List of Kalevala translations

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A list of translations of the Finnish national epic Kalevala in chronological order by language. The epic has appeared in 61 translated languages. [1]

Based partially on the list made by Rauni Puranen and the article here.

LanguageYearTranslatorRemark
German 1840N. MühlbergThe first 60 lines of the first song, published in: Verhandlungen der gelehrten Esthnischen Gesellschaft zu Dorpat. Ersten Bandes erstes Heft. 1840, 94–96.
1848 Jacob Grimm A short 38 line reading at a presentation in the Berlin Academy of Sciences.
1852 Franz Anton Schiefner A very important verse translation used by many other translators to bring Kalevala to their own language. Revised by Martin Buber in 1921.
1885–1886Hermann PaulVerse translation.
1936Arthur LutherA word-by-word translation that it is made based on the revision by Martin Buber of Schiefner's translation.
1967 Lore Fromm, Hans Fromm Full translation directly from Finnish.
1978Inge OttProse adaptation based on the translation by Fromm.
2004 [1] Gisbert JänickeFull translation.
Swedish 1841 M. A. Castrén Full translation of the 1835 Old Kalevala.
1864–1868 Karl Collan Full translation of the 1849 Kalevala.
1884 Rafaël Hertzberg
1944 Olaf Homén An abridged edition
1948 Björn Collinder trims about 10% of the text
1999 Lars Huldén and Mats Huldén
French 1845 and 1867 Louis Léouzon le Duc An important translation used by many other translators to bring Kalevala to their own language.
1926Charles GuyotAbridged version of Louis Léouzon le Duc's translation.
1927 Jean Louis Perret Full translation in metric verse.
1991 Gabriel Rebourcet Full translation. In old style French vocabulary.
English 1868 John Addison Porter Partial translation (The story of Aino [2] ) via Franz Anton Schiefner's translation.
1869 Edward Taylor Fletcher Partial translation directly from Finnish (with a lengthy essay).
1888 [3] John Martin Crawford Full translation, via Franz Anton Schiefner's translation.
1893 [4] [5] R. EivindA complete prose adaptation for children via Crawford's translation.
1907 [6] [7] William Forsell Kirby Second full translation. Directly from Finnish. Imitates the Kalevala meter.
1950 [4] Aili Kolehmainen JohnsonAbridged prose translation.
1954 [4] Margaret SperryAdapted verse translation of song 50.
1963 [8] Francis Peabody Magoun, Jr. Scholarly prose translation. Included with detailed essays and background information.
1969 [9] Francis Peabody Magoun, Jr. Scholarly prose translation of the 1835 Old Kalevala.
1977Ursula SyngeAbridged prose version. Using W. F. Kirby's translation as a reference.
1989 Eino Friberg Editing and introduction by George C. Schoolfield. Imitates the Kalevala meter selectively. The songs in this version are also not of the same length or structure as in the original. [10] Released to coincide with the 150th anniversary of the original publication.
1989 [11] Keith Bosley Uses a syllabic verse form to allow for accuracy and metrical variety; released to coincide with the 150th anniversary of the original publication. Subsequently, published as an audiobook read by the translator himself in 2013.
2020Kaarina BrooksComplete translation of runic version of 1835 Old Kalevala, following the Kalevala meter throughout.
2021Kaarina BrooksComplete translation of runic version Kalevala, following the Kalevala meter throughout.
Hungarian 1871Ferdinánd BarnaFull translation via Franz Anton Schiefner's translation.
1909 [12] Béla Vikár
1971Kálmán Nagy
1976István Rácz
1985 [13] Antal RegulyOld Kalevala songs 1-3 and 29.
1987Imre Szente
Russian 1888 [14] Leonid Petrovic Belsky An important translation used by many other Slavic translators to bring Kalevala to their own language.
1998 [15] & 2006 [13] Eino Kiuru and Armas Hiiri
Estonian 1891–1898M. J. Eisen
1938August Annist
Czech 1894–1895 J. Holeček Full translation in metric verse.
Ukrainian 1901Jevhen Tymčenko
Danish 1902 Ferdinand Ohrt Partial translation.
1994 Hilkka and Bent Søndergaard Full translation of songs 1–22 and 24–50, but excluding song 23, in trochaic tetrameter.
2017 Hilkka and Bent Søndergaard, Erik Skyum Nielsen  [ da ]Re-issue of the 1994 translation commemorating the centenary of Finland's independence, with song 23 translated (from the Swedish 1999 translation) by Erik Skyum Nielsen.
Italian 1909 [16] Igino Cocchi Verse translation (hendecasyllable)
1910 [17] Paolo Emilio Pavolini Verse translation (original metre)
1912 [16] Francesco Di Silvestri FalconieriProse translation
1980Liliana CalimeriUsed Ursula Synge's version as a model.
1988 [16] Gabriella Agrati and Maria Letizia MaginiProse translation
2010 [16] Marcello GanassiniVerse translation (blank verses)
Lithuanian 1922Adolfas Sabaliauskas
1972 Justinas Marcinkevičius
Latvian 1924 [13] Linards Laicens
1965 ?Uses trochaic tetrameter and syllable stress rhythm.
Dutch 1928 [13] Maya TamminenPartial verse translation with connecting prose summaries. Only Dutch translation directly from Finnish.
