Foreign Translations of Ayn Rand’s Works
Many translations of Atlas Shrugged have been published in the last 50 years. Translations currently in print include Chinese, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Marathi, Polish, Russian, Spanish, Swedish and Turkish. New French and Portuguese translations are expected in 2009.
The following is a list of recent foreign editions of Ayn Rand’s novels. Some of these titles may no longer be in print. Whatever contact information we have for a particular publisher is listed below a given title.
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Native speakers have stated that some foreign editions are not faithful translations. We cannot independently evaluate any of the following editions and therefore do not recommend any particular book.
We are unable to offer advice on locating any of the titles listed below. (Try searching the Internet, or contacting a specialist bookseller.) If you know of a foreign edition not listed here, please [write to us]
The Estate of Ayn Rand has requested that we post the following notice:
“Under certain circumstances, the Estate of Ayn Rand grants rights to publish Ms. Rand’s work in foreign language editions. However, the Estate has no power to choose the translators or to evaluate the quality of their work. We cannot, therefore, be held responsible for poor or inaccurate translations.”
Chinese
- Atlas Shrugged
- The Fountainhead
- Chongqing Publishing
- Introduction to Objectivist Epistemology
- Why Businessmen Need Philosophy
- Huaxia Publishing
- For the New Intellectual
- The Voice of Reason
- The Ayn Rand Column
- Shanghai Sanbui Culture & Press Ltd.
Czech
- Zdroj (The Fountainhead)
- Berlet
- ISBN 0646398326
Danish
- Vi Der Lever (We the Living)
- Host and Son
- Kun Den Staerke Er Fri (The Fountainhead)
- Host and Son
Dutch
- De eeuwige bron (The Fountainhead)
- Uitgeverij Luitingh~Sijthoff
Finnish
- Hymni (Anthem)
- Published in the science fiction magazine Portti in March 1997
French
- La Vertu D’Egoisme (collection of essays)
- Editions Belles Lettres
- Available on French Amazon.com
- Nous Les Vivants (We the Living)
- Rive Droite58 Avenue De Wagram
- 75017 Paris France
- Available on French Amazon.com
- La Source Vive (The Fountainhead)
- Librarie Plon
- Available on French Amazon.com
German
- Wer Ist John Galt? (Atlas Shrugged)
- Der Ursprung (The Fountainhead)
- Hymne (Anthem), ISBN: 3-932564-62-6
- GEWIS Verlag
- D-20149 Hamburg
- Germany
- mail@gewis.de
- Available on German Amazon.com
Greek
- We the Living
- The Fountainhead (in 2 parts)
- Oceanida
- oceanida@internet.gr
Hebrew
- Mered Hanefilim (transliteration of Hebrew title; Atlas Shrugged)
- S. Friedman, Publisher; Tel Aviv, Israel
- Kemea′in Hamitgaber (transliteration of Hebrew title; The Fountainhead)
- S. Friedman, Publisher; Tel Aviv, Israel
- Himnon (transliteration of Hebrew title; Anthem)
- Zmora, Bitan—Publishers, Tel Aviv, Israel
- ISBN 965-325-038-8
Italian
- La Fonte Meravigliosa (The Fountainhead)
- Noi Vivi (We the Living)
- Corbaccio Antifona (Anthem)
- ISBN 88-85140-58-0
- Inno (Anthem)
- Alfa Editrice
Japanese
- Atlas Shrugged, ISBN: 4-8284-1149-6
- The Fountainhead, ISBN: 4-8284-1132-1
- business-sha-co.jp
Korean
- The Fountainhead
Norwegian
- Kildens Utspring (The Fountainhead)
- Indfo forlag
- ISBN 82-99328-0-9
Polish
- Atlas Zbuntowany (Atlas Shrugged)
- www.zysk.com.pl
- ISBN: 83-7150-969-3
- Hymn (Anthem)
- Kameleon
- ISBN: 83-7150-594-9
- Powrot Czlowieka Pierwotnego (The Return of the Primitive)
- www.zysk.com.pl
- ISBN: 83-7150-936-7
- Cnota Egoismu (Virtue of Selfishness)
- Officyna Liberallow
Romanian
- IMN (Anthem)
- Editura Mirador
- Morality of Individualism (essays)
- ISBN: 5-85189-038-3
- Out of print
Spanish
- El Manantial (The Fountainhead)
- La Rebelión de Atlas (Atlas Shrugged)
- Himno (Anthem)
- Los Que Vivimos (We the Living)
- La Virtud del Egoismo (The Virtue of Selfishness)
- Available through the Ayn Rand Bookstore
Swedish
- Och världen skälvde (Atlas Shrugged)
- Timbro
- ISBN: 91-7566-5565
- timbro.se
- Urkällan (The Fountainhead)
- Lindfors
- ISBN 91-7268-132-2
- Hymn (Anthem)
- Lindfors
- ISBN 91-7268-077-6
- Lovsång (Anthem)
- Förlaget Egoisten
- Kapitalismen: det okända idealet (Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal)
- Lindfors
- ISBN 91-7268-067-9
Turkish
- Anthem
- Atlas Shrugged
- Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal
- The Fountainhead
- Night of January 16th
- We the Living
- Plato Film Production Co.
- Istanbul
- platofilm.com