Have you always wanted to read the same story again and again but each time in a different language or dialect? Good! I have a treat for you!
In order to celebrate the International Year of Indigenous Languages, Ismo Porna and Aleksandar M. Mikichin started a shared project "Asterix and the Uralic Springtime" in 2019. They collected and published 43 (+7) translations of "Springtime in Gaul" (from the comic
Asterix and the Class Act) in Uralic languages and dialects. The first version of the book where all the translations were gathered was published in 24.10.2019. A second, updated - and also final - version should have been published in 15.12.2019, but I cannot confirm this because the link doesn't work.
However,
the translations (including short introductions to each language) can be found here on Ismo Porna's webpage!
The names of the languages and dialects are only in Finnish, so I'll translate them here so that you don't need to surprise yourselves with what you get when clicking the links. (I'd give you a direct link to each language but I can't because the pdf booklets don't have web addresses.
)
DISCLAIMER:
There are some inconsistencies in the language name translations because I've taken the English names as they are written on the booklet covers. That's why there's eg. Southern
Udmurt dialect but Central
Udmurtian dialect etc. I've also copied the Finnish names from the links and not from the booklets, which is why there's Set
un
murre or "Setu dialect" on my list (as it is in the pdf link) and not Set
on
kieli or "Seto language" (as it is on the booklet cover). On top of everything else, there are some typos ("tundanentsi" instead of "tundranenetsi") and other shortened forms ("nganasanin" should be either "nganasan" or "nganasanin kieli"), so please
don't use this as an Official Reference List for how to translate these names from English to Finnish.
Because I've simply copy-pasted the list, I refuse to take any responsibility for the names, their correctness, or whether something is a language or a dialect. If you spot a mistake or old-fashioned name there, please don't blame me, blame Porna and Mikichin!
Finnish to English:► Show Spoiler
| Aunuksenkarjala | = | Livvi Karelian |
| Ersä | = | Erzya |
| Etelä-Jukariini | = | Southern Yukaghir |
| Etelä-Pohjanmaan murre | = | South Ostrobothnian dialect (Finnish) |
| Etelä-Udmurtti | = | Southern Udmurt dialect |
| Eteläkarjala | = | South Karelian |
| Hapuan salakieli | = | Hapua "secret language" (Finnish) |
| Hunglish | = | Hunglish or American Hungarian slang |
| Inarinsaame | = | Inari Sámi |
| J.R.R. Quenia | = | J.R.R. Tolkien's Quenya (Artificial) |
| Kantaurali | = | Proto-Uralic |
| Karjalan murre | = | Karelian dialect (Finnish) |
| Keski-Udmurtti | = | Central Udmurtian dialect |
| Kiltinänsaame | = | Kildin Sámi |
| Koltansaame | = | Skot Sámi |
| Komi | = | Komi-Zyrian |
| Kveeni | = | Kven |
| Laitilan murre | = | Laitila dialect (Finnish) |
| Lounais-Udmurtti | = | Southwestern Udmurt dialect |
| Mansi | = | Mansi |
| Metsänenetsi | = | Forest Nenets |
| Meänkieli ja Tornionjoki | = | Meänkieli / Torneo River Valley dialect (Meänkieli/Finnish) |
| Nganasanin | = | Nganasan |
| Niittymari | = | Meadow Mari |
| Pohjois-Udmurtti | = | Northern Udmurt dialect |
| Pohjoishanti | = | Northern Khanty (Shuryshkari dialect) |
| Pohjoiskarjala (Viena) | = | Northern Karelian |
| Pohjoissaame | = | Northern Sámi |
