List of translations of works by William Shakespeare explained

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

LanguageTitle of TranslationTranslator(s)Place of PublictionDate of PublicationISBNWorldCat OCLCNotes
Albanian[Works]Margalina Sina [series editor]Tirana198182548386
ArmenianԸնտիր երկեր: երեք հատորով / Ěntir erker: erekʻ hatorovKhachʻik Dashtentsʻ, Hovhannēs MasēheanYerevan195130489507
DutchTooneelspelenBernard Brunius, Albrecht Borchers (publisher)Amsterdam1778-82976703593
Shakespeare's Dramatische werkenAbraham Seyne KokAmsterdam1880833035215Utrecht University
De werken van William ShakespeareLeendert Alexander Johannes Burgersdijk Leiden1886-1888781906011HaithiTrust
EstonianKogutud teosed seitsmes köitesGeorg Meri[Tallinn?]1959-1975503857461
FrenchŒuvres complètes de W. ShakespeareFrançois-Victor Hugo[Paris?]1859-66191715303Oxford

Plays

Original Specific WorkLanguageTitle of TranslationTranslator(s)Place of PublictionDate of PublicationISBNWorldCat OCLCNotes
Anthony and CleopatraEstonianAntonius ja KleopatraGeorg MeriTallinn1946With: Julius Caesar; Coriolanus
As You Like ItWelshBid Wrth Eich BoddCaernarfon (2007 reprint)1983 (published)12520327NLW
CoriolanusEstonianCoriolanusGeorg MeriTallinn1946With: Julius Caesar; Antonius ja Kleopatra
IrishCoriolanusLiam Ó BriainDublin194518955001
CymbelineDutchCymbeline van ShakspereLeendert Alexander Johannes BurgersdijkUtrecht187847793372HaithiTrust
Hebrewסימבלין [Simbelin]Meir WieseltierTel Aviv200696551211359789655121131234740683
HamletAfrikaansHamlet, prins van DenemarkeL. I. Coertze Cape Town19457799155
HamletEitemal (Professor W. J. du P. Erlank)Cape Town19739780624004400062400440679457647
AlbanianHamleti, princ i DanemarkesFan Stylian NoliPristina1952863482651
Arabicرواية هملت: تمثيلية ذات خمسة فصول [Riwāyat Hamlit: tamthīlīyah dhāt khamsat fuṣūl]Ṭānyūs ʻAbduhCairo1902122878679
Chinese哈姆莱特 [Hamulaite]Zhengkun GuBeijing20159787513560474950467481
DutchHamletPeter VerstegenAmsterdam20189789025370527, 90253705271079229341
EstonianTaani Prints HamletA.F. Tombach-KaljuvaldTartu1930924373442
FinnishHamletPaavo CajanderinCharleston20149781502465009
GermanHamletNorbert Greiner Tübingen20069783860575673214348716
Haitian CreoleHamlèt (Prens Denmak)Nicole TitusCambridge20149781936431199947047286
HindiHamletRangeya RaghavDelhi20209789350642085
KlingonThe Klingon Hamlet: The Restored Klingon VersionNick NicholasAndrew StraderNew York2000978067103578543443445Based on the fictional Klingons from Star Trek media.
Korean햄릿 [Hamlet]Shin Jeong-okYongin-si20119788979241136947109703
RomanianTragedia lui Hamlet, prinţ de DanemarcaVladimir StreinuBucharest1965935396590
RussianТрагическая история Гамлета [Tragicheskaya istoriya Gamleta]A. KorchevskiĭMoscow2019 [reprinted]97857516151851239954723
RussianГамлет [Gamlet]Alexey Tsvetkov20109785983791374With: Macbeth
SpanishHamletLuis Astrana MarínMadrid20119788420651415804915312
Tamilஹாம்லெட் [Hamlet]Dr. Justice S. MaharajanChennai20209789390053049
WelshHamlet, Tywysog Denmarc: cyfieithiadWrexham186445657627NLW
Trasiedi Hamlet, Tywysog DenmarcAberystwyth196030254777NLW
HamletCardiff2004NLW
Julius CaesarAlbanianJul QesariFan Stylian NoliPristina1968503879169
DutchJulius CæsarKarel ten BruggencateGroningen1919901022209
EstonianJulius CaesarGeorg MeriTallinn1946With: Antonius ja Kleopatra; Coriolanus
HausaJarmai ZizaMahmoon Baba-Ahmed20169781541182530
LatinJulius CæsarOxford18568973465Google Books
King LearAfrikaansKoning LearUys KrigeCape Town197197807986000400798600047749989388
Koning LearDeryck Uys[<nowiki/>[[Johannesburg]]?]2023[?]9780639734750TCC Press
Arabicمأساة الملك لير / Maʼsāt al-Malik LīrJabrā Ibrāhīm JabrāBeirut1968863269869
الملك لير / al-Malik LīrMuḥammad Muṣṭafá Badawī, Muḥammad Ismāʿīl al-MuwāfīKuwait1976122864360
DutchKoning Lear, treurspelM.G. de CambonS-'Gravenhague1786458827860Early Dutch Books Online
EstonianKuningas Lear: draama viies aktisTartu192677979828
GalicianRei LearEduardo Alonso, Cándido PazóVigo19988483023180317393647
