This is a list of translations of modern literature into dead languages. There is a separate list of such translations into Latin.
Target language | Translation title | Original title | Original author | Translator | Publisher | Date |
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Egyptian | Le Petit Prince [1] | Le petit prince | Antoine de Saint-Exupéry | Claude Carrier | Edition Tintenfaß | 2017 |
Egyptian | The Tale of Peter Rabbit - Hieroglyph Edition [2] | The Tale of Peter Rabbit | Beatrix Potter | J.F. Nunn and R.B. Parkinson | The British Museum Press | 2005 |
Ancient Greek | Ἅνσελ καὶ Γρέτελ | Hansel and Gretel | Brothers Grimm | Christophe Rico & Stephen Hill | Polis Institute Press | 2021 |
Ancient Greek | Ἅρειος Ποτὴρ καὶ ἡ τοῦ φιλοσόφου λίθος [3] | Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone | J. K. Rowling | Andrew Wilson | Bloomsbury | 2004 |
Ancient Greek | Οι χαρακτήρες του Δον Καμίλο και του Σέρλοκ Χολμς ... στα Αρχαία Ελληνικά / Don Camillo and Sherlock Holmes ... in Classical Greek | a Sherlock Holmes case "The Case of the Three Students", and a Don Camillo story "The Procession" | Sir Arthur Conan Doyle + Giovannino Guareschi | Dr. Juan Coderch | Methexis | 2011 |
Ancient Greek | The Little Prince...in Ancient Greek [4] | Le petit prince | Antoine de Saint-Exupéry | Dr. Juan Coderch | Juan Coderch | 2017 |
Ancient Greek | Max und Moritz auf Altgriechisch [5] | Max und Moritz | Wilhelm Busch | Otto Schmied | Reclam, Ditzingen | 2007 |
Koine Greek | Peter Rabbit and Other Stories in Koine Greek [6] | The Tale of Peter Rabbit , The Tale of Benjamin Bunny , The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies | Beatrix Potter | Gary Manning | GlossaHouse | 2020 |
Koine Greek | The Tale of Peter Rabbit in Koine Greek [7] | The Tale of Peter Rabbit | Beatrix Potter | Joey McCollum & Brent Niedergall | Gorgias Press | 2020 |
Classical Syriac | The Tale of Peter Rabbit in Classical Syriac [8] | The Tale of Peter Rabbit | Beatrix Potter | George Anton Kiraz | Gorgias Press | 2022 |
Ancient Greek | Τὸ φάντασμα μίφα | het spook nijntje | Dick Bruna | Bornmeer | 2013 | |
Ancient Greek | Ϝίννι-ὁ-Φῦ.: Winnie the Pooh in Ancient Greek [9] | Winnie the Pooh | A. A. Milne | Peter Stork | Primavera Pers | 2020 |
Gothic | Agjabairhts wairþiþ rauþs (𐌰𐌲𐌾𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌷𐍄𐍃 𐍅𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌸𐌹𐌸 𐍂𐌰𐌿𐌸𐍃) [10] | Egbert wird Rot | Philipp Winterberg | Edmund Fairfax, Hroviland Bairhteins | 2015 | |
Gothic | Im leitila? (𐌹𐌼 𐌻𐌴𐌹𐍄𐌹𐌻𐌰?) [11] | Bin ich klein? | Philipp Winterberg | Edmund Fairfax, Hroviland Bairhteins | 2015 | |
Gothic | Ƕaiwa fuglos ganemun seinos farwos (𐍈𐌰𐌹𐍅𐌰 𐍆𐌿𐌲𐌻𐍉𐍃 𐌲𐌰𐌽𐌴𐌼𐌿𐌽 𐍃𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍉𐍃 𐍆𐌰𐍂𐍅𐍉𐍃) [12] | How Birds Got Their Colors | Harris Tobias | Hroviland Bairhteins | 2018 | |
Gothic | Balþos Gadedeis Aþalhaidais in Sildaleikalanda (𐌱𐌰𐌻𐌸𐍉𐍃 𐌲𐌰𐌳𐌴𐌳𐌴𐌹𐍃 𐌰𐌸𐌰𐌻𐌷𐌰𐌹𐌳𐌰𐌹𐍃 𐌹𐌽 𐍃𐌹𐌻𐌳𐌰𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌺𐌰𐌻𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌰) [13] | Alice in Wonderland | Lewis Carroll | David Alexander Carlton | Evertype | 2015 |