1938 Wies Moens Abridged prose translation. based on the German adaptation by Arthur Luther.
1940 [13] Jan H. Eekhout.An shortened adaptation in verse. Based on the German translation by Schiefner and Buber, and the Dutch version of Tamminen.
1969Henrik HartwijkTranslation of song #5. Published in the Yearbook of the Kalevala Society.
1979J.C. Ebbinge WubbenFull prose translation. Based on the German adaptation of Inge Ott.
1985Mies le NobelFull verse translation. Based on the German translation by Schiefner and Buber.
Serbian 1935Ivan S. Šajković
Japanese 1937Kakutan Morimoto
1961 [13] Tsutomu Kuwaki
1976Tamotsu Koizumi
Spanish 1944Alejandro CasonaAbridged prose translation, based on Charles Guyot's version.
1953María Dolores ArroyoFull metric verse translation via Perret's French and Pavolini's Italian translations
1967Juan B. BerguaFull prose translation, via French and English translations
1985Ursula Ojanen and Joaquín FernándezFull translation directly from Finnish.
1995Carmen CrouzeillesAbridged prose translation. Published in Buenos Aires.
Romanian 1946Barbu B. Brezianu'sFull prose translation.
1959Iulian VesperFull translation using an eight syllable verse form.
1985 [13] P. StarostinPublished in Moldovan which is identical to Romanian. Abridged translation.
Hebrew 1954 Shaul Tchernichovsky
1978Sarah Tubia
Yiddish 1954 [18] Hersh Rosenfeld
Belarusian 1956 [13] M. MašapaProse and poetry excerpts.
Icelandic 1957 & 1962 [13] Karl ÍsfeldThis translation utilises the Icelandic "three-par" alliteration method.
Chinese 1962Shih HêngTranslated via the Russian translation.
1981 [19] Sun YongTranslated via W.F.Kirby's English translation.
2000 [13] Zhang Hua Wen
Esperanto 1964Johan Edvard LeppäkoskiFull translation in Kalevala meter, published as trochaic octometers (one for every two Finnish verses) with mandatory central caesura
Turkish 1965 [20] Hilmi Ziya ÜlkenTranslation of the first 2 songs. Using the Hungarian and French as basis. Published in the Yearbook of the Kalevala Society, volume 43 (1963)
1982Lale and Muammar OğuzFull interpreted prose translation. Missing 25% of the original content for artistic purposes.
Norwegian 1967Albert Lange Fliflet Nynorsk language translation. Based on an earlier unpublished translation.
2017Mikael Holmberg Bokmål language retelling in trochaic tetrameter.
Georgian 1969 [13] M. Macavarian, Š. Tšantladze & G. Dzneladze.
Arabic 1970Muhamed Said al-JuneidAbridged translation published in the yearbook of the Kalevala Society.
1991 [21] Sahban Ahmad Mroueh
Armenian 1972 [13] A. Siras. ProosaaAbridged prose translation.
Polish 1974 Józef Ozga-Michalski Full translation based on the work of Karol Laszecki.
1998 Jerzy Litwiniuk Full translation
Komi 1980 & 1984 [13] Adolf TurkinPartial translation (Väinämöinen's playing and song 10.)
Fulani 1983Alpha A. DialloBook was published in Hungary, illustrated with Akseli Gallen-Kallela's artwork.
Tulu 1985Amrith SomeshwarUsed Keith Bosley's Wanton Loverboy to aid in the translation of some parts.
Latin [22] 1986Tuomo Pekkanen
Vietnamese 1986Cao Xuân NghiêpFull prose translation.
1991Hoàng Thái AnhFull prose translation.
1994Búi Viêt Hòa'sFull translation in metrical verse.
Slovak 1986 [13] Marek Svetlik & Jan Petr Velkoborský.
Hindi 1990 & 1997 [13] Vishnu Khare
Slovene 1991Jelka Ovaska NovakPartial translation.
1997Jelka Ovaska NovakFull translation.
Swahili 1992Jan KnappertIllustrated with Tanzanian Robino Ntila's graphics.
Bulgarian 1992Nino Nikolov
Greek 1992 [13] Maria MartzoukouVerse translation of the first 20 poems with prose translation of the rest.
Faroese 1993 Jóhannes av Skarði
Tamil 1994 [23] R. Sivalingam (Uthayanan)Full translation. Introduction by Asko Parpola.
Catalan 1997 Ramon Garriga i Marquès, Pirkko-Merja Lounavaara Full translation in metric verse, directly from Finnish.
1997 Encarna Sant-Celoni i Verger Abridged prose translation.
Persian 1998 Mahmoud Amir Yar Ahmadi and Mercedeh Khadivar Mohseni Full translation directly from Finnish.
2012 Kiamars Baghbani Retold and translated in Persian directly from Finnish. [24] [25]
Macedonian 1998Vesna Acevska
Kannada 2001 Dr K R Sandhya Reddy Full translation from English.
Croatian 2001Stjepan A. SzaboPartial translation in narrative form.
2006Slavko PelehFull translation using the German translation partially.
Low German 2001 [13] Herbert Strehmel
Oriya 2001 [13] Mahendra Kumar MishraProse translation.
Udmurt 2001 [13] Anatoli UvarovSummary.
Veps 2003 [13] Nina ZaicevaVerse summary.
2022 [26] Nina ZaicevaFull translation.
Portuguese 2007Orlando MoreiraFull translation from an English version.
2009José Bizerril and Álvaro FaleirosPartial translation. Only the first song.
2013Ana Soares & Merja de Mattos-ParreiraFull translation from Finnish; in verse; with critical introduction, and hundreds of footnotes.
Meänkieli 2007 [13] Bengt PohjanenTranslation of a select four songs.
Urdu 2012 [13] Arshad Farooq
Belarusian 2015 [27] Yakub Lapatka
Livvi-Karelian 2015Raisa Remšujeva
Karelian Proper 2015Zinaida Dubinina

