List of Latin translations of modern literature

A number of Latin translations of modern literature have been made to bolster interest in the language. The perceived dryness of classical literature is sometimes a major obstacle for achieving fluency in reading Latin, as it discourages students from reading large quantities of text (extensive reading). In his preface to his translation of Robinson Crusoe, F. W. Newman writes:

"[N]o accuracy of reading small portions of Latin will ever be so effective as extensive reading; and to make extensive reading possible to the many, the style ought to be very easy and the matter attractive."[1]

Modern literature

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Latin Title Original Title Original Author Translator Publisher Date
Vestes Novae Imperatoris The Emperor's New Clothes, (Danish original: Kejserens Nye Klæder) Andersen, Hans Christian Landis, Ferderick American Classical League 1969
Amor est sensus quidam peculiaris Love is a Special Way of Feeling[2] Anglund, Joan Walsh Lyne, G. M. London: Collins 1969
Superbia et Odium Pride and Prejudice Austen, Jane Cotton, Thomas Ephemeris.Alcuinus
Magus Mirabilis in Oz The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Baum, L. Frank Hinke,C. J. and Van Buren, George Berkeley, CA: Scholar Press 1987
Nuticulus SatyriqueNoddy and the GoblinsBlyton, EnidBrice, ElizabethPenguin Books1993
Ursus Nomine Paddington A Bear Called Paddington Bond, Michael Needham, Peter London: Gerald Duckworth & Co Ltd 1999
Nuptiae Abderitanae A Respectable Wedding Brecht, Bertolt Gross, Nicolas Weißenhorn: Leo Latinus 2004
Fabellae pueriles Bilderpossen Busch, Wilhelm Florence: Le Monnier 1960
Max et Moritz Max and Moritz Busch, Wilhelm Steindl, Erwin Monachii [Munich]: Brown & Schneider 1925
Plisch et Plum Plisch und Plum Busch, Wilhelm Benning, Ludwig
Pericla Navarchi Magonis The Adventures of Captain Mago Cahun, David Léon Avellanus, Arcadius NY:E. Parmalee Prentice (Mount Hope Classics Vol 1) 1914
Makita Sive De Historia Cuiusdam Muris Tempore Pharaonum Capart, Johannes Daraedt, Francisca Brussels: Melissa Foundation 1997
Alicia In Terra Mirabili Alice in Wonderland Carroll, Lewis Carruthers, Clive Harcourt London:Macmillan / NY: St Martin's Press, 1964
Aliciae Per Speculum Transitus Alice Through the Looking Glass Carroll, Lewis Carruthers, Clive Harcourt NY: St. Martin's Press, 1966
The Hunting of the Snark. An Agony in Eight Fits Carroll, Lewis Brinton, Percival Robert London: Macmillan & Co., 1934
The Hunting of the Snark. An Agony in Eight Fits Carroll, Lewis Watson, H. D. Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1936
De familia Pascual Duarte The Family of Pascual Duarte Cela, Camilo José Pastor de Arozena, Bárbara Madrid : Editorial Coloquio : Ediciones Clásicas 1990
Dominus Quixotus a Manica Don Quixote Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de Torres, Antonio Peral Centro de Estudios Cervantinos 1998
Vere Virginia, Sanctus Nicholas est! Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus Church, Frank Sauer, Walter and Wiegand, Hermann Wauconda, IL,: Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers 2001
Pinoculus liber qui iscribitur Adventures of Pinocchio Collodi, Carlo Maffacini, Henry Firenze: Marzocco 1950
Rebilius Cruso Robinson Crusoe Defoe, Daniel Newman, Francis W. London: Trübner & Co 1884
The story of Robinson Crusoe in Latin Robinson Crusoe Defoe, Daniel Goffeaux, G. F. London: Longmans, Green, and Co. 1907
Vita Discriminaque Robinsonis Crusoei Robinson Crusoe Defoe, Daniel Avellanus, Arcadius NY: E. Parmalee Prentice (Mount Hope Classics Vol 9-7 1928
Exules Siberiani La Jeune Sibérienne (The Siberian Girl) de Maistre, Xavier Broadhead, H.D. London and Christchurch (N.Z.): Whitcombe and Tombs 1932
Regulus vel pueri soli sapiunt The Little Prince de Saint Exupéry, Antoine Haury, Augusto Paris: Fernand Hazan Éditeur 1961
Carmen ad Festum Nativitatis A Christmas Carol Dickens, Charles Cotton, Thomas paselus.org.uk
Somnium Filii de Stella et Fabula Filii A Child's Dream of a Star and A Child's Story Dickens, Charles Hanes, William A. Createspace 2013
Spina Piscis Magica The Magic Fishbone Dickens, Charles Hanes, William A. Createspace 2013
