Translation activity from Arabic to Bosnian (1989-2010) - Next Page ...

2010 0 0 0 0 0 1Total 18 1 0 4 0 32Chart 6 - Number and type of single volume translations of Arabic literature originally writtenin languages other than Arabic from 1989 until August 2010.The previous chart shows that Arabic literature originally written in other languages (in thiscase, English and French) has solid and relatively steady presence in Serbia since 1995. We seethat prosodic forms are the only ones present, i.e. novels, essays and other prosodic forms.Poetry, children literature, and non-literary texts are absent. As for the short story, it was onlyoccasionally published in specialized periodicals and that data was not included in this part ofour research. The most translated authors are Khalil Jubran (32 times, repeated editionsincluded), Amin Maaluf (10 times, repeated editions included), Albert Cossery (3 times), andFatima Mernissi 9 (3 times, repeated editions included).Arabic literary translations, like most other Oriental languages, still get translated every once ina while not directly but via other languages, mostly English, much less French, German andRussian. These translations also prompt us that there is a constant interest of the public andpublishing houses. Chart 7 will show the number and genre of single volume translations ofArabic literature that were translated in the past 22 years.Literary genresNon-literary genresyearNovels andnovellasShort storiesPoetryEssaysChildrenliteratureOtherTheosophy,spirituality1989 1 0 0 0 0 2 01990 0 0 0 0 0 0 01991 1 0 0 0 0 0 01992 0 0 0 0 0 0 01993 0 0 0 0 0 0 01994 0 0 0 0 0 0 09The case of Fatima Mernissi is quite interesting: she writes in French, but both of her novels (one, Dreams ofTresspass, had two editions so far) were translated from English. As we recall seeing, even the Arabic translation ofDreams of Tresspass was translated from English!20