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Re: Jules Verne = #4 translated author in the world

From: Zvi Har'El <rl~at~math.technion.ac.il>
Date: Tue, 7 Dec 2004 10:49:32 +0200
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On Thu, 02 Dec 2004 18:37:42 -0800, Art Evans wrote about "Jules Verne = #4 translated author in the world":
> Dear Vernian friends,
>
> UNESCO has just updated their INDEX TRANSLATIONUM, and Jules Verne is now
> the fourth most-translated author in the world (up from #5 previously).
> Only Walt Disney Productions, Agatha Christie, and the Bible have more
> translations. It is interesting that the author whom Verne just surpassed
> for the #4 slot is Lenin.
>
> See the TRANSLATIONUM's top-50 list at:
> http://databases.unesco.org/xtrans/stat/xTransStat.a?VL1=A&top=50&lg=0
>
> Best,
> Art
>

Dear Art, Vernian Friends,

As a matter of fact, the number of 3558 Jules Verne translations in the
database (mentioned in the above link) is already out-of-date. The correct
total is already 3688. You can easily search the database using the form in
my site, http://JV.Gilead.org.il/xtrans.html . BTW, Unesco should also update
the list in http://www.unesco.org/culture/xtrans/html_eng/index4.shtml where
Jules Verne is still the fifth, after Lenin. Perhaps this upgrade of Jules
Verne position in the list is somehow related to the fall of the Soviet Union?

Best,

Zvi.

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