# Amigos, Romanos, companeros-Shakespeare in translation

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [July 30, 2003, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amigos-romanos-companeros-shakespeare-in-translation/192009 "2003-07-30T23:24:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2003, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amigos-romanos-companeros-shakespeare-in-translation/192009/1 "2003-07-30T23:24:09Z")

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In the thread about older celebrities it is mentioned that Leon Askin(Gen. Burkhalter) played King Lear in German.

I’ve wondered before how often the Bard has been translated into languages other than English. My thread title recalls a high school Spanish class, when we were being taught about the difficulties of translating from one language to another.

Anyone care to tell about seeing non-English Shakespeare?

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**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\
**Post date:** [July 31, 2003, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amigos-romanos-companeros-shakespeare-in-translation/192009/2 "2003-07-31T01:04:44Z")

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**Hamlet** is better in the original Klingonese.

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**Author:** ![HelenGawn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a88e4f/32.png) [@HelenGawn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HelenGawn)\
**Post date:** [July 31, 2003, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amigos-romanos-companeros-shakespeare-in-translation/192009/3 "2003-07-31T03:55:30Z")

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I have nothing to add to this topic, but that is one hella fine thread title.

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**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\
**Post date:** [July 31, 2003, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amigos-romanos-companeros-shakespeare-in-translation/192009/4 "2003-07-31T04:13:33Z")

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Thank you **don’t mind me**! I actually did the whole oration of Anthony for that Spanish class.

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**Author:** ![MusicJunkie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df788c/32.png) [@MusicJunkie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MusicJunkie)\
**Post date:** [July 31, 2003, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amigos-romanos-companeros-shakespeare-in-translation/192009/5 "2003-07-31T04:22:24Z")

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I first read Shakespeare in Portuguese. Macbeth I think.

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**Author:** ![Askance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/askance/32/8281_2.png) [@Askance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askance)\
**Post date:** [July 31, 2003, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amigos-romanos-companeros-shakespeare-in-translation/192009/6 "2003-07-31T04:24:19Z")

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> I’ve wondered before how often the Bard has been translated into languages other than English.

Very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very often.

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**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\
**Post date:** [July 31, 2003, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amigos-romanos-companeros-shakespeare-in-translation/192009/7 "2003-07-31T04:31:04Z")

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Well there is the [rap translation](http://www.bomb-itty.com/) of Comedy of Errors.