Re: CHAT: Hello

Robert Hailman wrote:
>Andreas Johansson wrote:
> >
> > 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.
>
>According to the website, it's translated into 326, 322 of which are
>available. The Guiness World Records website says it holds the record
>with 321, so...
I thought the bible was translated into like a thousand languages?

                                                        Andreas
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