Bilingual Books

Introduction

In this section of the website, out-of-copyright literary works are made available in multiple languages. The books are aligned to create parallel texts: each sentence or paragraph is alongside the same sentence or paragraph in the other language(s).

This resource is provided free of charge for the purpose of language learning, language teaching and translation research, and as a demonstration of the text alignment services offered here.

New books will be added on a regular basis, so keep checking back.

Technical information

Some of the texts were aligned by myself, others were provided by people with an interest in language learning through literature. Some alignments were done manually, others are unreviewed autoalignments. This information is listed in the books.

Some books are made available as parallel multilingual texts (i.e. in more than two languages, all side by side). You can hide the languages you don't need; just wait for the page to fully load, then press the Hide button and wait a few seconds. (Recommended browser: Chrome or Firefox.)

Requesting books

If there is a book you would like to see in the collection, try and find good quality source texts in as many languages as possible and send them to me for consideration. The book will probably be added eventually – if it is out of copyright, if it is of general interest and if the texts can be processed without any undue difficulty. Of course, if you would like to have a book aligned even if it is copyrighted or otherwise unsuitable for this collection, you can send me the texts (purchased as e-books, for instance) and order it as a normal paid job, to be delivered to you and not published on the site.

Contributing

Contact me by email if you would like to contribute to the project by helping collect, align and review public domain texts. You will of course be given full credit for your work in the completed files.

Copyright information

Source materials: An effort was made to make sure that all source texts are out of copyright or otherwise in the public domain in accordance with Hungarian law and are thus free to distribute. Contact me if you are a rights holder and you believe that a mistake was made and some of the works presented here are copyrighted. Any offending material will be taken down as soon as possible.

Use of the aligned books made available here: Downloading, copying and sharing individual books for personal use, language teaching and linguistic research is authorised, provided that appropriate acknowledgement is given as follows: © 2014 FarkasTranslations.com. Bulk downloading, bulk dissemination and commercial use not permitted. Contact me for permission to download or re-distribute the whole collection.

Bilingual books for e-readers

You can generate e-books for your e-reader (Kindle, Nook, Kobo etc.) from the books made available here.

The program I wrote for this purpose is Ebookmaker (for Windows only). It generates bilingual files in an 'interlaced' format, not in two columns (e-reader screens are too small for a two-column view). Here is a sample file (The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes in English and Spanish). The sample file is in .mobi format, but Ebookmaker can generate other formats as well.

In order to use Ebookmaker, you need to install Calibre. Then download Ebookmaker and download the .zip archive of the book you're interested in (click on the link in the table's Download column). Unpack both .zip files and launch Ebookmaker/bin/ebookmaker_xxx.exe.



List of Available Books

English

Most books contain an English text. To avoid unnecessary duplications, books with English as one of the languages are only listed at the other language(s).

Catalan



Author Title View in browser Download Mark Twain Tom Sawyer en-de-hu-nl-ca en-de-hu-nl-ca

Dutch



Author Title View in browser Download Jane Austen Sense and Sensibility en-es-nl-it en-es-nl-it Daniel Defoe Robinson Crusoe en-hu-es-it-fr-nl en-hu-es-it-fr-nl Sir Arthur Conan Doyle The Sign of Four en-nl en-nl Alexandre Dumas Les Trois Mousquetaires fr-en-hu-es-nl fr-en-hu-es-nl Mark Twain Tom Sawyer en-de-hu-nl-ca en-de-hu-nl-ca Jules Verne 20,000 lieues sous les mers fr-en-hu-es-nl fr-en-hu-es-nl Jules Verne Les enfants du capitaine Grant fr-de-nl-hu fr-de-nl-hu Jules Verne Le tour du monde en quatre-vingts jours fr-en-hu-es-nl fr-en-hu-es-nl Jules Verne Voyage au centre de la Terre fr-en-es-hu-nl fr-en-es-hu-nl Oscar Wilde The Picture of Dorian Gray fr-de-nl-hu fr-de-nl-hu

