Re: CHAT: Hello

Taliesin wrote:
>* jesse stephen bangs said on 2001-04-26 22:48:23 +0200
> > David Peterson sikayal:
> >
> > > To it's credit, though, The Hobbit (not any of the other of the
> > > series) has apparently been translated into more languages than any
> > > other text on the planet.  I heard this in class.  Can anyone verify
> > > it?
> >
> > I've heard the same about _The Little Prince_, and I can't say which
> > claim is more accurate.
>
>The UN declaration of human rights is translated to the languages of all
>the member nations, + quite a few minority languages so this might be
>the winner?
The UN only have 200ish member states, and most of those only have one or
two official languages, and quite a few languages or of course official in
several countries (Spanish, English, Arabic etc, and even Swedish!). So,
unless it's been translated to a truly huge number of minority languages I
think not.

                                                    Andreas
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