Languages
Read in your language
Every opening chapter and sample on this site reads in English or Español at the touch of a button. Beside those two buttons sits a list of 49 further languages — choose one from the list, or type it into the “Translate to…” box.
The first reader to ask for a language waits about a minute while it is prepared. It is then saved, so everyone after you opens it straight away.
Translations are made by machine and keep the author’s voice as closely as they can. They are a way in to the story, not a substitute for the original.
The language list
English and Español are always on the page. These 49 languages sit in the dropdown beside them.
- Afrikaans
- Arabic
- Basque
- Bengali
- Bulgarian
- Catalan
- Chinese
- Croatian
- Czech
- Danish
- Dutch
- Esperanto
- Estonian
- Finnish
- French
- Galician
- German
- Greek
- Hebrew
- Hindi
- Hungarian
- Icelandic
- Indonesian
- Irish
- Italian
- Japanese
- Korean
- Latin
- Latvian
- Lithuanian
- Malay
- Norwegian
- Persian
- Polish
- Portuguese
- Romanian
- Russian
- Serbian
- Slovak
- Swahili
- Swedish
- Tagalog
- Tamil
- Thai
- Turkish
- Ukrainian
- Urdu
- Vietnamese
- Welsh
Where to find it
The language picker sits above the opening of each piece below.
- The Tsar's Gift — opening chapter
- The Russian Count's Gift to New York — opening chapter
- The Mayan Gift to the World — opening chapter
- The Mouse Who Saves the World
- The Horse With Beautiful Feet
- The Buses Who Fell in Love
- A Familiar Sound
- La Zaguata
- Hilda, Queen of the Monkeys
- The Cow who Wanted to be a Queen
- A Generous Measure of Love — the writer reads a street
- El Pueblo (The Village) — Chapter 1