Translations of The History of Middle-earth
4 May
(edited)
2023/5/4 10:57:51 (GMT) Greenwich Mean Time, London, Dublin, Lisbon, Casablanca, Monrovia
2023/5/4 10:57:51 (GMT) Greenwich Mean Time, London, Dublin, Lisbon, Casablanca, Monrovia
In recent years six countries have (re)started the translation project of The History of Middle-earth. I think it would be interesting and useful to list all the translations so far.
●Spanish
All are published in 13 volumes by 2002, with various editions. See details in https://uan.nu/dti/ed-hdltm.html and https://uan.nu/dti/ed-hdesdla.html
●Hungarian
1 & 2 are published in 1996. Reboot since 2017, up to vol 6 now. 7~12 can be pre-ordered. Cf. https://moly.hu/sorozatok/kozepfolde-historiaja
●French
1-5 are published by 2008. Reboot since 2021 with vol 4 reissue. Vol 1 & 2 (reissue), 9 & 10 are to be published soon. See details in https://www.tolkiendil.com/tolkien/biblio/home
●Russian
1-5 are published by 2020. See https://ast.ru/series/legendarium-sredizemya-1089039/ . There were also unofficial(?) editions by Elsewhere & TTT.
●Italian
1 & 2 are published by 1987. Reboot since 2022, now up to vol.4. See https://www.bompiani.it/autori/j-r-r-tolkien-517
●Portuguese (Brazil)
Started since 2022, now up to vol.2, 3-5 coming soon. See https://harpercollins.com.br/collections/livros-de-jrr-tolkien
●Polish
1 & 2 are published by 1996, another translation in 1998. Reboot since 2022, now up to 2 (this is a third translation of books 1 & 2!). The rest will be published at "3~4 volumes per year". See https://sklep.zysk.com.pl/manufacturer/tolkien-j-r-r
●Turkish
1 & 2 are published by 2004.
●German
1 & 2 are published in 1999, reissued in 2007, 2018.
●Swedish
1 & 2 are published in 1995 as a single volume, reissued in 1998, 2004.
●Czech
Vol 1 is published in 1995.
There are probably mistakes and more publications, as I don't speak any of these languages. Please help to improve the list.
●Spanish
All are published in 13 volumes by 2002, with various editions. See details in https://uan.nu/dti/ed-hdltm.html and https://uan.nu/dti/ed-hdesdla.html
●Hungarian
1 & 2 are published in 1996. Reboot since 2017, up to vol 6 now. 7~12 can be pre-ordered. Cf. https://moly.hu/sorozatok/kozepfolde-historiaja
●French
1-5 are published by 2008. Reboot since 2021 with vol 4 reissue. Vol 1 & 2 (reissue), 9 & 10 are to be published soon. See details in https://www.tolkiendil.com/tolkien/biblio/home
●Russian
1-5 are published by 2020. See https://ast.ru/series/legendarium-sredizemya-1089039/ . There were also unofficial(?) editions by Elsewhere & TTT.
●Italian
1 & 2 are published by 1987. Reboot since 2022, now up to vol.4. See https://www.bompiani.it/autori/j-r-r-tolkien-517
●Portuguese (Brazil)
Started since 2022, now up to vol.2, 3-5 coming soon. See https://harpercollins.com.br/collections/livros-de-jrr-tolkien
●Polish
1 & 2 are published by 1996, another translation in 1998. Reboot since 2022, now up to 2 (this is a third translation of books 1 & 2!). The rest will be published at "3~4 volumes per year". See https://sklep.zysk.com.pl/manufacturer/tolkien-j-r-r
●Turkish
1 & 2 are published by 2004.
●German
1 & 2 are published in 1999, reissued in 2007, 2018.
●Swedish
1 & 2 are published in 1995 as a single volume, reissued in 1998, 2004.
●Czech
Vol 1 is published in 1995.
There are probably mistakes and more publications, as I don't speak any of these languages. Please help to improve the list.
I did not know Adam Tolkien translated some volumes to French. Author, editor and translator; father, son and grandson. Beautiful!
Éarendel wrote:
I did not know Adam Tolkien translated some volumes to French. Author, editor and translator; father, son and grandson. Beautiful!
He also translated Pictures by J.R.R. Tolkien to French as well as conceiving the design and creation of the Estate website.
Yes, he translated these 3 books and, from memory, I believe that he helped his father to publish CoH.
Regardless, it would be nice if a moderator could remove both The Book of Lost Tales covers because they are not official (they leaked because of Amazon but they are not finished) and the French publisher was really not happy about this.
I have temporarily left them on the appropriate thread since they remain online on Amazon, but I think it would be better to remove them from this time zone header which is the most visited
Regardless, it would be nice if a moderator could remove both The Book of Lost Tales covers because they are not official (they leaked because of Amazon but they are not finished) and the French publisher was really not happy about this.
I have temporarily left them on the appropriate thread since they remain online on Amazon, but I think it would be better to remove them from this time zone header which is the most visited
Bergelmir wrote:
Regardless, it would be nice if a moderator could remove both The Book of Lost Tales covers because they are not official (they leaked because of Amazon but they are not finished) and the French publisher was really not happy about this.
I have removed them, will put them back when the correct covers are revealed.
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