UNESCO Collection of Representative Works
The UNESCO Collection of Representative Works (or UNESCO Catalogue of Representative Works) was a
Works were selected based on a number of criteria. Generally, new versions of translations already published were not undertaken and it was rare for a little-known contemporary author with only a small output to his name to be considered for inclusion.
As of about 2005, UNESCO was no longer able to fund new translations, but still maintains a catalog of prior translations online.
Statistics
The following is a list of the major languages works have been translated into, with the number of works translated into that language:
Languages with significant numbers of works subject to translation include:
- Tamil: 341
- Japanese: 152
- Spanish: 105
- Arabic: 62
- Chinese: 61
- Persian: 54
- dead languagein regards to new written texts only, primarily a source of ancient texts from Hindu religion and literature)
- Portuguese: 44
- Bengali: 34
- French: 34
- Korean: 31
- English: 29
- Hindi: 27
- Italian: 24
- Pali: 23 (an unwritten extinct language, primarily a source of early Buddhist texts)
- Hungarian: 16
- Turkish: 16
- Modern Greek: 14
- Romanian: 14
- Urdu: 13
Significant groups of works translated from one language to another include:
- Japanese to English: 92
- Chinese to English: 30
- Persian to English: 26
- Sanskrit to English: 23
- Korean to English: 22
- Spanish to English: 22
- Hindi to English: 20
- Pali to English: 20
- Bengali to English: 19
- Arabic to English: 12
- Spanish to French: 62
- Arabic to French: 41
- Japanese to French: 39
- Portuguese to French: 31
- Chinese to French: 23
- Persian to French: 20
- Italian to French: 19
- Sanskrit to French: 16
- English to French: 14
- Bengali to French: 13
- French to Arabic: 14
Authors with significant numbers of translations include:
- Natsume Sōseki: 11
- Yasunari Kawabata: 9
- Rumi: 8
- Julio Cortázar: 7
- Rabindranath Tagore: 7
- Yukio Mishima: 5
- Mohammad Iqbal: 5
References
- ^ The UNESCO Courier: 5─8. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
- ^ UNESCO Collection of Representative Works. To see the full list, click "Search" with all search criteria blank or default.
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