Decided to do my yearly count of print and e-book editions that I have in languages over than English. Not counting my collection of Bibles (I'll add those separately at the bottom of the post), there were 23 languages and over 1000 books/ebooks in languages other than English. Here are the breakdowns by language and by print/e-book editions:
Spanish - 573 print books/63 e-books/636 total
French - 273 print books/53 e-books/326 total
German - 126 print books/5 e-books/131 total
Italian - 63 print books/57 e-books/120 total
Portuguese - 58 print books/45 e-books/103 total
Serbian/Croatian/Bosnian - 45 print books/4 e-books/49 total
Latin - 20 print books/5 e-books/25 total
Greek - 9 print books/5 e-books/14 total
Russian - 9 print books/1 e-book/10 total
Romanian - 4 print books/6 e-books/10 total
Catalan - 2 print books/3 e-books/5 total
Persian - 4 print books/0 e-books/4 total
Polish - 3 print books/1 e-book/4 total
Arabic - 3 print books/0 e-books/3 total
Irish - 2 print books/0 e-books/2 total
Zulu - 1 print book/0 e-books/1 total
Slovenian - 1 print book/0 e-books/1 total
Hindi - 1 print book/0 e-books/1 total
Urdu - 1 print book/0 e-books/1 total
Hungarian - 1 print book/0 e-books/1 total
Swedish - 0 print books/1 e-book/1 total
Dutch - 0 print books/1 e-book/1 total
Galician - 0 print books/1 e-book/1 total
1450 total non-English books, with 1199 print volumes and 251 e-book editions. Now for the Bible editions, leaving out the English versions:
Greek - 3 print/0 e-book/3 total
Latin - 2 print/1 e-book/3 total
Spanish - 2 print/0 e-book/2 total
Hebrew - 1 print/0 e-book/1 total
Haitian - 1 print/0 e-book/1 total
Serbian - 1 print/0 e-book/1 total
Russian - 2 print/0 e-book/2 total
Portuguese - 1 print/1 e-book/2 total
Romanian - 1 print/1 e-book/2 total
German - 1 print/1 e-book/2 total
French - 1 print/0 e-book/1 total
Czech - 1 print/0 e-book/1 total
Turkish - 1 print/0 e-book/1 total
Indonesian - 1 print/0 e-book/1 total
Persian - 1 print/0 e-book/1 total
Gullah - 1 print/0 e-book/1 total
Dutch - 1 print/0 e-book/1 total
Coptic - 0 print/1 e-book/1 total
Italian - 0 print/1 e-book/1 total
19 different languages for either the New Testament, Old Testament, or both. 28 total books, with 22 print editions and 6 e-book editions.
I have too many of my English-language books boxed up for me to even think about counting them, but if I had to guesstimate, I would there are around 1200-1500 print volumes in English to go with the 521 English-language e-books that I do currently have on my various iOS devices. Somewhere near 40% of my total libraries being non-English works pleases me, even though it'll be quite some time before I tackle the majority of these books. But one day...yes, one day, I shall, or so I shall dream of hoping to do so.
Spanish - 573 print books/63 e-books/636 total
French - 273 print books/53 e-books/326 total
German - 126 print books/5 e-books/131 total
Italian - 63 print books/57 e-books/120 total
Portuguese - 58 print books/45 e-books/103 total
Serbian/Croatian/Bosnian - 45 print books/4 e-books/49 total
Latin - 20 print books/5 e-books/25 total
Greek - 9 print books/5 e-books/14 total
Russian - 9 print books/1 e-book/10 total
Romanian - 4 print books/6 e-books/10 total
Catalan - 2 print books/3 e-books/5 total
Persian - 4 print books/0 e-books/4 total
Polish - 3 print books/1 e-book/4 total
Arabic - 3 print books/0 e-books/3 total
Irish - 2 print books/0 e-books/2 total
Zulu - 1 print book/0 e-books/1 total
Slovenian - 1 print book/0 e-books/1 total
Hindi - 1 print book/0 e-books/1 total
Urdu - 1 print book/0 e-books/1 total
Hungarian - 1 print book/0 e-books/1 total
Swedish - 0 print books/1 e-book/1 total
Dutch - 0 print books/1 e-book/1 total
Galician - 0 print books/1 e-book/1 total
1450 total non-English books, with 1199 print volumes and 251 e-book editions. Now for the Bible editions, leaving out the English versions:
Greek - 3 print/0 e-book/3 total
Latin - 2 print/1 e-book/3 total
Spanish - 2 print/0 e-book/2 total
Hebrew - 1 print/0 e-book/1 total
Haitian - 1 print/0 e-book/1 total
Serbian - 1 print/0 e-book/1 total
Russian - 2 print/0 e-book/2 total
Portuguese - 1 print/1 e-book/2 total
Romanian - 1 print/1 e-book/2 total
German - 1 print/1 e-book/2 total
French - 1 print/0 e-book/1 total
Czech - 1 print/0 e-book/1 total
Turkish - 1 print/0 e-book/1 total
Indonesian - 1 print/0 e-book/1 total
Persian - 1 print/0 e-book/1 total
Gullah - 1 print/0 e-book/1 total
Dutch - 1 print/0 e-book/1 total
Coptic - 0 print/1 e-book/1 total
Italian - 0 print/1 e-book/1 total
19 different languages for either the New Testament, Old Testament, or both. 28 total books, with 22 print editions and 6 e-book editions.
I have too many of my English-language books boxed up for me to even think about counting them, but if I had to guesstimate, I would there are around 1200-1500 print volumes in English to go with the 521 English-language e-books that I do currently have on my various iOS devices. Somewhere near 40% of my total libraries being non-English works pleases me, even though it'll be quite some time before I tackle the majority of these books. But one day...yes, one day, I shall, or so I shall dream of hoping to do so.
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Is there a way to show absolute bug-eyed shock, amazement and admiration in the form of typed letters? Because that's my expression right now. And I thought my stock of Hebrew books (with a handful of German texts tossed in) was impressive!
...I was wrong. Hattiest of hat-tips to you.
Thanks! I am lucky to have a very good used bookstore nearby in a large city (Nashville) that has several universities, so there are hundreds of used foreign language lit books traded in constantly. The majority are priced under $2, so I've managed to buy probably 2/3 of my total collection (or in most cases, use the store credit I get for trading in English-language books I no longer want) on the cheap.
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