Find It In Translation

Through your library card, you have free access to Transparent Language, a website for learning any of dozens of offered languages at your convenience! However, you don’t have to learn a new language to explore the works of international authors. We have English translations!

If you want to browse this category, you’ll have to use the advanced search options in our online catalog. Search for “translat*” in the author search field OR the subject field. The asterisk* is a wildcard. It will bring up matches for “translated”, “translator”, and other variations on the root. Using the operator OR finds the broadest spread of results, including every item with “translat*” in the author section of the description, the subject section, or both.

Why use the catalog instead of browsing the shelves? Most English translations are intermingled with the rest of the collection, with a few exceptions.

We have classic works of literature from around the world in the 800s section of our nonfiction collection, like “If not, winter: fragments of Sappho”, translated from Greek by Anne Carson (884.01 Sap), and “The essential Rumi”, translated from Farsi by Coleman Barks (891 Jal). Under the Dewey Decimal System, these works are organized geographically.

Our international films are in their own section, grouped by the films’ original languages. To be understood by audiences in other countries, some of these movies, like “Amélie” (DVD FL-FRE Ame), use translated subtitles, while others, like “Train to Busan” (DVD FL-FRE Ame),  completely re-record the audio in the audience’s language. Our anime collection on the next shelf over is similar in this respect. Most of these animated shows and movies were originally in Japanese, then subtitled or dubbed in English.

One of the most popular genres of our international literature is manga, or Japanese graphic novels. We have manga for younger audiences like “Sailor Moon” (YA GN FIC Takeuchi) in our youth graphic novel section downstairs, as well as titles like “Attack on Titan” (GN FIC Isa) with our adult graphic novels on the second floor. Not your thing? We have everything from murder mysteries to crochet patterns from all over the world!

¡También tenemos libros y películas en español! Algunos se hicieron primero en español, y otros se han traducido de otros idiomas. Los libros en español para adultos están en las estanterías en la pared este del segundo piso. Las películas en español están entre nuestra colección de Blu-rays y las películas nuevas. Libros y películas para niños están en la planta baja. Pregunte a un bibliotecario si necesita ayuda encontrarlos.

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