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Well, I'm not American, and I am also exposed to lots of anglosaxon literature. The thing is, the market for translations is very limited, and usually larger fo

Well, I'm not American, and I am also exposed to lots of anglosaxon literature. The thing is, the market for translations is very limited, and usually larger for English->Spanish (or Catalan) than in reverse. My all-time favourite book was by a Catalan writer, homaging Hammett by writing a crime novel set in the Barcelona of the late 60s (IIRC, maybe it was early 70s) where the dictatorship was still in full swing and illegal goods were still a good deal (much like Hammett's setting during the Prohibition.) In case you can find an English edition, it's called "De mica en mica s'omple la pica," in Catalan (Drop by drop the sink fills up would be a rough translation, it's a typical Catalan saying.) A quick googling and amazon didn't turn up any translation, though.

sveme 13y ago
By Jaume Fuster? Yes, I just checked and there don't seem to be any German or English translations available. That's a shame, would have liked to read it. Coming back to the original topic, it is slightly weird that the market for translations is so small despite English probably being one of the most-read languages in the world. German, for example, is apparently the language that has the largest number of foreign language books translations despite being a comparatively small market. Maybe it is simply in a sweet spot with respect to size of market (large enough for translators to make a living) and number of domestic offerings (the supply is not so massive that it blocks all non-domestic offerings).