Cattus Petasatus! The Cat in the Hat Dr. Seuss Tunberg, Jennifer Morrish and Tunberg, Terence O. Wauconda, IL: Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers 2000
Virent ova! Virent perna! Green Eggs and Ham Dr. Seuss Tunberg, Jennifer Morrish and Tunberg, Terence O. Wauconda, IL:Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers 2003
Quomodo invidiosulus nomine Grinchus Christi Natalem abrogaverit How the Grinch Stole Christmas Dr. Seuss Tunberg, Jennifer Morrish and Tunberg, Terence O. Wauconda, IL: Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers 1988
O, Loca tu Ibis Oh, the Places You'll Go! Dr. Seuss Roselle, Leone Portland,M: J. Weston Walch 1994
Gruffalo The Gruffalo Donaldson, Julia Harris, Ben London: Pan Macmillan 2012
Romulus Magnus Romulus the Great Dürrenmatt, Friedrich Gross, Nicolas Weißenhorn: Leo Latinus
De Crambambulo Krambambuli Ebner-Eschenbach, Marie von Gross, Nicolas Weißenhorn: Leo Latinus
Olivia: The Essential Latin Edition Olivia Falconer, Ian High, Amy NY: Atheneum 2007
Werther Iuvenis Quae Passus Sit The Sorrows of Young Werther Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von Gross, Nicolas Weißenhorn: Leo Latinus
De Aranea Nigra The Black Spider Gotthelf, Jeremias Gross, Nicolas Weißenhorn: Leo Latinus
Aurae Inter Salices The Wind in the Willows Graham, Kenneth Cotton, Thomas paselus.org.uk
Apologi Grimmiani Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm Grimm, Jacob & Wilhelm Saarbrücken: Verlag der Societas Latina 1988
Fabellae pueriles et domesticae a Iacobo & Vilhelmo Grimm collectae: Fabellae 1-5 Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm Grimm, Jacob & Wilhelm Gross, Nicolas Weißenhorn: Leo Latinus 2004
Fabellae pueriles et domesticae a Iacobo & Vilhelmo Grimm collectae: Fabellae 6-20 Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm Grimm, Jacob & Wilhelm Gross, Nicolas Weißenhorn: Leo Latinus 2007
Nonnulli apologi Grimmiani Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm Grimm, Jacob & Wilhelm Habitzky, Rochus Ruppichteroth: Canisius-Werk, 2003
Rumpelstultulus Fabula Rumpelstiltskin Grimm, Jacob & Wilhelm Fendrick, John W. Oxford, Ohio: American Classical League 1978
De Thilo Custode Ferriviae Lineman Thiel Hauptmann, Gerhart Gross, Nicolas Weißenhorn: Leo Latinus
Captivus Zendae The Prisoner of Zenda Hope, Anthony Cotton, Thomas paselus.org.uk
The Latin Struwwelpeter Der Struwwelpeter (Slovenly Peter) Hoffman, Heinrich Rouse, W.H.D. London: Blackie & Son 1934
Der Struwwelpeter auf lateinisch Der Struwwelpeter (Slovenly Peter) Hoffman, Heinrich Borneman, Edward Frankfurt/M.: Rütten & Loening 1956
Sub rota Beneath the Wheel[3] Hesse, Herman Albert, Sigrides C. Saraviponti: Verl. der Soc. 1994
Anecdota Kleistiana Anecdote from the last Prussian War Kleist, Heinrich von Gross, Nicolas Weißenhorn: Leo Latinus
Walter Canis Inflatus Walter the Farting Dog Kotzwinkle, William Dobbin, Robert Frog Books 2004
Ferdinandus taurus Ferdinand the Bull Leaf, Munro Hadas, Elizabeth Chamberlayne NY: David Mckay Company 1962
Hiawatha Hiawatha Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth Newman, Francis W. London: Walton and Maberly 1862
Domus Anguli Puensis The House at Pooh Corner Milne, A.A. Staples, Brian London: Methuen/Egmont 1980
Winnie Ille Pu semper ludet The House at Pooh Corner Milne, A.A. Staples, Brian NY: Dutton 1998
Winnie ille Pu Winnie the Pooh Milne, A.A. Lenard, Alexander London: Methuen / NY: Dutton 1960
Mater AnserinaPoems in Latin for ChildrenMother GooseMinkova, Milena Focus Publishing/R. Pullins Co2006
Beata illa nox The Night before Christmas Moore, Clement Wiegand, Fassung von Hermann and Sauer,Walter Neckarsteinach: Edition Tintenfaß 2005
Ave Ogden! Nash in Latin Poems By Ogden Nash Nash, Ogden Gleeson, James C. and Meyer, Brian N. Boston: Little, Brown 1973
Fundus Animalium Animal Farm Orwell, George Cotton, Thomas paselus.org.uk
Tres Fabulae Edgarii Allani Poe: Cattus niger, Ranunculus, Puteus et Pendulum Three Stories by Edgar Allan Poe Poe, Edgar Allan Gross, Nicholas Weißenhorn: Leo Latinus 2004
Fabula de Beniamine Lago The Tale of Benjamin Bunny Potter, Beatrix Hanes, William A. Createspace 2013
Fabula de Crusto et Catinulo The Tale of the Pie and the Patty-Pan Potter,Beatrix Hanes, William A Createspace 2014