Old English | Æðelgýðe Ellendǽda on Wundorlande [13] | Alice in Wonderland | Lewis Carroll | Peter S. Baker | Evertype | 2015 |
Old English | Be þam lytlan æþelinge [1] | Le petit prince | Antoine de Saint-Exupéry | Fritz Kemmler | Edition Tintenfaß | 2010 (Latin script) 2018 (Anglo-Saxon runes) |
Old English | Be Siwarde þam sidfeaxan [1] | Der Struwwelpeter | Heinrich Hoffmann | Fritz Kemmler | Edition Tintenfaß | 2010 |
Old English | Petres Haran Saga [14] | The Tale of Peter Rabbit The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies The Story of a Fierce Bad Rabbit | Beatrix Potter | A. A. Brunn | Fyrnlore Bookmearsing | 2018 |
Middle English | The Aventures of Alys in Wondyr Lond [13] | Alice in Wonderland | Lewis Carroll | Brian S. Lee | Evertype | 2013 |
Middle English | The litel prynce [1] | Le petit prince | Antoine de Saint-Exupéry | Walter Sauer | Edition Tintenfaß | 2008 |
Old High German | Dher luzzilfuristo [1] | Le petit prince | Antoine de Saint-Exupéry | Regine Froschauer | Edition Tintenfaß | 2009 |
Middle High German | Daz prinzelîn [1] | Le petit prince | Antoine de Saint-Exupéry | Helmut Birkhan | Edition Tintenfaß | 2008 |
Middle High German | Der Strûbel-Pêter [1] | Der Struwwelpeter | Heinrich Hoffmann | Helmut Birkhan | Edition Tintenfaß | 2008 |
Old French | Li juenes princes [1] | Le petit prince | Antoine de Saint-Exupéry | Gérard Taverdet | Edition Tintenfaß | 2017 |
Old French | La geste d'Aalis el Païs de Merveilles [15] | Alice in Wonderland | Lewis Carroll | May Plouzeau | Evertype | 2017 |
Old Turkic | 𐰚𐰇𐰲𐰜 𐰯𐰃𐰼𐰀𐰤𐰾 Küçük Prens [16] | Le petit prince | Antoine de Saint-Exupéry | Ferhar Çınar | Panama Yayıncılık | 2016 |
Ottoman Turkish | كوچوك پره نس (Küçük prens) (2015) [16] كوچك پرنس (Küçʼk prʼns) (2017) [16] كوچوك پرنس (Küçük prʼns) (2017) [16] | Le petit prince | Antoine de Saint-Exupéry | Fahrettin Arslan & Mehmet Can (2015) Sezer Erdoğan (2017) Öykü Özer (2017) | Hece Yayınları (2015) Karbon Kitaplar (2017) Panama Yayıncılık (2017) | 2015 2017 2017 |
Target language | Translation title | Original title | Original author | Translator | Publisher | Date |
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Ancient Greek | Αστερικιος εν Ολυμπια [17] | Astérix aux Jeux Olympiques | Goscinny, René | I. Kakrides Fanis | Mammouth | 1992 |
Ancient Greek | Μεταξυ ροδου και ξιφους [17] | La Rose et le Glaive | Uderzo, Albert | I. Kakrides Fanis | Mammouth | 1993 |
Ancient Greek | Αστερικιος και Κλεοπατρα [17] | Astérix et Cléopâtre | Goscinny, René | I. Kakrides Fanis | Mammouth | 1998 |
Ancient Greek | Asterix παρα Σακχαραζαδι [17] | Astérix chez Rahàzade | Uderzo, Albert | I. Kakrides Fanis | Mammouth | 2006 |
Ancient Greek | Alix: Ὁ Ἀθηναιος παις [18] | Alix: L'enfant grec | Jacques Martin | Tournai: ELI / Castermann | 1988 | |
Ancient Greek | ΒΕΝΩΡ ΕΛΛΗΝΙΣΤΙ | Stories by Famous Authors Illustrated #11: Ben Hur | Bedwere | Lulu.com | 2017 |
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