References

  1. 1 2 "National epic "The Kalevala" reaches the respectable age of 175" . Retrieved 23 August 2010.
  2. ↑ John Martin Crawford. "Kalevala – The national epic of Finland" Preface to the First edition, (1888).
  3. ↑ Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland . Retrieved August 19, 2010.
  4. 1 2 3 Francis Peabody Magoun, Jr. "The Kalevala or Poems of the Kaleva district" Appendix (1963).
  5. ↑ Finnish Legends for English Children . Retrieved 31 August 2010.
  6. ↑ Kirby, W. F. (1907). Kalevala: The Land of Heroes. Vol. 1. London: Dent.
  7. ↑ Kirby, W. F. (1907). Kalevala: The Land of Heroes. Vol. 2. London: Dent.
  8. ↑ The Kalevala; or, Poems of the Kaleva District, compiled by Elias Lönnrot, trans. by Francis Peabody Magoun, Jr. (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1963).
  9. ↑ The Old Kalevala, and Certain Antecedents, compiled by Elias Lönnrot, trans. by Francis Peabody Magoun, Jr. (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1969).
  10. ↑ Eino Friberg. "Kalevala – Epic of the Finnish people" Introduction of the first edition, (1989).
  11. ↑ Elias Lönnrot, The Kalevala: An Epic Poem After Oral Tradition, trans. by Keith Bosley (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999).
  12. ↑ "KALEVALA SZEMELVÉNYEK A FINNEK NAIV EPOSZÁBÓL" . Retrieved August 19, 2010.
  13. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 "Kalevalan käännökset ja kääntäjät" . Retrieved 23 August 2010.
  14. ↑ "Leonid Petrovic Belsky – Калевала" . Retrieved August 19, 2010.
  15. ↑ "Eino Kiuru and Armas Hiiri – Калевала" . Retrieved August 19, 2010.
  16. 1 2 3 4 "Il Kalevala (Riduzione dell'articolo di Dario Giansanti)". Bifröst.
  17. ↑ "Kalevala (Traduzione e note di Paolo Emilio Pavolini)". Bifröst.
  18. ↑ "Kalevala: Folks epos fun di Finen" . Retrieved December 3, 2021.
  19. ↑ "Sun Yong – Kalevala". Archived from the original on June 5, 2010. Retrieved August 19, 2010.
  20. ↑ Hilmi Ziya Ülken. "Turkish translation of The Kaevala Runos 1 and 2" Yearbook of the Kalevala Society, volume 43 (1963)..
  21. ↑ Sahban Ahmed Mroueh, Kaj Öhrnberg, and Jussi Aro, الكاليفالا: ملحمة الشعب الفنلندي [al-Kālīfālā: malhamat al-šaʿb al-finlandī] (Beirut: Dār Dānāy, 1991).
  22. ↑ Kalevala Latina: Carmen epicum nationis Finnorum in perpetuam memoriam anniversarii centesimi quinquagesimi , trans. by Tuomo Pekkanen, 2nd edn (Helsinki: Societas Kalevalensis, 1996) [first publ. 1986].
  23. ↑ "R. Sivalingam – KALEVALA". Archived from the original on December 25, 2010. Retrieved August 19, 2010.
  24. ↑ "Kalevalan Käännökset 1835–". Kalevala maailmalla. January 29, 2019.
  25. ↑ "Supplement_pages". hel.fi. 2024.
  26. ↑ "Vepsän kul'turvoz': eloho läksi uz' "Kalevala" vepsän kelel". Omamedia – мультиязычный портал Карелии. Retrieved 2022-09-28.
  27. ↑ "Калевалу" па-беларуску прэзентуюць 10 снежня
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