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This is a list of translations of works by William Shakespeare . Each table is arranged alphabetically by the specific work, then by the language of the translation. Translations are then sub-arranged by date of publication (earliest-latest). Where possible, the date of publication given is the date of the first edition by that translator. More modern editions/versions may be available.
| Language | Title of Translation | Translator(s) | Place of Publiction | Date of Publication | ISBN | WorldCat OCLC | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albanian | [Works] | Margalina Sina [series editor] | Tirana | 1981 | 82548386 | ||
| Armenian | Ընտիր երկեր: երեք հատորով / Ěntir erker: erekʻ hatorov | Khachʻik Dashtentsʻ, Hovhannēs Masēhean | Yerevan | 1951 | 30489507 | ||
| Dutch | Tooneelspelen | Bernard Brunius, Albrecht Borchers (publisher) | Amsterdam | 1778-82 | 976703593 | ||
| Shakespeare's Dramatische werken | Abraham Seyne Kok | Amsterdam | 1880 | 833035215 | Utrecht University | ||
| De werken van William Shakespeare | Leendert Alexander Johannes Burgersdijk | Leiden | 1886-1888 | 781906011 | HaithiTrust | ||
| Estonian | Kogutud teosed seitsmes köites | Georg Meri | [Tallinn?] | 1959-1975 | 503857461 | ||
| French | Œuvres complètes de W. Shakespeare | François-Victor Hugo | [Paris?] | 1859-66 | 191715303 | Oxford |
| Original Specific Work | Language | Title of Translation | Translator(s) | Place of Publiction | Date of Publication | ISBN | WorldCat OCLC | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anthony and Cleopatra | Estonian | Antonius ja Kleopatra | Georg Meri | Tallinn | 1946 | With: Julius Caesar; Coriolanus | ||
| As You Like It | Welsh | Bid Wrth Eich Bodd | J. T. Jones | Caernarfon (2007 reprint) | 1983 (published) | 12520327 | NLW | |
| Coriolanus | Estonian | Coriolanus | Georg Meri | Tallinn | 1946 | With: Julius Caesar; Antonius ja Kleopatra | ||
| Irish | Coriolanus | Liam Ó Briain | Dublin | 1945 | 18955001 | |||
| Cymbeline | Dutch | Cymbeline van Shakspere | Leendert Alexander Johannes Burgersdijk | Utrecht | 1878 | 47793372 | HaithiTrust | |
| Hebrew | סימבלין [Simbelin] | Meir Wieseltier | Tel Aviv | 2006 | 9655121135 9789655121131 | 234740683 | ||
| Hamlet | Afrikaans | Hamlet, prins van Denemarke | L. I. Coertze | Cape Town | 1945 | 7799155 | ||
| Hamlet | Eitemal (Professor W. J. du P. Erlank) | Cape Town | 1973 | 9780624004400 0624004406 | 79457647 | |||
| Albanian | Hamleti, princ i Danemarkes | Fan Stylian Noli | Pristina | 1952 | 863482651 | |||
| Arabic | رواية هملت: تمثيلية ذات خمسة فصول [Riwāyat Hamlit: tamthīlīyah dhā | Ṭānyūs ʻAbduh | Cairo | 1902 | 122878679 | |||
| Chinese | 哈姆莱特 [Hamulaite] | Zhengkun Gu | Beijing | 2015 | 9787513560474 | 950467481 | ||
| Dutch | Hamlet | Peter Verstegen | Amsterdam | 2018 | 9789025370527, 9025370527 | 1079229341 | ||
| Estonian | Taani Prints Hamlet | A.F. Tombach-Kaljuvald | Tartu | 1930 | 924373442 | |||
| Taani Prints Hamlet | Georg Meri | Tallinn | 1946 | |||||
| Finnish | Hamlet | Paavo Cajanderin | Charleston | 2014 | 9781502465009 | |||
| German | Hamlet | Norbert Greiner | Tübingen | 2006 | 9783860575673 | 214348716 | ||
| Haitian Creole | Hamlèt (Prens Denmak) | Nicole Titus | Cambridge | 2014 | 9781936431199 | 947047286 | ||
| Hindi | Hamlet | Rangeya Raghav | Delhi | 2020 | 9789350642085 | |||
| Klingon | The Klingon Hamlet: The Restored Klingon Version | Nick Nicholas Andrew Strader | New York | 2000 | 9780671035785 | 43443445 | Based on the fictional Klingons from Star Trek media. | |
| Korean | 햄릿 [Hamlet] | Shin Jeong-ok | Yongin-si | 2011 | 9788979241136 | 947109703 | ||
| Romanian | Tragedia lui Hamlet, prinţ de Danemarca | Vladimir Streinu | Bucharest | 1965 | 935396590 | |||
