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List of translations of works by William Shakespeare

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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.

Complete/Selected works

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Language Title of Translation Translator(s) Place of Publication 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

Plays

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Original Specific Work Language Title of Translation Translator(s) Place of Publication 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 dhāt khamsat fuṣūl] 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
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 [reprinted] 9785751615185 1239954723
Russian Гамлет [Gamlet] Alexey Tsvetkov 2010 9785983791374 With: Macbeth
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
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
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 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
Much Ado About Nothing Mauritian French Creole Enn Ta Senn Dan Vid Dev Virahsawmy Port Louis 1995 9789990333053 40200789
Macbeth Russian Макбет [Makbet] Vladimir Gandelsman 2010 9785983791374 With: Hamlet
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

Poems

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Original Specific Work Language Title of Translation Translator(s) Place of Publication 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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