Questions tagged [translation]

Use this tag for questions either Real-world translations, or In-universe translations.

Can be used in two possible ways:

  1. Real-world language translation included in some SFF work (for example this question)
  2. In-universe translations (for example this question)

This tag includes translations of a small part of some work (name, title, spell, pun, whole sentence etc.), but also translations of the whole work (book, movie, trilogy etc.). It might be used for real-world languages but also for imaginary languages like Elvish or Klingon.

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Have there really been no English language translations for "Jardins Statutaires" by Jacques Abeille? Is there a stated reason?

I've been reading (or trying to) "Les Jardins Statuaires" by Jacques Abeille. The language is a bit more dense and flowery than my current level of French allows for easy reading, so I've been looking at English translations. To my surprise,…
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Is there an English translation of "Путь к Земле" ("Way to Earth")?

According to Wikipedia: During 1985-1986 a popular science magazine Tekhnika Molodezhi published a science fiction story Way to Earth accompanied by programs for B3-34 that could be used to simulate a particular segment of Moon-Earth journey from…
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Decode phrases written using Greek letters in "Cloud Castles" by Michael Scott Rohan

In Polish translation of "Cloud Castles" by Michael Scott Rohan, in chapter 6, translator missed phrases in English written using Greek letters. I can decode some of them, could you please with deciphering the rest? Written using HTML 4.0…
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Where can I get Arabic-English Arabian Nights?

I would like to read Arabian Nights in Arabic. I would like to read it with English translation by side. I don't want the English translation to add its own sentences. I just want plain dumb translation. Is there any Arabic-English book…
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