Here is a sampling of web sites that offer translations of Pali Tipitaka texts into languages other English. This is by no means an exhaustive list. Rather, I have selected a few representative sites that offer either a good selection of texts or a rich set of web-links to other sites in that language. Most of these sites offer texts (suttas, essays, etc.) that also appear (in English) on Access to Insight.
- Catalàn
- » Tipitaka En Català (Albert Biayna Gea) offers a collection of suttas from the Anguttara Nikaya in Catalàn.
- Chinese (Traditional & Simplified)
- » Dhamma Page of Tainan (Hu Shiah) (Lau, Sinh-Lam) offers a growing number of Han-ji (Chinese) translations of suttas and other texts. Also has a » mirror of "Access to Insight" in English.
- » The Wings to Awakening: Readings in Theravadan Buddhism in Chinese Translation (Lau, Sinh-Lam) is a Chinese website (both in Simplified and Traditional Fonts) dedicated to the study and practice of Theravada Buddhist Teachings. It is created and maintained by two Theravadan Buddhist practitioners and at present, all the materials are selected, translated, and organized by them, of which over the years they have found particularly useful in their own practice. Includes translations of several Pali suttas.
- Czech
- » Prátelé Dhammy ("Friends of Dhamma") has an extensive library of readings in Czech from the Thai Forest traditions and the Pali canon.
- Dutch
- » Sleutel tot Inzicht ("Key to Insight") (Peter van Loosbroek) offers Dutch translations of a number of important Pali suttas.
» Toegang tot Inzicht ("Access to Insight") (Django Vaal) offers Dutch translations of Pali suttas.
- French
- » Accès au Canon Pali (Michel Proulx) mirrors the sutta collection of Access to Insight in English, and offers a growing number of French translations of suttas and other texts.
- German
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» Tipitaka, der Pali Kanon des Theravada-Buddhismus offers a complete German translation of the Digha and Majjhima Nikayas, plus extensive excerpts from the remaining three Nikayas.
» Wege zur Einsicht: Buddhistische Texte offers German translations of articles by Ajaan Chah, Ajaan Suwat, Thanissaro Bhikkhu, Bhikkhu Bodhi, and Ayya Khema.
- Italian
- » Canone Pali: le parole del Buddha (Enzo Alfano)
- » Il Canone Pali (Michel Proulx)
- Norwegian
- » Tekster i oversettelse (Kåre A. Lie) offers a modest selection of suttas and related texts in Norwegian.
- Polish
- » Sasana.pl (Piotr Jagodziński)
- » Tipitaka.pl (Andrzej Dałek)
- » Trzy Kosze (The Three Baskets): Tłumaczenie sutt buddyskich (Hubert Kowalewski)
- Portuguese
- » Acesso ao Insight: Leituras do Budismo Theravada (Michael Beisert) offers an extensive collection of Pali suttas, articles by major teachers from the Thai forest traditions, and much more — all translated into Portuguese.
- Romanian
- » Studii despre Buddhism (Dan Ignat). In addition to Romanian translations of selections from the » Mahindarama Buddhism e-course, this site offers a handful of passages from the Tipitaka. More are on the way.
- Russian
- » Koleso Dhammy ("Wheel of Dhamma") offers a modest selection of suttas and other passages from the Pali canon, plus several articles from the pages of Access to Insight.
- Serbian
- » Pali Kanon (Branko Kovačević) offers a good selection of suttas and other passages from the Pali canon, plus several articles from the pages of Access to Insight.
- Sinhala
- » The Tipitaka (MettaNet Lanka) offers Sinhala translations of large portions of the Vinaya and Sutta Pitakas.
- Spanish
- » Centro Mexicano del Buddhismo Theravada A.C. offers an extensive collection of Spanish-language texts.
- Swedish
- » Suttor (Kerstin Jönhagen) offers Swedish translations of about 30 suttas. The site's » home page has links to other Swedish Buddhist resources.
- Vietnamese
- » BuddaSasana: Vietnamese Buddhist Page (Binh Anson) offers the entire Vietnamese translation of the Tipitaka and is regularly revised and corrected for any errors. Also distributes a free CD that includes both the BuddhaSasana website (in Vietnamese; updated monthly) and Access to Insight (in English; updated every six months).
- Earth
- A good all-around source for international links to Dhamma sites is the » Wikipedia. In particular, look for the box titled "In other languages" in the lower left corner of these pages: » Buddhism, » Theravada, and » Tipitaka.
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