Fabula de Domina Tiggi-Uinkel The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle Potter, Beatrix Hanes, William A. Createspace 2013
Fabula de Domine Tode The Tale of Mr Tod Potter, Beatrix Hanes, William A. Createspace 2013
Fabula de Domino Ieremia Piscatore The Tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher Potter, Beatrix Walker, E. Peroto London: Frederick Warne & Co., Ltd. 1978
Fabula de Duobus Muribus Improbis The Tale of Two Bad Mice Potter, Beatrix Hanes, William A. Createspace 2014
Fabula De Jemima Anate Aquatica The Tale of Jemima Puddleduck Potter, Beatrix Musgrave, Jonathan London: Frederick Warne & Co., Ltd. 1965
Vestitor de Gloucestre The Tailor of Gloucester Potter, Beatrix Hanes, William A. Createspace 2014
Fabula de Iohanno Mure Urbano The Tale of Johnny Town Mouse Potter, Beatrix Hanes, William A. Createspace 2013
Fabula De Petro Cuniculo The Tale of Peter Rabbit Potter, Beatrix Walker, E. Peroto London: Frederick Warne & Co., Ltd. 1962
Fabula de Samuhele Barbato The Tale of Samuel Whiskers Potter, Beatrix Hanes, William A. Createspace 2014
Fabula de Sciuro Nuciola The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin Potter, Beatrix Hanes, William A. Createspace 2013
Fabula de Thoma Feliculo The Tale of Thomas the Kitten Potter, Beatrix Hanes, William A. Createspace 2013
Mons Spes, et novellae aliae Mount-Hope, The King of the Golden River, The Necklace, The House and the Brain, The Sire de Maletroit's Door, [Svppe tiarivm mergvlarvm] E. P. Prentice, John Ruskin, Guy de Maupassant, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Robert Louis Stevenson, E. P. Prentice Avellanus, Arcadius NY: E. P. Prentice Mount Hope Classics, Vol. 2) 1918
Baronis Mynchusani mirabilia itinera et pericula marina terrestiaque Baron Munchausen Raspe, Rudolf Erich Gross, Nicolas Bruxelles: Fundatio Melissa 2001
De nocte Olisiponensi The Night in Lisbon Remarque, Erich Maria Albert, Sigrides C. Saraviponti : Verl. der Soc. 2002
Harrius Potter et camera secretorum Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Rowling, J. K. Needham, Peter London / New York: Bloomsbury 2007
Harrius Potter et philosophi lapis Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone Rowling, J. K. Needham, Peter London / New York: Bloomsbury 2003
Rex Aurei Rivi The King of the Golden River Ruskin, John Avellanus, Arcadius New York, E. P. Prentice 1914
Tristitia salve Bonjour Tristesse Sagan, Francois Lenard, Alexander Stuttgart: Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt 1964
Memento mori Memento mori Saxon, Alex Gross, Nicolas Weißenhorn: Leo Latinus
Julius Caesar Julius Caesar Shakespeare, William Denison, Henry Oxford, London 1856
Arbor Alma The Giving Tree Silverstein, Shel Tunberg, Jennifer Morrish and Tunberg, Terence O (Guenevera Tunberg et Terentio Tunberg) Wauconda, IL: Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers. 0865164991 2002
Lepusculorum Schola The Rabbit School Sixtus, Albert Wiegand, Hermann Edition Tintenfaß 2010
Mysterium Arcae Boulé The Boulé Cabinet Mystery Stevenson, Burton E. Avellanus, Arcadius NY: E. Parmalee Prentice (Mount Hope Classics Vol 3) 1916
Carmina Non Prius Audita De Ludis et Hortis Virginibus Puerisque A Child's Garden of Verses Stevenson, R L Glover, T.R. Cambridge: Heffer 1922
Insula Thesauraria Treasure Island Stevenson, R. L. Avellanus, Arcadius NY: E. Parmalee Prentice (Mount Hope Classics Vol 5) 1922
Fabulae Divales The Rose Fairy Book (and an adaptation of Cupid and Psyche from the The Golden Ass) Mrs Herbert Strang (and Apuleius) Avellanus, Arcadius NY: E. P. Prentice Mount Hope Classics, Vol. 4) 1912
Fragrantia, Historia Homicida Perfume Süskind, Patrick Gross, Nicolas Weißenhorn: Leo Latinus
Villi Mus Willie Mouse Tabor, Alta Hanes, William A. Createspace 2013
Hobbitus Ille The Hobbit Tolkien, J.R.R. Walker, Mark London: Harper Collins 2012
Maria Poppina ab A-Z Mary Poppins A-Z Travers, P.L. Lyne, G.M. NY: Harcourt, Brace 1968
A Ghost Story[4] Twain, Mark Kozak, Alexander George (unpublished) 1996
Tela Charlottae Charlotte's Web White, E. B. Fox, Bernard NY: Harper Collins 1985
Historia Agathonis The Story of Agathon Wieland, Christoph Martin Gross, Nicolas Weißenhorn: Leo Latinus

