | 1800 | 558130563 | Early Dutch Books Online | ||
| Macbeth : treurspel in vijf bedriven | Leendert Alexander Johannes Burgersdijk | S-'Gravenhague | 1882 | 47793313 | HaithiTrust | |||
| Estonian | Macbeth | Ants Oras | Tartu | 1929 | 924542477 | |||
| The Merchant of Venice | Māori | Te Tangata Whai-rawa o Wēniti | Pei Te Hurinui Jones | Palmerston North | 1946 | 154127770 | ||
| The Merchant of Venice | Swahili | Mabepari wa Venisi | Julius K. Nyerere | Nairobi | 1981 | 9780195721706 | 630305188 | |
| Julius Caesar | Swahili | Juliasi Kaizari | Julius K. Nyerere | Nairobi | 1985 | 9780195721690 | 475077976 | |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | Catalan | Les alegres comares de Windsor | Josep Carner | 1909 | Gutenberg | |||
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | Afrikaans | Midsomernagdroom | Eitemal (Professor W. J. du P. Erlank) | Cape Town | 1974 | 9780798104340
0798104341 |
749902101 | Sol Plaatje Archive |
| Dutch | Een Midzomernachtdroom | Leendert Alexander Johannes Burgersdijk | Antwerp | 1908 | 746981168 | Project Gutenberg | ||
| A midsummer night's dream : a comedy in five acts | Willem van Doorn | Groningen | 1942 | 64486686 | ||||
| Estonian | Suveöö-Unenägu | Anna Haava | Tallinn | 1924 | 82155974 | |||
| Suveöö unenägu | Ants Oras | Tartu | 1937 | 753187071 | E-kataloog ESTER With: Sonette; Othello | |||
| French | Le songe d'une nuit d'été | Jean-Louis Supervielle, Jules Supervielle | Paris | 1959 | 13439423
1231955560 |
|||
| Le songe d'une nuit d'été | Nicolas Briançon | Paris | 2011 | 9782749812014 | 759590560 | |||
| Much Ado About Nothing | Mauritian French Creole | Enn Ta Senn Dan Vid | Dev Virahsawmy | Port Louis | 1995 | 9789990333053 | 40200789 | |
| Macbeth | Russian | Макбет [Makbet] | Vladimir Gandelsman | 2010 | 9785983791374 | With: Hamlet | ||
| Othello | Albanian | Tragjedia e Othello's Arapit te Venetikut | Fan Stylian Noli | Pristina | 1916 | 1061925229 | LC | |
| Dutch | Othello, de Moor van Venetië | Jurriaan Moulin | Kampen | 1836 | 47795568 | HaithiTrust | ||
| Othello | Willy Courteaux | Amsterdam | 1960 | 863301150 | ||||
| Estonian | Othello | Ants Oras | Tartu | 1937 | 753187071 | E-kataloog ESTER With: Suveöö unenägu; Sonette | ||
| Richard III | Afrikaans | Koning Richard III | Deryck Uys | [Johannesburg?] | 2022 | 9780639734712 | TCC Press | |
| Dutch[?] | Koning Richard III | Abraham Seyne Kok | Amsterdam | 1861 | 752892745 | HaithiTrust | ||
| Romeo and Juliet | Afrikaans | Romeo en Juliet | Deryck Uys | [Johannesburg?] | 2024 | 9780639734774 | TCC Press | |
| Arabic | روميو وجوليت [Rūmiyū wa-Jūliyit | Muḥammad Muḥammad ʻInānī | Cairo | 1986 | 9789771721444 | 36655993 | ||
| Dutch | Roméo en Julia, tooneelspel | B. Fremerij | Dordrecht | 1786 | 1395280042 | Early Dutch Books Online | ||
| Estonian | Romeo ja Julia | Ants Oras | Tartu | 1935 | 503905700 | E-kataloog ESTER | ||
| Haitian Creole | Romeo ak Jilyèt | Nicole Titus | Cambridge | 2019 | 9781936431335 | 1405851643 | ||
| Tagalog | Ang Sintang Dalisay ni Julieta at Romeo | G. D. Roke | Manila | 1901 (published) | Gutenberg | |||
| Welsh | Romeo a Juliet | J. T. Jones | Carmarthen (2005 reprint) Caernarfon (2007 reprint) |
1983 (published) | 12520327 | NLW NLW | ||
| The Taming of the Shrew | Dutch | De Dolle Bruyloft: Bly-eyndend'-Spel | Abraham Sybant | Amsterdam | 1654 | 459165796 | MDZ | |
| De getemde feeks | Leendert Alexander Johannes Burgersdijk | Leiden | 1923 | 68715228 | Project Gutenberg | |||
| De feeks wordt getemd | Willy Courteaux | Amsterdam | 1956 | 668412499 | ||||
| The Tempest | Nepali | Aandhibehari | Suman Pokhrel | Kathmandu | 2018 | 9789937723084 | OL | |
| Estonian | Torm | Ants Oras | Tartu | 1935 | 753190521 | E-kataloog ESTER | ||
| Welsh | Y dymestl | Gwyn Thomas | Denbigh | c. 1996 (published) | 9780707402789
0707402786 |
59583839 | NLW | |
| Y Storm | Gwyneth Lewis | Bala | 2012 | 9781906396497 1906396493 | 810425251 | |||
| Titus Andronicus | Afrikaans | Titus Andronicus | Breyten Breytenbach | Cape Town | 1970 | 377538676 | ||
| Twelfth Night | Afrikaans | Twaalfde nag | Uys Krige | Cape Town | 1967 | 9780798601078
0798601078 |
105647293 | |
| American Sign Language | William Shakespeare's Twelfth night [Performance; DVD] | The Amaryllis Theater Company | Philadelphia | 2006 | 9781563683541
1563683547 |
1001832940 | See also: ASL Shakespeare | |
| Welsh | Nos Ystwyll | J. T. Jones | Aberystwyth | 1970 | 9780901410092
0901410098 |
16191944 | NLW | |
| The Winter's Tale | Afrikaans | Die Wintersprokie | Eitemal (Professor W. J. du P. Erlank) | Cape Town | 1975 | 9780624006268
0624006263 |
4224776 |
Poems
[edit]| Original Specific Work | Language | Title of Translation | Translator(s) | Place of Publication | Date of Publication | ISBN | WorldCat OCLC | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sonnets | Dutch | Shakespeare's sonnetten | W. van Elden | S-'Gravenhague | 1959 | 83307694 | ||
| Estonian | Sonette | Ants Oras | Tartu | 1937 | 753187071 | E-kataloog ESTER With: Suveöö unenägu; Othello | ||
| Venus and Adonis | Dutch | Venus & Adonis | Hafid Bouazza | Amsterdam | 2019 | 9789025310202, 9025310206 | 1090690424 |
See also
[edit]External links
[edit]- Draft translations into Welsh by J. Alban Morris of Henry VIII, The Tempest, 'The Rape of Lucrece', 'A Lover's Complaint', 'The Passionate Pilgrim', 'The Phoenix and the Turtle' and the sonnets.
- Notes by J. Alban Morris for Welsh translations of The Merry Wives of Windsor, Macbeth, The Tempest etc.
