A fact from Lithuanian encyclopedias appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 4 September 2006. The text of the entry was as follows:
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Latest comment: 18 years ago6 comments3 people in discussion
Could you please give an English translation of Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija? Clearly it means "Something Lithuanian Encyclopedia" or "Something Encyclopedia of Lithuania" (which one?), but what is Something (i.e. Visuotinė)? Lupo08:25, 31 August 2006 (UTC)Reply
Ok, but the basic problem is that those encyclopedia writers are very uncreative an cannot come up with some distinctive titles :) I have no clue how to make a distinction in English between Lietuvių enciklopedija and Lietuviškoji enciklopedija, Lietuviškoji tarybinė enciklopedija and Tarybų Lietuvos enciklopedia. So I will have to go by Lithuanian names if I decide to create individual articles about them. Renata10:50, 31 August 2006 (UTC)Reply
That would've been my follow-up question (Lietuvių vs. Lietuviškoji, I mean). I know nothing about the Lithuanian language, so I can't help at all. Foolish as I am, I'll make a suggestion all the same: maybe use "Lithuanian E." and "E. of Lithuania"? I.e. "Lithuanian Soviet Encyclopedia" and "Soviet Encyclopedia of Lithuania"? Just a short in the dark... Lupo10:55, 31 August 2006 (UTC)Reply
Lietuvių means of Lithuanians. Lithuanianians Encyclopedia sounds really weird. Encyclopedia of Lithuanians is completely misleading. Encyclopedia for Lithuanians? That's the only way I can think of.
Lietuviškoji is a special grammar form of lietuviška (i.e. Lithuanian), the closest English form, I guess, would be The Lithuanian. The Lithuanian Encyclopedia? Ergh...
It's easier with soviet stuff: Lietuviškoji tarybinė enciklopedija could be translated as Soviet Lithuanian Encyclopedia (or maybe, Lithuanian Soviet Encyclopedia, not sure where soviet fits best) and Tarybų Lietuvos enciklopedia could be Encyclopedia of Soviet Lithuania (which is really appropriate, btw). But then, translate half titles and leave the other half untranslated? Ergh... Renata11:32, 31 August 2006 (UTC)Reply
Ergh indeed :-) As I said, it was just a completely uninformed, foolish shot in the dark. You're the expert here. Using the Lithuanian titles is certainly OK. In any case, I doubt anyone is going to search for these articles using any English translation that Wikipedians might invent. The most probable starting point would be this article anyway, I guess, and then the interested reader can find the other articles on the individual encyclopedias whatever titles they have as long as they're linked. Lupo11:45, 31 August 2006 (UTC)Reply
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