Comic books

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Latin Title Original Title Original Author Translator Publisher Date
Haegar terribilis. Miles sine timore vitiisque Hägar the Horrible Browne, Dik Ulrichs, Karl München: Goldmann 1986
Asterix #1: Asterix Gallus Asterix the Gaul Goscinny, René Rubricastellanus, Carolus Amsterdam/Brussels: Elsevier 1973
Asterix #2: Falx Aurea Asterix and the Golden Sickle Goscinny, René Rubricastellanus, Carolus Stuttgart: Ehapa 1975
Asterix #3: Asterix apud Gothos Asterix and the Goths Goscinny, René Rubricastellanus, Carolus Stuttgart: Ehapa 1976
Asterix #4: Asterix Gladiator Asterix the Gladiator Goscinny, René Rubricastellanus, Carolus Stuttgart: Ehapa 1977
Asterix #5: Iter Gallicum Asterix and the Banquet Goscinny, René Rubricastellanus, Carolus Stuttgart: Ehapa 1978
Asterix #6: Asterix et Cleopatra Asterix and Cleopatra Goscinny, René Rubricastellanus, Carolus Stuttgart: Ehapa 1980
Asterix #7: Certamen principum Asterix and the Big Fight Goscinny, René Rubricastellanus, Carolus Stuttgart: Ehapa 1981
Asterix #8: Asterix apud Brittanos Asterix in Britain Goscinny, René Rubricastellanus, Carolus Stuttgart: Ehapa 1982
Asterix #9: Asterix et Normanni Asterix and the Normans Goscinny, René Rubricastellanus, CarolusStuttgart: Ehapa 1983
Asterix #10: Asterix Legionarius Asterix the Legionary Goscinny, René Rubricastellanus, Carolus Stuttgart: Ehapa 1984
Asterix #11: Clipeus Arvernus Asterix and the Chieftain's Shield Goscinny, René Rubricastellanus, Carolus Stuttgart: Ehapa 1985
Asterix #12: Asterix Olympius Asterix at the Olympic Games Goscinny, René Rubricastellanus, Carolus Stuttgart: Ehapa 1985
Asterix #13: Asterix atque olla Cypria Asterix and the Cauldron Goscinny, René Rubricastellanus, Carolus Stuttgart: Ehapa 1986
Asterix #14: Asterix in Hispania Asterix in Spain Goscinny, René Rubricastellanus, Carolus Stuttgart: Ehapa 1987
Asterix #15: Tumultus de Asterige Asterix and the Roman Agent Goscinny, René Rubricastellanus, Carolus Stuttgart: Ehapa 1989
Asterix #16: Asterix apud Helvetios Asterix in Switzerland Goscinny, René Rubricastellanus, Carolus Stuttgart: Ehapa 2005
Asterix #25: Fossa Alta Asterix and the Great Divide Goscinny, René Rubricastellanus, Carolus Stuttgart: Ehapa 1981
Asterix #26: Odyssea Asterigis Asterix and the Black Gold Goscinny, René Rubricastellanus, Carolus Stuttgart: Ehapa 1983
Asterix #27: Filius Asterigis Asterix and Son Goscinny, René Rubricastellanus, Carolus Stuttgart: Ehapa
Asterix #28: Asterix Orientalis Asterix and the Magic Carpet Goscinny, René Rubricastellanus, Carolus Stuttgart: Ehapa 1988
