Zenòdot
Zenòdot is the largest actively maintained open catalogue of book translations in the world — a canonical database of its own. It doesn't translate books: it tells you whether a book already exists in your language, and in how many more. Free, no account, no ads.
Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
Platforms
- Online
Features
Properties
- Privacy focused
Features
- Ad-free
- No Tracking
- No registration required
- Dark Mode
- Full-Text Search
- Multiple languages
- Translator
- Book search
Zenòdot News & Activities
Recent activities
- ausiastsel updated Zenòdot
- luciardbellarosa liked Zenòdot
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ausiastsel added Zenòdot as alternative to Google Play Books and WorldCat
Zenòdot information
Developed by
Ausiàs TselLicensing
Proprietary and Free product.Alternatives
3 alternatives listedSupported Languages
- English
- Catalan; Valencian
- French
- Spanish
What is Zenòdot?
Zenòdot maintains the largest actively maintained open catalogue of book translations in the world. It is not a meta-search engine and it does not translate anything: it maintains a canonical database of its own, built by correlating dozens of open bibliographic sources — national libraries on every continent, Wikidata, the historical record of UNESCO's Index Translationum — with a matching engine of its own, to answer one question: has this book been translated into this language?
It treats all languages equally, with special attention to languages minoritized in the publishing market: a reader of Basque, Welsh or Occitan gets the same quality of answer as a reader of English. Search any title, author or ISBN and see every catalogued edition grouped by language; author names resolve across writing systems (Dostoevsky, ??????????? and ???????? are the same author). Coverage is nonetheless incomplete and Zenòdot says so — no tool can claim totality.
Free, no account required, no ads, no affiliate links. "Where can I find it?" points to independent bookshops and libraries, never to a commission. Created by Ausiàs Tsel, a writer from the Valencian Country.