Esperanto



Author Title View in browser Download Lewis Carroll Alice's Adventures in Wonderland en-hu-es-it-pt-fr-de-eo-fi en-hu-es-it-pt-fr-de-eo-fi Edgar Allan Poe The Fall of the House of Usher en-hu-es-it-fr-de-eo en-hu-es-it-fr-de-eo

Finnish



Author Title View in browser Download Lewis Carroll Alice's Adventures in Wonderland en-hu-es-it-pt-fr-de-eo-fi en-hu-es-it-pt-fr-de-eo-fi Sir Arthur Conan Doyle The Hound of the Baskervilles en-fr-es-hu-fi-no en-fr-es-hu-fi-no Anatole France Les Dieux ont soif fr-en-fi fr-en-fi Jack London The Call of the Wild en-es-it-fi-sv en-es-it-fi-sv

French



Author Title View in browser Download Alain-Fournier Le grand Meaulnes en-fr en-fr Jane Austen Pride and Prejudice en-fr-hu en-fr-hu Lewis Carroll Alice's Adventures in Wonderland en-hu-es-it-pt-fr-de-eo-fi en-hu-es-it-pt-fr-de-eo-fi Charlotte Brontë Jane Eyre en-fr-es-it-de-hu en-fr-es-it-de-hu Mikhail Bulgakov The Master and Margarita ru-fr-hu ru-fr-hu Daniel Defoe Moll Flanders en-fr en-fr Daniel Defoe Robinson Crusoe en-hu-es-it-fr-nl en-hu-es-it-fr-nl Sir Arthur Conan Doyle The Great Shadow en-fr en-fr Sir Arthur Conan Doyle The Hound of the Baskervilles en-fr-es-hu-fi-no en-fr-es-hu-fi-no Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Rodney Stone en-fr en-fr Sir Arthur Conan Doyle A Study in Scarlet en-fr-es en-fr-es Alexandre Dumas La Dame aux Camélias en-fr en-fr Alexandre Dumas Les Trois Mousquetaires fr-en-hu-es-nl fr-en-hu-es-nl Alexandre Dumas Les Trois Mousquetaires en-fr en-fr Gustave Flaubert Madame Bovary fr-en-hu-de fr-en-hu-de Anatole France Les Dieux ont soif fr-en-fi fr-en-fi Victor Hugo Notre-Dame de Paris en-fr-de en-fr-de Jerome K. Jerome Three Men in a Boat en-fr-it-sv en-fr-it-sv Guy de Maupassant Pierre et Jean en-fr en-fr Edgar Allan Poe The Fall of the House of Usher en-hu-es-it-fr-de-eo en-hu-es-it-fr-de-eo Stendhal La Chartreuse de Parme en-fr en-fr Stendhal Le Rouge et le Noir en-fr en-fr Jules Verne 20,000 lieues sous les mers fr-en-hu-es-nl fr-en-hu-es-nl Jules Verne Les enfants du capitaine Grant fr-de-nl-hu fr-de-nl-hu Jules Verne L'Île mystérieuse fr-en-es-hu fr-en-es-hu Jules Verne Indes Noires fr-hu fr-hu Jules Verne Le tour du monde en quatre-vingts jours en-fr en-fr Jules Verne Le tour du monde en quatre-vingts jours fr-en-hu-es-nl fr-en-hu-es-nl Jules Verne Voyage au centre de la Terre fr-en-es-hu-nl fr-en-es-hu-nl Voltaire Candide fr-en-hu-es-el fr-en-hu-es-el Oscar Wilde The Picture of Dorian Gray fr-de-nl-hu fr-de-nl-hu Émile Zola Germinal en-fr en-fr Émile Zola Thérèse Raquin en-fr en-fr

