Translations of the Revelation Space series

This article offers an overview of known translations, to date, of works set in Alastair Reynolds' Revelation Space universe (RSU). Translations are sorted by language, in alphabetical order.

## Czech translations

**Publishers:**

- Nakladatelství Triton (*The Prefect*, *Chasm City* and Inhibitor trilogy novels)

- *Ikarie* magazine (*Great Wall of Mars*, *A Spy in Europa*, *Dilation Sleep*, *Nightingale*, *Galactic North*)

- *Pevnost* magazine (*Glacial*)

**Translated by:**

- Jan Oščádal and Jana Oščádalová (*The Prefect*, *Chasm City* and Inhibitor trilogy novels, *Ikarie* and *Pevnost* magazine editions of the short stories *Great Wall of Mars* and *Glacial*)

- Jiří Engliš (*Ikarie* magazine editions of the short stories *A Spy in Europa* and *Nightingale*)

- Tomáš Richtr (*Ikarie* magazine edition of the short story *Galactic North*)

- Stanislav Švachouček (*Ikarie* magazine edition of the short story *Dilation Sleep*)

**Cover artist:**

- Jan Patrik Krasny (all novels except for *The Prefect*)

- Chris Moore (*The Prefect*)

*Elysium Fire*, the *Diamond Dogs, Turquoise Days* anthology, and the short stories *Weather* and *Grafenwalder's Bestiary* have not been translated.

None of the short story translations have been published in book form, only in issues of Czech science fiction magazines.

## Dutch translations

**Publisher:**
 - Het Spectrum
 - *Pure Fantasy* magazine (Alex de Jong)

**Translated by:**
 - Peter Cuijpers (*Revelation Space*)
 - Jeroen Verhoog (*Monkey Suit*)

**Cover artist:** Bas Waijers (*Revelation Space*)

## Estonian translations

**Publisher:** Kirjastuse Fantaasia Ulmesari (*Orpheuse Raamatukogu* series)

**Translated by:**
 - Iris-Barbara Jeletski (*Great Wall of Mars*)
 - Martin Kirotar (*A Spy in Europa*)

**Cover artist:** Meelis Krošetskin (*Great Wall of Mars*, *A Spy in Europa*)

Aside from these two short stories set in the early chronology of the series, there currently don't seem to be any more Estonian translations of Revelation Space series works.

## Finnish translations

**Publisher:** Like Kustannus (*Like Scifi* series)

**Translated by:**

- Hannu Tervaharju *(The Prefect, Elysium Fire, Chasm City, Revelation Space, Redemption Ark, Absolution Gap, Inhibitor Phase)*

- Pirkko Talvio-Jaatinen *(Diamond Dogs, Turquoise Days)*

**Cover artist:** Mika Kärnä *(Revelation Space)*

Though the Finnish editions of the series still lack a translation of the *Galactic North* anthology (similarly to many of the series's other foreign translations), they are otherwise some of the most up-to-date and complete translations of the series' works into another language.

## French translations

**Publishers:**

- Presses de la Cité, Paris

- Presses Pocket (*imprint of Presses de la Cité*)

**Translated by:**

- Dominique Haas *(Presses de la Cité, Presses Pocket - Chasm City, Revelation Space, Redemption Ark, Absolution Gap)*

- Sylvie Denis *(Presses Pocket - Diamond Dogs, Turquoise Days)*

**Cover artist:**

- Chris Moore (Presses de la Cité editions)

- Alain Brion (Presses Pocket editions, overview)

To date, the *Galactic North* anthology and its short stories have not been translated, and neither have the novels of the *A Prefect Dreyfus Emergency* spinoff series.

### *Examples of translated names and terms*

* lighthuggers - *gobe-lumen*
* *Nostalgia for Infinity* (lighthugger) - *Le Spleen de l'Infini*
* *Zodiacal Light* (lighthugger) - *Le Lumière Zodiacale*
* *Gnostic Ascension* (lighthugger) - *L’Ascension Gnostique*

## German translations

**Publisher:** Heyne

**Translated by:** Irene Holicki

**Cover artist:** Chris Moore

The German translations are some of the few foreign translations to be handled entirely by the same translator throughout. They are also fairly complete in terms of the overall series, missing only the *Galactic North* short story anthology and some of the newer novels, such as *Elysium Fire*.

### *Examples of translated terms and names*

* lighthugger - *lichtschiff*
* *Nostalgia for Infinity* (lighthugger) - *Sehnsucht nach Unendlichkeit*
* Melding Plague - *Schmelzseuche*
* The Canopy -
* Rust Belt - *Rostgürtel*
* Ultranauts (Ultras) - *Ultranauten (Ultras)*
* Demarchists - *Demarchisten*
* Conjoiners - *Synthetiker*
* Conjoiner Drive - *Synthetikertriebwerke*
* Pattern Jugglers - *Musterschieber*
* Hyperpigs - *Hyperschweine*
* Inhibitors ("Wolves") - *Unterdrücker* (*"Wölfe"*)
* Shrouders - *Schleierweber*
* Hell-class Weapons - *Höllen-Klasse-Geschütze*
* Cryo-arithmetic engines - *Kryo-arithmetische Aggregate*
* Dream Fuel - *Traumfeuer*

## Hungarian translations

**Publisher:** Alexandra Kiadó (*Revelation Space*), Delta Vision Kft. (*Infinite Stars* - *Night Passage*)

**Translated by:** István Bujdosó (*Revelation Space*), ? (*Infinite Stars* - *Night Passage*)

**Cover artist:** Chris Moore (*Revelation Space*)
 Luca Oleastri (*Infinite Stars* - *Night Passage*)

## Italian translations

**Publisher:**
 - Fanucci Editore
 - Mondadori (*Urania* series)

**Translated by:**
 - Stefano A. Cresti (*Aurora Rising / The Prefect*)
 - Anna Lia Elisabetta Tomasich (*Chasm City*)

- Riccardo Valla (*Revelation Space*)