Asterix #29: Asterix et Maestria Asterix and the Secret Weapon Goscinny, René Rubricastellanus, Carolus Stuttgart: Ehapa 1991
Asterix #30: Navis actuaria Obeligis Asterix and Obelix All at Sea Goscinny, René Rubricastellanus, Carolus Stuttgart: Ehapa 1998
Asterix #31: Asterix et Latraviata Asterix and the Actress Goscinny, René Rubricastellanus, Carolus Stuttgart: Ehapa 2002
Asterix #33: Caelum in Caput ejus Cadit Asterix and the Falling Sky Goscinny, René Rubricastellanus, Carolus Stuttgart: Ehapa 2007
De Titini et Miluli Facinoribus: De Insula Nigra The Adventures of Tintin: The Black Island Herge Eichenseer, Caelestis Tournai: ELI / Castermann 1987
De Titini et Miluli Facinoribus: De Sigaris Pharaonis The Adventures of Tintin: Cigars of the Pharaoh Herge Eichenseer, Caelestis Tournai: ELI / Castermann 1990
Alix: Spartaci Filius The Brother of Spartacus Martin, Jacques Aziza, Claudius and Dubrocard, Michael Stuttgart: Klett 1994
Carolini Brown Sapientia' Wisdom of Charlie Brown Schulz, Charles Pei, Mario s.n.: Hallmark 1968
Insuperabilis Snupius Super Snoopy Schulz, Charles Angelino, Guido Stuttgart: Klett 1984
Linus de Vita Linus on Life Schulz, Charles Pei, Mario s.n.: Hallmark 1968
Mundus Secundum Lucium The World According to Lucy Schulz, Charles Pei, Mario s.n.: Hallmark 1968
Philosophia Secundum Snoopy Snoopy's Philosophy Schulz, Charles Pei, Mario s.n.: Hallmark 1968
Donáldus Anas atque Nox Saracéni Donald Duck Disney, Walt (Lingua Latina Disney, vol 1) Mir, Josephus Stuttgart: Ehapa 1984
Donáldus Anas et Actiónes Fidûciae Donald Duck Disney, Walt (Lingua Latina Disney, vol 3) Mir, Josephus Stuttgart: Ehapa 1984
Míchaël Músculus et Regína Áfricae Mickey Mouse and the King of Africa Disney, Walt (Lingua Latina Disney, vol 6) Egger, Carole Stuttgart: Ehapa 1986
Michaël Musculus et Lapis Sapientiae Mickey Mouse and the Philosopher's Stone Disney, Walt (Lingua Latina Disney, vol 2) Egger, Carole Stuttgart: Klett 1984
Scrúgulus et Rádius Contra Procéllam Scrooge McDuck Disney, Walt (Lingua Latina Disney, vol 4) Mir, Josephus Stuttgart: Klett 1984
Scrugulus in Re Vere Mirabili Scrooge McDuck Disney, Walt (Lingua Latina Disney, vol 5) Mir, Josephus Stuttgart: Klett 1984
Popeius - De Circi Mysterio Popeye Segar, E. C. Pacitti, Amadeus Recanati: ELI 1985

Notes

  1. ↑ Francis William Newman, Rebilius Cruso: Robinson Crusoe, in Latin; A Book to Lighten Tedium to a Learner, London, Trübner & Co., 1884.
  2. ↑ Bibliography of modern Latin and Greek literature
  3. ↑ Latinitas recens vivaque Saravipontana
  4. ↑ World Cat listing

See also