German



Author Title View in browser Download Lewis Carroll Alice's Adventures in Wonderland en-hu-es-it-pt-fr-de-eo-fi en-hu-es-it-pt-fr-de-eo-fi Charlotte Brontë Jane Eyre en-fr-es-it-de-hu en-fr-es-it-de-hu Gustave Flaubert Madame Bovary fr-en-hu-de fr-en-hu-de Victor Hugo Notre-Dame de Paris en-fr-de en-fr-de Franz Kafka Der Prozess en-de en-de Franz Kafka Die Verwandlung en-hu-es-de en-hu-es-de Niccolò Machiavelli Il Principe en-hu-it-es-de en-hu-it-es-de Edgar Allan Poe The Fall of the House of Usher en-hu-es-it-fr-de-eo en-hu-es-it-fr-de-eo Leo Tolstoy Anna Karenina, Volume 1 ru-hu-en-it-es-de ru-hu-en-it-es-de Leo Tolstoy Anna Karenina, Volume 2 ru-hu-en-it-es-de ru-hu-en-it-es-de Mark Twain Tom Sawyer en-de-hu-nl-ca en-de-hu-nl-ca Jules Verne Les enfants du capitaine Grant fr-de-nl-hu fr-de-nl-hu Oscar Wilde The Picture of Dorian Gray fr-de-nl-hu fr-de-nl-hu

Greek



Author Title View in browser Download Voltaire Candide fr-en-hu-es-el fr-en-hu-es-el

Hungarian



Author Title View in browser Download Jane Austen Pride and Prejudice en-fr-hu en-fr-hu Charlotte Brontë Jane Eyre en-fr-es-it-de-hu en-fr-es-it-de-hu Mikhail Bulgakov The Master and Margarita ru-fr-hu ru-fr-hu Lewis Carroll Alice's Adventures in Wonderland en-hu-es-it-pt-fr-de-eo-fi en-hu-es-it-pt-fr-de-eo-fi James F. Cooper The Spy en-hu en-hu Daniel Defoe Robinson Crusoe en-hu-es-it-fr-nl en-hu-es-it-fr-nl Charles Dickens Pickwick Papers en-hu en-hu Sir Arthur Conan Doyle The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes en-hu-es en-hu-es Sir Arthur Conan Doyle The Hound of the Baskervilles en-fr-es-hu-fi-no en-fr-es-hu-fi-no Alexandre Dumas Les Trois Mousquetaires fr-en-hu-es-nl fr-en-hu-es-nl Gustave Flaubert Madame Bovary fr-en-hu-de fr-en-hu-de Franz Kafka Die Verwandlung en-hu-es-de en-hu-es-de Rudyard Kipling Naulahka en-hu en-hu Niccolò Machiavelli Il Principe en-hu-it-es-de en-hu-it-es-de Edgar Allan Poe The Fall of the House of Usher en-hu-es-it-fr-de-eo en-hu-es-it-fr-de-eo Sir Walter Scott Ivanhoe en-hu en-hu Henryk Sienkiewicz Quo Vadis en-hu en-hu Leo Tolstoy Anna Karenina, Volume 1 ru-hu-en-it-es-de ru-hu-en-it-es-de Leo Tolstoy Anna Karenina, Volume 2 ru-hu-en-it-es-de ru-hu-en-it-es-de Mark Twain Tom Sawyer en-de-hu-nl-ca en-de-hu-nl-ca Jules Verne 20,000 lieues sous les mers fr-en-hu-es-nl fr-en-hu-es-nl Jules Verne Les enfants du capitaine Grant fr-de-nl-hu fr-de-nl-hu Jules Verne Forceurs de Blocus en-hu en-hu Jules Verne L'Île mystérieuse fr-en-es-hu fr-en-es-hu Jules Verne Indes Noires fr-hu fr-hu Jules Verne Le tour du monde en quatre-vingts jours fr-en-hu-es-nl fr-en-hu-es-nl Jules Verne Voyage au centre de la Terre fr-en-es-hu-nl fr-en-es-hu-nl Voltaire Candide fr-en-hu-es-el fr-en-hu-es-el Oscar Wilde The Picture of Dorian Gray fr-de-nl-hu fr-de-nl-hu

