Translators on the cover

 
Multilingualism & translation report of the Open Method of Coordination (OMC) working group of EU Member State experts
 
This report contains a lot of figures, analysis, suggestions, best practice, case studies, and an abundant number of references, contact data and links. As far as I am informed, it will be published in all official EU-languages.




Market figure in Europe
“In all countries from which figures were collected in the group, English is the most common language for translation, representing around 54% of total translations, and even widely spoken languages lag far behind English in the number of translated books. On average, French makes up less than 10% of the total number of books translated, followed by German, Italian, Spanish, Swedish, Norwegian, Russian, and, lastly, the remaining Nordic languages - Danish and Finnish. The other languages that appear on top 10 lists mostly appear in countries of the same region where the language is spoken and/or where cultural similarities make them more appealing for the target language publishers and readers. Other cases include non-European languages such as Japanese, for instance in France, where Manga is very strong”. (Quote from page 76 of the report).

“In Denmark, 8 581 book titles were published (2018). 48% of printed fiction, 25% of printed non-fiction. 2018. Total 2018: 1 617, of which: English (858), Swedish (256), French (142), German (126), Norwegian (87), Other languages (232)”. (Quote from page 144 of the report).

In the Danish PEN-language network we will have a discussion why so few books from other languages and cultures are translated into Danish. This will be on the International Mother Language Day on February 21st, 2023.


 
“The output of the OMC group on Multilingualism and Translation is this report, called “translators on the cover” as a metaphor of the main focus of the report”.

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