I am really alarmed by how few books are translated into Arabic.
Between 1979 and 2019, only 13,418 books were translated into Arabic.
That’s just 1 book per 26,979 native speakers, making Arabic the least-served major language for translated literature.
For comparison:… pic.twitter.com/0PMM1viu8S
— Guy Spier 🎗️🇮🇱 🇺🇦 (@GSpier) May 7, 2025
The Arabic Translation Gap
May 07, 2025
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I’m a Zurich based investor. Since 1997, I’ve managed a privately offered investment fund known as the Aquamarine Fund.
I am also the author of a book titled The Education of a Value Investor, which was published in 2014.
As I wrote in my book, we are all a work in progress. This site documents my ongoing quest for “wealth, wisdom and enlightenment”.
I have created a /now page – inspired by Derek Sivers