MacbethAfrikaansMacbethEitemal (Professor W. J. du P. Erlank)Cape Town1965236076023
MacbethDeryck Uys[Johannesburg?]2023[?]9780639734736TCC Press
AlbanianMakbethiFan Stylian NoliPristina1968503891951
DutchMacbeth. Treurspel.Pieter BoddaertAmsterdam1800558130563Early Dutch Books Online
Macbeth : treurspel in vijf bedrivenLeendert Alexander Johannes BurgersdijkS-'Gravenhague188247793313HaithiTrust
EstonianMacbethAnts OrasTartu1929924542477
The Merchant of VeniceMāoriTe Tangata Whai-rawa o WēnitiPei Te Hurinui JonesPalmerston North1946154127770
The Merchant of VeniceSwahiliMabepari wa Venisi Julius K. NyerereNairobi19819780195721706630305188
Julius CaesarSwahiliJuliasi Kaizari Julius K. NyerereNairobi19859780195721690475077976
The Merry Wives of WindsorCatalanLes alegres comares de Windsor1909Gutenberg
A Midsummer Night's DreamAfrikaansMidsomernagdroomEitemal (Professor W. J. du P. Erlank)Cape Town197497807981043400798104341749902101Sol Plaatje Archive
DutchEen MidzomernachtdroomLeendert Alexander Johannes BurgersdijkAntwerp1908746981168Project Gutenberg
A midsummer night's dream : a comedy in five actsWillem van DoornGroningen194264486686
EstonianSuveöö-UnenäguAnna HaavaTallinn192482155974
Suveöö unenäguAnts OrasTartu1937753187071E-kataloog ESTER With: Sonette; Othello
FrenchLe songe d'une nuit d'étéJean-Louis Supervielle, Jules SupervielleParis1959134394231231955560
Le songe d'une nuit d'étéNicolas BriançonParis20119782749812014759590560
Much Ado About NothingMauritian French CreoleEnn Ta Senn Dan Vid Dev VirahsawmyPort Louis1995978999033305340200789
MacbethRussianМакбет [Makbet]Vladimir Gandelsman20109785983791374With: Hamlet
OthelloAlbanianTragjedia e Othello's Arapit te VenetikutFan Stylian NoliPristina19161061925229LC
DutchOthello, de Moor van VenetiëJurriaan MoulinKampen183647795568HaithiTrust
OthelloWilly CourteauxAmsterdam1960863301150
EstonianOthelloAnts OrasTartu1937753187071E-kataloog ESTER With: Suveöö unenägu; Sonette
Richard IIIAfrikaansKoning Richard IIIDeryck Uys[<nowiki/>[[Johannesburg]]?]20229780639734712TCC Press
Dutch[?]Koning Richard IIIAbraham Seyne KokAmsterdam1861752892745HaithiTrust
Romeo and JulietAfrikaansRomeo en JulietDeryck Uys[<nowiki/>[[Johannesburg]]?]20249780639734774TCC Press
Arabicروميو 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| |Manila| 1901 (published)||| Gutenberg|-| Welsh| Romeo a Juliet| | Carmarthen (2005 reprint)
Caernarfon (2007 reprint)| 1983 (published)||12520327| NLW
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The Taming of the Shrew| rowspan="3" |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||-| rowspan="4" | The Tempest| Nepali| Aandhibehari| | Kathmandu| 2018| 9789937723084|| OL|-|Estonian|Torm|Ants Oras|Tartu|1935||753190521|E-kataloog ESTER|-| rowspan="2" | Welsh| Y dymestl| | Denbigh| |97807074027890707402786|59583839| NLW|-| Y Storm| | Bala| 2012| 9781906396497 1906396493| 810425251||-|Titus Andronicus|Afrikaans|Titus Andronicus|Breyten Breytenbach|Cape Town|1970||377538676||-| rowspan="3" |Twelfth Night|Afrikaans|Twaalfde nag|Uys Krige|Cape Town|1967|97807986010780798601078|105647293||-|American Sign Language|William Shakespeare's Twelfth night [Performance; DVD]|The Amaryllis Theater Company|Philadelphia|2006|97815636835411563683547|1001832940|See also: ASL Shakespeare|-| Welsh| Nos Ystwyll| | Aberystwyth| 1970|97809014100920901410098|16191944| NLW|-|The Winter's Tale|Afrikaans|Die Wintersprokie|Eitemal (Professor W. J. du P. Erlank)|Cape Town|1975|97806240062680624006263|4224776||}

Poems

Original Specific WorkLanguageTitle of TranslationTranslator(s)Place of PublictionDate of PublicationISBNWorldCat OCLCNotes
SonnetsDutchShakespeare's sonnettenW. van EldenS-'Gravenhague195983307694
EstonianSonetteAnts OrasTartu1937753187071E-kataloog ESTER With: Suveöö unenägu; Othello
Venus and AdonisDutchVenus & AdonisHafid BouazzaAmsterdam20199789025310202, 90253102061090690424

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