{"id":11157,"date":"2022-01-01T23:44:00","date_gmt":"2022-01-01T23:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sfintranslation.com\/?p=11157"},"modified":"2022-02-09T21:01:28","modified_gmt":"2022-02-09T21:01:28","slug":"sft-2021-stats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sfintranslation.com\/?p=11157","title":{"rendered":"SFT 2021 Stats"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"This year, I tried something different. Instead of just looking at how many short stories were published in magazines\/webzines, and then grouping collections with novels and anthologies (while not pulling out the separate short stories in those collections), I decided to lay out how many short stories were published in zines and<\/em> how many were published in collections. Collections (as singular items) are still counted in the “long-form fiction” category below, but now we can more clearly see how collections of stories contribute to the percentages of certain source languages.
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The top three source languages for short-form zine SFT in 2021 were Chinese (32.6%), Russian (20.9%), and Spanish (14%). The zines that published the most SFT were Clarkesworld<\/em> (26.8%) and Future Science Fiction Digest<\/em> (12.2%). For those stories published in collections and anthologies in 2021, the source languages look quite different: now the top three are Spanish (28.4%), Korean (11.6%), and Japanese (11%). We also saw one story from each of the following source languages: Bulgarian, Finnish, French, Greek, Icelandic, Kurdish, Norwegian, Persian, Polish, and Swedish.<\/span><\/p>\n

In terms of long-form fiction (novels\/collections\/anthologies), we saw the highest number of stories translated from the German and Korean (13.5%), and from the Chinese and French (9.6%). Novels made up 62.3% of the long-form fiction, with collections making up 26.4% and anthologies 11.3%.<\/span><\/p>\n

I plan to look back at numbers for previous years and factor in the stories published in collections for more accurate numbers. Stay tuned for a comprehensive look at SFT from 2016 to 2021!<\/span><\/p>\n

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SHORT-FORM FICTION<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

Stories in magazines\/webzines<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

total: 43<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Chinese- 14 <\/strong>(32.6%) (China)<\/span><\/p>\n

published in: Future Science Fiction Digest, Clarkesworld, Words Without Borders, SFRA Review, Tor.com, Galaxy’s Edge<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Russian- 9<\/strong> (20.9%) (Belarus, Kazakhstan, Russia)<\/span><\/p>\n

published in: F&SF, Samovar, Future Science Fiction Digest, Clarkesworld, Asimov’s, World Literature Today, Words Without Borders<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Spanish- 6 <\/strong>(14%) (Argentina, Mexico, Peru, Spain)<\/span><\/p>\n

published in: Constelaci\u00f3n Magazine, Future Science Fiction Digest, Clarkesworld, Lightspeed<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Japanese- 4<\/strong> (9.5%)<\/span><\/p>\n

published in: Hivemind<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Italian- 3<\/strong> (7.1%)<\/span><\/p>\n

published in: Samovar, SFinTranslation.com<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Arabic- 2<\/strong> (4.8%) (Iraq, Mauritania)<\/span><\/p>\n

published in: Words Without Borders, Vestal Review<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Bulgarian, Czech, Hungarian, Icelandic, Indonesian- 1 each <\/strong>(2.3%)<\/span><\/p>\n

Bulgarian published in: SFRA Review
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Czech published in: Clarkesworld<\/span><\/p>\n

Hungarian published in: Mermaids Monthly<\/span><\/p>\n

Icelandic published in: Words Without Borders<\/span><\/p>\n

Indonesian published in: Samovar<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Clarkesworld<\/em>– 11<\/strong> (26.2%)<\/span><\/p>\n

Future Science Fiction Digest<\/strong><\/em>– 6<\/strong> (14.3%)<\/span><\/p>\n

Hivemind, Words Without Borders<\/strong><\/em>– 4 each<\/strong> (9.5%)<\/span><\/p>\n

Constelaci\u00f3n, Samovar<\/strong><\/em>– 3 each<\/strong> (7.1%)<\/span><\/p>\n

SFRA Review, <\/strong><\/em>SFinTranslation.com<\/strong>– 2 each<\/strong> (4.8%)<\/span><\/p>\n

Asimov’s, F&SF, Galaxy’s Edge, Lightspeed, Mermaids Monthly, Tor.com, Vestal Review, World Literature Today<\/strong><\/em>– 1 each<\/strong> (2.3%)<\/span><\/p>\n

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Stories in collections\/anthologies<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

total: 155
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Spanish- 44<\/strong> (28.4)<\/span><\/p>\n