Italian



Author Title View in browser Download Jane Austen Sense and Sensibility en-es-nl-it en-es-nl-it Charlotte Brontë Jane Eyre en-fr-es-it-de-hu en-fr-es-it-de-hu Lewis Carroll Alice's Adventures in Wonderland en-hu-es-it-pt-fr-de-eo-fi en-hu-es-it-pt-fr-de-eo-fi Daniel Defoe Robinson Crusoe en-hu-es-it-fr-nl en-hu-es-it-fr-nl Jerome K. Jerome Three Men in a Boat en-fr-it-sv en-fr-it-sv Jack London The Call of the Wild en-es-it-fi-sv en-es-it-fi-sv Niccolò Machiavelli Il Principe en-hu-it-es-de en-hu-it-es-de Edgar Allan Poe The Fall of the House of Usher en-hu-es-it-fr-de-eo en-hu-es-it-fr-de-eo Leo Tolstoy Anna Karenina, Volume 1 ru-hu-en-it-es-de ru-hu-en-it-es-de Leo Tolstoy Anna Karenina, Volume 2 ru-hu-en-it-es-de ru-hu-en-it-es-de

Norwegian



Author Title View in browser Download Sir Arthur Conan Doyle The Hound of the Baskervilles en-fr-es-hu-fi-no en-fr-es-hu-fi-no

Portuguese



Author Title View in browser Download Lewis Carroll Alice's Adventures in Wonderland en-hu-es-it-pt-fr-de-eo-fi en-hu-es-it-pt-fr-de-eo-fi

Russian



Author Title View in browser Download Mikhail Bulgakov The Master and Margarita ru-fr-hu ru-fr-hu Leo Tolstoy Anna Karenina, Volume 1 ru-hu-en-it-es-de ru-hu-en-it-es-de Leo Tolstoy Anna Karenina, Volume 2 ru-hu-en-it-es-de ru-hu-en-it-es-de

Spanish



Author Title View in browser Download Jane Austen Sense and Sensibility en-es-nl-it en-es-nl-it Charlotte Brontë Jane Eyre en-fr-es-it-de-hu en-fr-es-it-de-hu Lewis Carroll Alice's Adventures in Wonderland en-hu-es-it-pt-fr-de-eo-fi en-hu-es-it-pt-fr-de-eo-fi Miguel de Cervantes Don Quijote de la Mancha en-es en-es Daniel Defoe Robinson Crusoe en-hu-es-it-fr-nl en-hu-es-it-fr-nl Sir Arthur Conan Doyle The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes en-hu-es en-hu-es Sir Arthur Conan Doyle The Hound of the Baskervilles en-fr-es-hu-fi-no en-fr-es-hu-fi-no Sir Arthur Conan Doyle A Study in Scarlet en-fr-es en-fr-es Alexandre Dumas Les Trois Mousquetaires fr-en-hu-es-nl fr-en-hu-es-nl Franz Kafka Die Verwandlung en-hu-es-de en-hu-es-de Jack London The Call of the Wild en-es-it-fi-sv en-es-it-fi-sv Niccolò Machiavelli Il Principe en-hu-it-es-de en-hu-it-es-de Edgar Allan Poe The Fall of the House of Usher en-hu-es-it-fr-de-eo en-hu-es-it-fr-de-eo Leo Tolstoy Anna Karenina, Volume 1 ru-hu-en-it-es-de ru-hu-en-it-es-de Leo Tolstoy Anna Karenina, Volume 2 ru-hu-en-it-es-de ru-hu-en-it-es-de Jules Verne 20,000 lieues sous les mers fr-en-hu-es-nl fr-en-hu-es-nl Jules Verne L'Île mystérieuse fr-en-es-hu fr-en-es-hu Jules Verne Le tour du monde en quatre-vingts jours fr-en-hu-es-nl fr-en-hu-es-nl Jules Verne Voyage au centre de la Terre fr-en-es-hu-nl fr-en-es-hu-nl Voltaire Candide fr-en-hu-es-el fr-en-hu-es-el

Swedish

