#foreign editions

• italian editions •

When leaving Florence recently, our train was quite delayed so I, of course, decided to pass the time in the bookstore.🤓

Which obviously means I picked up Italian editions of a few books I love.

Because books are the best souvenirs.✨

7 covers in 7 days

Rules: Each day, I will post the cover of a book that I love and nominate someone new to start the challenge.

Hello Gentle Reader, this video is all about books in translation, AKA foreign editions (although they are not exactly the same thing – I talk about that too!)

QUESTIONS I ANSWERED

Have you ever been able to read a translation of your work? How do you make sure the translation is good? If you could read one which language would you pick?

How does the process of deciding to translate and choosing a translator go? Did you ever have to switch translators in the middle of the series?

If the Protectorate and Finishing School are published by different publishers in the same country, can you ask to keep the same translator?

What is the most surprising language your books have been translated into?

Do translators ask you questions to clarify a passage ? What was the most funny or unexpected question asked? Here’s an example of some of the questions my Japanese translator asked.

How do you make sure that the jokes do not get lost in translation? Straight washing?

I start off talking about the 3 different ways a book/author can get translated – 2 traditional and one indie. There are others but these are the main ones:

Selling world rights to your US or UK publisher.

Retaining world rights and selling them individually into foreign countries with a foreign literary agent.

Doing it alone, where you have to contract and hire the translator. This means you must understand international copyright laws (esp Germany).

I also talk about why it really rare to be in certain languages/countries esp China, Russia.

Why cover art might change in different countries.

LINKS OF INTEREST

Here is one of the places you can buy my foreign editions: Worldbuilders Market (proceeds to charity).

In some cases you can also buy foreign editions outside of the country of origin on Book Depository & Amazon.

Occasionally I will give a few away to my newsletter subscribers (option to enter, random number generated winners).

There are updated lists of all my foreign translations and editions on my wikia.

Parasol Protectorate

Finishing School

Soulless Manga

Custard Protocol

Here it is as of Feb 2021 (this post/list will not be kept up to date please use the wikia for that). These are book that have SOLD THE RIGHTS to be translated and/or distributed into that territory, I generally have NO IDEA if they are actually out in that territory.

UK & Commonwealth ~ Orbit UK | Atom 

Soulless ~ September 2010, Orbit UK

Changeless ~ September 2010, Orbit UK

Blameless ~ September 2010, Orbit UK

Heartless ~ July 2011, Orbit UK

Timeless ~ July 2011, Orbit UK

Etiquette & Espionage ~ Feb. 5, 2013, Atom

Curtsies & Conspiracies ~ Nov. 5, 2013, Atom

Waistcoats & Weaponry ~ Nov. 4, 2014, Atom

Manners & Mutiny ~ Nov. 3, 2015, Atom

Prudence ~ March 17, 2015

Imprudence ~ sometime 2016

Competence ~ GAIL CARRIGER LLC

Reticence ~  GAIL CARRIGER LLC

Brazil ~ Editora Valentina 

Alma? (Soulless) ~ 2012

Metamorphose? (Changeless)~ 2013

Inocencia? (Blameless)~ 2014

Coracao? (Heartless)~ April 8, 2016

(Timeless) ~ unknown

Croatia ~ Školska knjiga, Lumen imprint, Zagreb 

Šarm i špijunaža (Etiquette & Espionage) ~ release date unknown

Czech Republic & Slovak Republic ~ Albatros Media/CooBoo, Prague & Bratislava

Etiketa & Spionáz (Etiquette & Espionage)~ out

Poklony & Sprisahania (Curtsies & Conspiracies) ~ out – Slovak Edition

Úklony & Úklady (Curtsies & Conspiracies) ~ out – Czech Edition

(The paperwork for these two publishers gets very confusing. They both show up as CooBoo.)