| Russian | Трагическая история Гамлета [Tragicheskaya istoriya Gamleta] | A. Korchevskiĭ | Moscow | 2019 | 9785751615185 | 1239954723 | ||
| Spanish | Hamlet | Luis Astrana Marín | Madrid | 2011 | 9788420651415 | 804915312 | ||
| Tamil | ஹாம்லெட் [Hamlet] | Dr. Justice S. Maharajan | Chennai | 2020 | 9789390053049 | |||
| Welsh | Hamlet, Tywysog Denmarc: cyfieithiad | D. Griffiths | Wrexham | 1864 | 45657627 | NLW | ||
| Trasiedi Hamlet, Tywysog Denmarc | J. T. Jones | Aberystwyth | 1960 | 30254777 | NLW | |||
| Hamlet | Gareth Miles and Michael Bogdanov | Cardiff | 2004 | NLW | ||||
| Julius Caesar | Albanian | Jul Qesari | Fan Stylian Noli | Pristina | 1968 | 503879169 | ||
| Dutch | Julius Cæsar | Karel ten Bruggencate | Groningen | 1919 | 901022209 | |||
| Estonian | Julius Caesar | Georg Meri | Tallinn | 1946 | With: Antonius ja Kleopatra; Coriolanus | |||
| Hausa | Jarmai Ziza | Mahmoon Baba-Ahmed | 2016 | 9781541182530 | ||||
| Latin | Julius Cæsar | Henry Denison | Oxford | 1856 | 8973465 | Google Books | ||
| King Lear | Afrikaans | Koning Lear | Uys Krige | Cape Town | 1971 | 9780798600040 0798600047 | 749989388 | |
| Koning Lear | Deryck Uys | [Johannesburg?] | 2023[?] | 9780639734750 | TCC Press | |||
| Arabic | مأساة الملك لير / Maʼsāt al-Malik Līr | Jabrā Ibrāhīm Jabrā | Beirut | 1968 | 863269869 | |||
| الملك لير / al-Malik Līr | Muḥammad Muṣṭafá Badawī, Muḥammad Ismāʿīl al-Muwāfī | Kuwait | 1976 | 122864360 | ||||
| Dutch | Koning Lear, treurspel | M.G. de Cambon | S-'Gravenhague | 1786 | 458827860 | Early Dutch Books Online | ||
| Estonian | Kuningas Lear: draama viies aktis | Mihkel Jürna | Tartu | 1926 | 77979828 | |||
| Galician | Rei Lear | Eduardo Alonso, Cándido Pazó | Vigo | 1998 | 8483023180 | 317393647 | ||
| Welsh | Y Brenin Llyr | D. J. Thomas / W. J. Gruffydd | 1949 | NLW | ||||
| Macbeth | Afrikaans | Macbeth | Eitemal (Professor W. J. du P. Erlank) | Cape Town | 1965 | 236076023 | ||
| Macbeth | Deryck Uys | [Johannesburg?] | 2023[?] | 9780639734736 | TCC Press | |||
| Albanian | Makbethi | Fan Stylian Noli | Pristina | 1968 | 503891951 | |||
| Dutch | Macbeth. Treurspel. | Pieter Boddaert | Amsterdam | 1800 | 558130563 | Early Dutch Books Online | ||
| Macbeth : treurspel in vijf bedriven | Leendert Alexander Johannes Burgersdijk | S-'Gravenhague | 1882 | 47793313 | HaithiTrust | |||
| Estonian | Macbeth | Ants Oras | Tartu | 1929 | 924542477 | |||
| Welsh | Macbeth (in the 1942 edition, Tragoedia Macbeth Shakespeare) | T. Gwynn Jones | London | 1938 (2nd performance) 1942 (publication) | NLW NLW | |||
| The Merchant of Venice | Māori | Te Tangata Whai-rawa o Wēniti | Pei Te Hurinui Jones | Palmerston North | 1946 | 154127770 | ||
| The Merchant of Venice | Swahili | Mabepari wa Venisi | Julius K. Nyerere | Nairobi | 1981 | 9780195721706 | 630305188 | |
| Julius Caesar | Swahili | Juliasi Kaizari | Julius K. Nyerere | Nairobi | 1985 | 9780195721690 | 475077976 | |
| The Merchant of Venice | Welsh | Marsiandwr Fenis | J. T. Jones | Porthmadog | 1969 | NLW | ||
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | Catalan | Les alegres comares de Windsor | Josep Carner | 1909 | Gutenberg | |||
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | Afrikaans | Midsomernagdroom | Eitemal (Professor W. J. du P. Erlank) | Cape Town | 1974 | 9780798104340 0798104341 | 749902101 | Sol Plaatje Archive |
| Dutch | Een Midzomernachtdroom | Leendert Alexander Johannes Burgersdijk | Antwerp | 1908 | 746981168 | Project Gutenberg | ||
| A midsummer night's dream : a comedy in five acts | Willem van Doorn | Groningen | 1942 | 64486686 | ||||
| Estonian | Suveöö-Unenägu | Anna Haava | Tallinn | 1924 | 82155974 | |||
| Suveöö unenägu | Ants Oras | Tartu | 1937 | 753187071 | E-kataloog ESTER With: Sonette; Othello | |||
