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 | |
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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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Anthony and Cleopatra | Estonian | Antonius ja Kleopatra | Georg Meri | Tallinn | 1946 | With: Julius Caesar; Coriolanus | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
As You Like It | Welsh | Bid Wrth Eich Bodd | 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 | 96551211359789655121131 | 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 | 97806240044000624004406 | 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 NicholasAndrew 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 | Wrexham | 1864 | 45657627 | NLW | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Trasiedi Hamlet, Tywysog Denmarc | Aberystwyth | 1960 | 30254777 | NLW | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hamlet | 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 | Oxford | 1856 | 8973465 | Google Books | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
King Lear | Afrikaans | Koning Lear | Uys Krige | Cape Town | 1971 | 97807986000400798600047 | 749989388 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Koning Lear | Deryck Uys | [<nowiki/>[[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 | 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 | 1909 | Gutenberg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
A Midsummer Night's Dream | Afrikaans | Midsomernagdroom | Eitemal (Professor W. J. du P. Erlank) | Cape Town | 1974 | 97807981043400798104341 | 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 | 134394231231955560 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 | [<nowiki/>[[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 | [<nowiki/>[[Johannesburg]]?] | 2024 | 9780639734774 | TCC Press | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | روميو وجوليت [Rūmiyū wa-Jūliyit''
|Muḥammad Muḥammad ʻInānī
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