- Alessandro Vezzoli (*Redemption Ark*, *Absolution Gap*)

**Cover artist:**
 - ? (*Aurora Rising / The Prefect*)
 - Franco Brambilla (*Chasm City*, *Revelation Space*, *Redemption Ark*, *Absolution Gap*)

## Japanese translations

**Publisher:** Hayakawa Shobo (*Hayakawa Bunko SF* series)

**Translated by:** Naoya Nakahara *(A Spy in Europa, Great Wall of Mars, Weather, Diamond Dogs, Revelation Space, Chasm City, Redemption Ark)*

**Cover artist:** Washio Naohiro (*Great Wall of Mars* anthology, *Chasm City*)

Over half of the short stories (specifically, five) from the *Galactic North* anthology have been translated into Japanese by Naoya Nakahara, but published in Japan in *a separate anthology*, containing Reynolds' shorter works set in the Revelation Space universe. The novella *Diamond Dogs*, from the other collection, is also included in this Japan-only anthology of RS material. At least three of the novels of the RS series have also been translated, again by Nakahara.

## Lithuanian translations

**Publisher:** Eridanas

**Translated by:** Bronius Bružas (*Revelation Space*)

**Cover artist:** ?

## Polish translations

**Publisher:** Wydawnictwo Mag

**Translated by:** Grażyna Grygiel and Piotr Staniewski (*The Prefect*, *Chasm City*, Inhibitor trilogy novels, *Galactic North* and *Diamond Dogs, Turquoise Days* anthologies)

**Cover artist:**

- Chris Moore (*Revelation Space*, *Redemption Ark*, *Chasm City*, *Galactic North*)

- ? (*The Prefect*, *Absolution Gap*, *Diamond Dogs, Turquoise Days*)

The Polish edition of the *Galactic North* anthology seems to be one of the few that currently exist outside of the English language original. There is still no German, French, Finnish, etc. translation of the anthology, and in some languages (e.g. Czech, Japanese) only some of the stories from the anthology exist in translated form.

With the possible exception of *Elysium Fire*, the Polish translations seem to be some of the most complete foreign translations of the series to date. The Finnish, German and Czech translations come in at a close second.

## Romanian translations

**Publishers:**

- Armada - Editura Nemira (*Diamond Dogs, Turquoise Days*, *Revelation Space*, *Redemption Ark*, *Absolution Gap*)

- Editura Trei (*The Prefect*, *Chasm City*)

**Translated by:**
 - Mihai-Dan Pavelescu (*The Prefect*, *Chasm City*, *Revelation Space*, *Redemption Ark*, *Absolution Gap*)
 - Adriana Moșoiu (*Diamond Dogs, Turquoise Days*)

**Cover artists:** ?

### *Examples of translated terms and names*

* Revelation space - *Spatiul Revelatiilor*
* Pattern Jugglers - *Jonglerilor Mintii*

## Russian translations

**Publisher:** Азбука (Azbuka)

**Translated by:**

- Алла Ахмерова / Alla Akhmerova (*Aurora Rising*, a.k.a. *The Prefect*)

- Александр Юрчук / Alexander Yurchuk (*Chasm City*)

- ? (*Revelation Space*)

- Дмитрий Могилевцев / Dmitry Mogilevtsev (*Redemption Ark*)

- Олег Колесников / Oleg Kolesnikov (*Absolution Gap*)

**Cover artist:** Chris Moore

## Serbian translations

**Publisher:** Laguna

**Translated by:** ? (*Revelation Space*)

**Cover artist:** ?

To date, no other Revelation Space series works have been translated into Serbian.

## Spanish translations

**Publisher:** La Factoría de Ideas

**Translated by:**

- Pilar Ramírez Tello *(Chasm City)*
 - Isabel Merino Bodes *(Revelation Space)*
 - Altor Solar, Isabel Rosell and Marta Garcia *(Redemption Ark)*
 - Elena Castillo Maqueda *(Absolution Gap)*
 - Olga Marin Sierra *(The Prefect)*

**Cover artist:** Chris Moore

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58. ↑ *L'espace de la révélation*, isfdb.org
59. ↑ *L'espace de la révélation*, French Wikipedia
60. ↑ *L’Arche de la rédemption*, isfdb.org
61. ↑ *L’Arche de la rédemption*, French Wikipedia
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63. ↑ *Le Gouffre de l’absolution*, French Wikipedia
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116. ↑ *Nemira - Hăul Ispășirii*, Nemira.ro
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121. ↑ *Пространство Откровения (Prostranstvo Otkroveniya)*, Азбука
122. ↑ *Ковчег спасения (Kovcheg spaseniya)*, Азбука
123. ↑ *Пропасть искупления (Propast' iskupleniya)*, Азбука
124. ↑ *Oblast otkrovenja*, Laguna.rs
125. ↑ *l Prefecto*, isfdb.org
126. ↑ *Ciudad abismo*, isfdb.org
127. ↑ *Espacio Revelación*, isfdb.org
128. ↑ *El arca de la redención*, isfdb.org
129. ↑ *Desfiladero de la absolución*, isfdb.org

## See also

### Other Revelation Space series articles

* Revelation Space series
* Revelation Space series cover art

### Other articles on foreign translations

* Translations of the House of Suns series
* Translations of the Poseidon's Children trilogy
* Translations of the Revenger series
* Translations of standalone works