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literary translation

translation of literary works (novels, short stories, plays, poems, etc.)
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Summary

literary translation is an academic discipline[1]. It draws 157 Wikipedia views per month (academic discipline category, ranking #315 of 1,010).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: activity[3], service[4]
  • Subclass of: translation[5]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Literary translation[6]
  • Different from: literal translation[7]
  • Uses: rhetorical device[8]
  • Practiced by: literary translator[9]
  • Class of object(s) of occurrence: literary work[10]

Why It Matters

literary translation has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[11] It is known by 29 alternative names across languages and contexts.[12]

Related Entities

Ana Blandiana Jeton Kelmendi John Evans Jon Fosse Joseph Brodsky literary work Lucian Blaga Mellom Simone Signoret

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [12] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 3d ago · عُثمان · 2026-10-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Isocat id → 4073
    Wikipedia languages → ['az', 'be', 'ca', 'cs', 'en', 'es', 'fa', 'pl', 'ug', 'uk']
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Isocat id: 4073, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/7329280|literary translation (#7329280)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/125|ISOCAT]] #mix'n'mat"
  2. 18w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0277313-literarni-preklady
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0277313-literarni-preklady, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259490|batch #259490]]"
  3. 21w ago · Hannolans · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Class of object(s) of occurrence → literary work
    Uses → rhetorical device
    Instance of → —
    Uses → —
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Instance of: profession"
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