{"id":1987,"date":"2013-06-11T09:30:59","date_gmt":"2013-06-11T01:30:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/xichuanpoetry.com\/?p=1987"},"modified":"2013-06-07T10:36:52","modified_gmt":"2013-06-07T02:36:52","slug":"1987","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xichuanpoetry.com\/?p=1987","title":{"rendered":"Translation Database shows increase in published literary translations"},"content":{"rendered":"

From 3%<\/a>:<\/p>\n

According to our Translation Database, here are the overall number of translations published in the U.S. since we\u2019ve started keeping track:<\/p>\n

2008: 360 total (278 fiction, 82 poetry)
\n2009: 363 (291, 72)
\n2010: 344 (266, 78)
\n2011: 374 (304, 70)
\n2012: 453 (384, 69)
\n2013: 300 (249, 51)<\/p>\n

So, in terms of the simple bean counting of all this, the number of works of fiction in translation being published in the U.S. is growing pretty nicely. Actually, the 26.3% increase from 2011 to 2012 is incredibly impressive. That\u2019s like ebook sales type growth.<\/p>\n

What accounts for this jump? I don\u2019t want to paint too optimistic a picture here, but there are more presses doing translations each and ever year, and basically everyone involved in publishing literature in translation is doing a little bit more<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Read the full (chad) post here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

From 3%: According to our Translation Database, here are the overall number of translations published in the U.S. since we\u2019ve started keeping track: 2008: 360 total (278 fiction, 82 poetry) 2009: 363 (291, 72) 2010: 344 (266, 78) 2011: 374 … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[3,16],"tags":[119],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/s8srwF-1987","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4243,"url":"https:\/\/xichuanpoetry.com\/?p=4243","url_meta":{"origin":1987,"position":0},"title":"The 2018 Lucien Stryk Prize","author":"Lucas Klein","date":"September 12, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"The 2018 Lucien Stryk Asian Translation Prize shortlist has been announced, with Diana Shi and George O'Connell's Darkening Mirror, translations of Wang Jiaxin \u738b\u5bb6\u65b0 (Tebot Bach) on the list. 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