| Rauman giäl | = | Rauma "giäl" (= "language", dialect of Finnish) |
| Savon murre | = | Savo dialect (Finnish) |
| Setun murre | = | Seto language |
| Suomi-venäjä sekaslangi | = | Finnish-Russian mixed trade slang |
| Suomi | = | Finnish |
| Tundanentsi | = | Tundra Nenets |
| Turun murre | = | Turku dialect (Finnish) |
| Tverinkarjala | = | Tver Karelian |
| Udmurtti | = | Udmurtian |
| Udmurttin Besermyanin murre | = | Udmurtian Besermyan dialect |
| Unkari | = | Hungarian |
| Unkarin Etelä-Banat (latinalainen) | = | Hungarian South Banat Szekely (Latin script) |
| Unkarin Etelä-Banat (vanha unkari) | = | Hungarian South Banat Szekely (Old Hungarian script) |
| Unkarin eteläinen murre | = | Hungarian Southern Great Plain dialect |
| Unkarin Moldavian Csango | = | Hungarian Moldavian Csango dialect |
| Unkarin Szekelyn Csango | = | Hungarian Székely Csango dialect |
| Vatja | = | Votic |
| Vepsä | = | Veps |
| Viro | = | Estonian |
| Võron murre | = | Võro language |
| Etelä-Unkarin tasangon Szeked | = | Hungarian Szeked Southern Great Plain dialect |
► Show Spoiler
| Central Udmurtian dialect | = | Keski-Udmurtti |
| Erzya | = | Ersä |
| Estonian | = | Viro |
| Finnish | = | Suomi |
| Finnish-Russian mixed trade slang | = | Suomi-venäjä sekaslangi |
| Forest Nenets | = | Metsänenetsi |
| Hapua "secret language" (Finnish) | = | Hapuan salakieli |
| Hungarian | = | Unkari |
| Hungarian South Banat Szekely (Latin script) | = | Unkarin Etelä-Banat (latinalainen) |
| Hungarian South Banat Szekely (Old Hungarian) | = | Unkarin Etelä-Banat (vanha unkari) |
| Hungarian Southern Great Plain dialect | = | Unkarin eteläinen murre |
| Hungarian Moldavian Csango dialect | = | Unkarin Moldavian Csango |
| Hungarian Szeked Southern Great Plain dialect | = | Etelä-Unkarin tasangon Szeked |
| Hungarian Szekelyn Csango dialect | = | Unkarin Szekelyn Csango |
| Hunglish or American Hungarian slang | = | Hunglish |
| Inari Sámi | = | Inarinsaame |
| J.R.R. Tolkien's Quenya | = | J.R.R. Quenia |
| Karelian dialect (Finnish) | = | Karjalan murre |
| Kildin Sámi | = | Kiltinänsaame |
| Komi-Zyrian | = | Komi |
| Kven | = | Kveeni |
| Laitila dialect (Finnish) | = | Laitilan murre |
| Livvi Karelian | = | Aunuksenkarjala |
| Mansi | = | Mansi |
| Meadow Mari | = | Niittymari |
| Meänkieli / Torneo River Valley dialect (Meänkieli / Finnish) | = | Meänkieli ja Tornionjoki |
| Nganasan | = | Nganasanin |
| Northern Karelian | = | Pohjoiskarjala (Viena) |
| Northern Khanty (Shuryshkari dialect) | = | Pohjoishanti |
| Northern Sámi | = | Pohjoissaame |
| Northern Udmurt dialect | = | Pohjois-Udmurtti |
| Proto-Uralic | = | Kantaurali |
| Rauma "giäl" (= "language", dialect of Finnish) | = | Rauman giäl |
| Savo dialect (Finnish) | = | Savon murre |
| Seto language | = | Setun murre |
| Skolt Sámi | = | Koltansaame |
| South Karelian | = | Eteläkarjala |
| South Ostrobothnian dialect (Finnish) | = | Etelä-Pohjanmaan murre |
| Southern Udmurt dialect | = | Etelä-Udmurtti |
| Southwestern Udmurt dialect | = | Lounais-Udmurtti |
| Southern Yukaghir | = | Etelä-Jukariini |
| Tundra Nenets | = | Tundanentsi |
| Turku dialect (Finnish) | = | Turun murre |
| Tver Karelian | = | Tverinkarjala |
| Udmurtian | = | Udmurtti |
| Udmurtian Besermyan dialect | = | Udmurttin Besermyanin murre |
| Veps | = | Vepsä |
| Votic | = | Vatja |
| Võro language | = | Võron murre |
Finland (Suomi)