The Dangers of Smoking in Bed<\/span> (Enriquez), Little Bird<\/span> (Donoso), “Dump” and “Rue Chair” (The Best of World SF<\/span>)<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Korean- 18<\/strong> (11.6%)<\/span><\/p>\n

I’m Waiting for You<\/span> (Kim), Cursed Bunny<\/span> (Chung)<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Japanese- 17<\/strong> (11%)<\/span><\/p>\n

“Precious Stones” (Elemental<\/span>), Terminal Boredom<\/em> (Suzuki), Fast Forward Japan<\/em> (Unno), “Prayer” (The Best of World SF<\/span>)
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Russian- 14 each<\/strong> (9%)<\/span><\/p>\n

The Little Devil and Other Stories <\/span>(Remizov), “Above the Clouds, Above the Mountains, Above the Sky” (More Zion’s Fiction<\/span>)
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Chinese- 12<\/strong> (7.7%)<\/span><\/p>\n

Sinopticon<\/span> (ed. Ni)<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Hebrew- 11<\/strong> (12.8%)<\/span><\/p>\n

“The Weather Woman” (Elemental<\/span>), More Zion’s Fiction<\/span> (eds. Lottem, Teitelbaum)<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Italian- 10<\/strong> (6.5%)<\/span><\/p>\n

“Chronotope” (Ab Terra 2020<\/span>), Futurespotting<\/span> (Verso), “Beautymark” (European Science Fiction #1<\/span>)<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Polish- 10<\/strong> (6.5%)<\/span><\/p>\n

“Lying Weather” (European Science Fiction #1<\/span>), The Truth and Other Stories<\/span> (Lem)<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Danish- 4<\/strong> (2.6%)<\/span><\/p>\n

After the Sun<\/span> (Eika)<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

German- 3<\/strong> (1.9%)<\/span><\/p>\n

“We Have Lived Here Since We Were Born” (Elemental<\/span>), “Planned Obsolescence” and “Petware” (European Science Fiction #1<\/span>)<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Portuguese- 3<\/strong> (1.9%)
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Love: An Archaeology<\/span> (Fernandes)<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Bulgarian, Finnish, French, Greek, Icelandic, Kurdish, Norwegian, Persian, Polish, Swedish- 1 each<\/strong> (.6%)<\/span><\/p>\n

Bulgarian: “The Keresztury TVirs” (European Science Fiction #1<\/span>)<\/span>
\nFinnish: “The Naming Tree” (European Science Fiction #1<\/span>)<\/span>
\nFrench: “Lalana” (<\/em>Elemental<\/span>)<\/span>
\nGreek: “Roseweed” (European Science Fiction #1<\/span>)<\/span>
\nIcelandic: “The Cryptid” (The Best of World SF<\/span>)<\/span>
\nKurdish: “Jamshid Khan” (Elemental<\/span>)<\/span>
\nNorwegian: “Ankomst” (Elemental<\/span>)<\/span>
\nPersian: “Dog Rose in the Wind, the Rain, the Earth” (Elemental<\/span>)<\/span>
\nPolish: “Lying Weather” (European Science Fiction#1<\/span>)<\/span>
\nSwedish: “Reaping Day” (European Science Fiction #1<\/span>)<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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LONG-FORM FICTION<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

Novels, Collections, Anthologies<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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German, Korean- 7 each <\/strong>(13.5%)<\/span>
\nChinese, French- 5 each<\/strong> (9.6%)<\/span>
\nPolish, Spanish- 4 each<\/strong> (7.7%)<\/span>
\nCzech, Japanese, various- 3 each<\/strong> (5.8%)<\/span>
\nArabic, Italian, Swedish- 2 each<\/strong> (3.8%)<\/span>
\nPortuguese, Greek, Russian, Danish, Hebrew- 1 each<\/strong> (1.9%)<\/span><\/p>\n

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novels- 33 <\/strong>(62.3%)<\/span><\/p>\n

German (7), French (5), Chinese (3), Czech (3), Korean (3), Polish (3), Spanish (3),\u00a0Arabic (2), Swedish (2), Italian (1),\u00a0Japanese (1)<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

collections- 14<\/strong> (26.4%)<\/span><\/p>\n

Korean (4), Japanese (2), Spanish (2), Chinese (1), Danish (1),\u00a0Italian (1), Polish (1), Portuguese (1), Russian (1)<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

anthologies- 6 <\/strong>(11.3%)<\/span><\/p>\n

various (3), Chinese (1), Greek (1), Hebrew (1)<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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