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UNESCO’s Index Translationum speaks volumes about topics
and authors of global appeal. The bibliography of translations
lists some 1.7 million books from 130 countries in 820 languages.
Along with the authors above, works by Walt Disney Productions
and the Old and New Testament are among the most widely translated.
J. K. Rowling hasn’t cracked the top 50—yet. But lots of U.S.
authors have. “Translation from other languages into American
English,” says Rainer Schulte, of the Center for Translation Studies
at the University of Texas, Dallas, “is limited in comparison to what
gets translated from English into other languages.” —Diane Cole
Graphic: Oliver Uberti, NG Staff. Photo: Rebecca Hale, NG Staff
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