Foreign Language Editions of Shakespeare’s Sonnets
July 7, 2015 12:16 PM Subscribe
Need help finding foreign language editions of Shakespeare’s Sonnets.
According to Wikipedia “there is no major written language into which Shakespeare’s Sonnets have not been translated”. Challenge accepted: I’m trying to collect published editions of the sonnets in as many different languages as I can. The ground rules are (1) Only printed editions; no Internet downloads, no Kindle / Nook (2) Only complete editions of all 154 sonnets; no poetry collections or best-ofs that include only a subset (3) No expensive coffee table editions. So far I’ve got Arabic, Chinese, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Korean, Romanian, Russian, Sicilian, Spanish, and Turkish. Can anyone suggest a source for any others?
According to Wikipedia “there is no major written language into which Shakespeare’s Sonnets have not been translated”. Challenge accepted: I’m trying to collect published editions of the sonnets in as many different languages as I can. The ground rules are (1) Only printed editions; no Internet downloads, no Kindle / Nook (2) Only complete editions of all 154 sonnets; no poetry collections or best-ofs that include only a subset (3) No expensive coffee table editions. So far I’ve got Arabic, Chinese, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Korean, Romanian, Russian, Sicilian, Spanish, and Turkish. Can anyone suggest a source for any others?
Best answer: Here it is in Japanese. Kinokuniya is probably easier/cheaper, but they seem not to have it in stock.
posted by Jeanne at 2:31 PM on July 7, 2015
posted by Jeanne at 2:31 PM on July 7, 2015
Response by poster: Thanks to all. The Japanese edition has been ordered. The Danish store is having trouble with my credit card, I sent them an e-mail. The Swedish store will not ship to the United States. Google Chrome auto-translate doesn't handle Norwegian!.
posted by DanSachs at 2:58 PM on July 7, 2015
posted by DanSachs at 2:58 PM on July 7, 2015
Hebrew
(I know nothing about the shop linked; it just came up on a search. The price listed is just over $20, but that doesn't include shipping from Israel. This is the latest translation of those listed in the Hebrew Wikipedia page for Shakespeare's sonnets. There's also an article about the translators in Haaretz.)
posted by Shmuel510 at 4:44 PM on July 7, 2015
(I know nothing about the shop linked; it just came up on a search. The price listed is just over $20, but that doesn't include shipping from Israel. This is the latest translation of those listed in the Hebrew Wikipedia page for Shakespeare's sonnets. There's also an article about the translators in Haaretz.)
posted by Shmuel510 at 4:44 PM on July 7, 2015
Response by poster: Thanks again; the Hebrew link doesn't appear to want to ship to the United States either but I'm still working on the website.
posted by DanSachs at 6:06 PM on July 7, 2015
posted by DanSachs at 6:06 PM on July 7, 2015
Response by poster: Latest update: The Hebrew site wants me to enter either my passport number or my Israeli ID number so I guess they don't want to deal with customs / export. The Danish store replied: "Unfortunately we cannot accept foreign Visa cards as we have experienced a lot of fraud and needed to close for foreign account from outside the EU. I’m very sorry".
posted by DanSachs at 8:50 AM on July 8, 2015
posted by DanSachs at 8:50 AM on July 8, 2015
Response by poster: Well, Amazon Japan is quick!
posted by DanSachs at 10:43 AM on July 10, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by DanSachs at 10:43 AM on July 10, 2015 [1 favorite]
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posted by kariebookish at 1:22 PM on July 7, 2015