Denmark ~ Forlaget Tellerup 

Sjælesluger (Soulless)~ September 2019

Forbandelsesbryder (Changeless) ~ out

(Blameless) ~ out

France ~ Orbit Franch | Calmann Levy | Le Livre de Poche | Pika 

Sans Âme (Soulless)~ January 2011, Orbit France / Calmann Levy, pocket ed Le Livre de Poche

Sans Ame (audiobook)

Sans Forme (Changeless)~ November 2011, pocket ed Le Livre de Poche

Sans Honte (Blameless) ~ April 2012, pocket ed Le Livre de Poche

Sans Coeur (Heartless) ~ November 2012, pocket ed Le Livre de Poche

Sans Âge (Timeless) ~ April 2013, pocket ed Le Livre de Poche

Étiquette & Espionnage ~ March 12, 2014, Le Livre de Poche

Corsets & Complots ~ September 24, 2014, Le Livre de Poche

Jupons & Poisons ~ June 10, 2015, Le Livre de Poche

Artifices & Arbalètes ~ June 15, 2016, Le Livre de Poche

(Soulless Vol. 1) manga ~ March 2014, Pika

(Soulless Vol. 2) manga ~ May 2014, Pika

(Soulless Vol. 3) manga ~ March 2015, Pika

Prudence ~ October 26, 2016

Imprudence ~ June 7, 2017

Germany ~ Blanvalet | Carlsen Verlag | Weltbild

Glühende Dunkelheit (Glowing Night – Soulless) ~ May 2011, Blanvalet, hardcover from Weltbild

Glühende Dunkelheit (audiobook), Blanvalet

Brennende Finsternis (Ignited Darkness – Changeless) ~ September 2011, Blanvalet, hardcover from Weltbild

Entflammte Nacht (Burning Night – Blameless) ~ July 2011, Blanvalet, hardcover from Weltbild

Feurige Schatten (Fiery Shade – Heartless) ~ April 2012, Blanvalet

Sengendes Zwielicht (Searing Twilight – Timeless) ~ November 2012 , Blanvalet

(Soulless Vol. 1) manga ~ Summer 2013, Carlsen Verlag

(Soulless Vol. 2) manga ~ Winter 2013, Carlsen Verlag

(Soulless Vol. 3) manga ~ Winter 2014, Carlsen Verlag

Hungary ~ Konyvmolykepzo 

Lélektelen (Soulless)~ November 2011

(Changeless) ~ Summer 2013

Szégyentelen (Blameless) ~ out

(Heartless) ~ 2016

Italy ~ Baldina & Castoldi 

(Soulless) ~ March 2011

(Changeless) ~ out

(Blameless) ~ unlikely

(Heartless) ~ unlikely

(Timeless) ~ unlikely

Italian and Spanish editions of the Parasol Protectorate are unlikely to continue to be published for legal reasons.

The Parasol Protectorate Books Japanese Translations (not manga)

Japan ~ Hayakawa 

(Soulless) ~ April 2011

(Changeless) ~ June 2011

(Blameless) ~ December 2011

(Heartless) ~ April 2012

(Timeless) ~ Fall 2013

(Etiquette & Espionage) ~ out

(Curtsies & Conspiracies) ~ out

(Waistcoats & Weaponry) ~ April 22, 2015

(Manners & Mutiny) ~ out

(Prudence) ~ December 8, 2015

Poland ~ Proszynski Ska S.A. 

Bezduszna (Soulless)~ March 2011

Bezzmienna (Changeless) ~ June 2011

Bezgrzeszna (Blameless) ~ March 2012

Bezwzgledna (Heartless) ~ out

Spain ~ Versatil

Sin Alma ~ November 2010

(Changeless) ~ October 2011

(Blameless) ~ April 2012

Italian and Spanish editions of the Parasol Protectorate are unlikely to continue to be published for legal reasons.

Sweden ~ Styxx Fantasy 

Själlös (Soulless) ~ March 2012

Chanslös (Changeless) ~ Winter 2013

Hemlös (Blameless) ~ unknown

Taiwan ~ Faces Publications

(Soulless) ~ January 2012

(Changeless) ~ Unknown

(Blameless) ~ Unknown

(Heartless) ~ Unknown

(Timeless) ~ Unknown

(Soulless Vol. 1) manga ~ Unknown

(Soulless Vol. 2) manga ~ Unknown

(Soulless Vol. 3) manga ~ Unknown

Thailand ~ KaeKwarn 

(Soulless) ~ January 2012

(Changeless) ~ April 2017

(Blameless) ~ April 2017

(Heartless) ~ April 2017

(Timeless) ~ April 2017

Turkey ~ Artemis Yayinlari 

Soulless ~ unknown

Changeless ~ unknown

Blameless ~ unknown

(Etiquette & Espionage) ~ unknown

(Curtsies & Conspiracies) ~ unknown

Russia ~ Arcadia Press 

(Soulless) ~ 2020

(Changeless) ~ 2020

(Blameless) ~ 2021?

Russian Covers of Soulless & Changeless

Yours still confused about foreign editions,

Miss Gail

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