| French | Le songe d'une nuit d'été | Jean-Louis Supervielle, Jules Supervielle | Paris | 1959 | 13439423 1231955560 | |||
| Le songe d'une nuit d'été | Nicolas Briançon | Paris | 2011 | 9782749812014 | 759590560 | |||
| Welsh | Breuddwyd Noswyl Ifan | Gwyn Thomas | Cardiff | 1993 | NLW | |||
| Much Ado About Nothing | Mauritian French Creole | Enn Ta Senn Dan Vid | Dev Virahsawmy | Port Louis | 1995 | 9789990333053 | 40200789 | |
| Othello | Albanian | Tragjedia e Othello's Arapit te Venetikut | Fan Stylian Noli | Pristina | 1916 | 1061925229 | LC | |
| Dutch | Othello, de Moor van Venetië | Jurriaan Moulin | Kampen | 1836 | 47795568 | HaithiTrust | ||
| Othello | Willy Courteaux | Amsterdam | 1960 | 863301150 | ||||
| Estonian | Othello | Ants Oras | Tartu | 1937 | 753187071 | E-kataloog ESTER With: Suveöö unenägu; Sonette | ||
| Richard III | Afrikaans | Koning Richard III | Deryck Uys | [Johannesburg?] | 2022 | 9780639734712 | TCC Press | |
| Dutch[?] | Koning Richard III | Abraham Seyne Kok | Amsterdam | 1861 | 752892745 | HaithiTrust | ||
| Romeo and Juliet | Afrikaans | Romeo en Juliet | Deryck Uys | [Johannesburg?] | 2024 | 9780639734774 | TCC Press | |
| Arabic | روميو وجوليت [Rūmiyū wa-Jūliyit | Muḥammad Muḥammad ʻInānī | Cairo | 1986 | 9789771721444 | 36655993 | ||
| Dutch | Roméo en Julia, tooneelspel | B. Fremerij | Dordrecht | 1786 | 1395280042 | Early Dutch Books Online | ||
| Estonian | Romeo ja Julia | Ants Oras | Tartu | 1935 | 503905700 | E-kataloog ESTER | ||
| Haitian Creole | Romeo ak Jilyèt | Nicole Titus | Cambridge | 2019 | 9781936431335 | 1405851643 | ||
| Tagalog | Ang Sintang Dalisay ni Julieta at Romeo | G. D. Roke | Manila | 1901 (published) | Gutenberg | |||
| Welsh | Romeo a Juliet | J. T. Jones | Carmarthen (2005 reprint) Caernarfon (2007 reprint) | 1983 (published) | 12520327 | NLW NLW | ||
| The Taming of the Shrew | Dutch | De Dolle Bruyloft: Bly-eyndend'-Spel | Abraham Sybant | Amsterdam | 1654 | 459165796 | MDZ | |
| De getemde feeks | Leendert Alexander Johannes Burgersdijk | Leiden | 1923 | 68715228 | Project Gutenberg | |||
| De feeks wordt getemd | Willy Courteaux | Amsterdam | 1956 | 668412499 | ||||
| The Tempest | Nepali | Aandhibehari | Suman Pokhrel | Kathmandu | 2018 | 9789937723084 | OL | |
| Estonian | Torm | Ants Oras | Tartu | 1935 | 753190521 | E-kataloog ESTER | ||
| Welsh | Y dymestl | Gwyn Thomas | Denbigh | c. 1996 (published) | 9780707402789 0707402786 | 59583839 | NLW | |
| Y Storm | Gwyneth Lewis | Bala | 2012 | 9781906396497 1906396493 | 810425251 | |||
| Titus Andronicus | Afrikaans | Titus Andronicus | Breyten Breytenbach | Cape Town | 1970 | 377538676 | ||
| Twelfth Night | Afrikaans | Twaalfde nag | Uys Krige | Cape Town | 1967 | 9780798601078 0798601078 | 105647293 | |
| American Sign Language | William Shakespeare's Twelfth night [Performance; DVD] | The Amaryllis Theater Company | Philadelphia | 2006 | 9781563683541 1563683547 | 1001832940 | See also: ASL Shakespeare | |
| Welsh | Nos Ystwyll | J. T. Jones | Aberystwyth | 1970 | 9780901410092 0901410098 | 16191944 | NLW | |
| The Winter's Tale | Afrikaans | Die Wintersprokie | Eitemal (Professor W. J. du P. Erlank) | Cape Town | 1975 | 9780624006268 0624006263 | 4224776 |
| Original Specific Work | Language | Title of Translation | Translator(s) | Place of Publiction | Date of Publication | ISBN | WorldCat OCLC | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sonnets | Dutch | Shakespeare's sonnetten | W. van Elden | S-'Gravenhague | 1959 | 83307694 | ||
| Estonian | Sonette | Ants Oras | Tartu | 1937 | 753187071 | E-kataloog ESTER With: Suveöö unenägu; Othello | ||
| Venus and Adonis | Dutch | Venus & Adonis | Hafid Bouazza | Amsterdam | 2019 | 9789025310202, 9025310206 | 1090690424 |
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