Readers in European languages
Readers in European languages
Readers in European languages
With the help of community members, RUMACCC has translated a selection of the early readers into European languages: German, Irish, Italian, Polish, Slovene and Spanish (which, of course, is also a major language of Latin America).
If you are able to help us with translations into further languages please get in touch by email.
German readers
German is the official or co-official language of Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg and Belgium and has official status in the Italian province of South Tyrol/Alto Adige. It is the first language of over 90 million people worldwide and is widely used and learned as an additional language. In Australia, just under 80,000 people speak it at home (Census 2016).
Title | Black and white edition | Colour edition |
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Come and see (Schau mal!) | b and w (0.4Mb pdf) | colour (0.5Mb pdf) |
Dog (Der Hund) | b and w (0.3Mb pdf) | colour (0.4Mb pdf) |
Fruit and vegetables (Früchte und Gemüse) | b and w (0.3Mb pdf) | colour (0.4Mb pdf) |
How many animals? (Wie viele Tiere?) | b and w (0.6Mb pdf) | colour (0.6Mb pdf) |
I like animals (Ich mag Tiere) | b and w (0.3Mb pdf) | colour (0.4Mb pdf) |
Jobs (Berufe) | b and w (0.4Mb pdf) | colour (0.4Mb pdf) |
Look at me (Schau!) | b and w (0.3Mb pdf) | colour (0.4Mb pdf) |
On the move (In Bewegung) | b and w (0.4Mb pdf) | colour (0.4Mb pdf) |
Starfish (Was macht der Seestern?) | colour (0.4Mb pdf) | |
This is a house (Das ist ein Haus) | b and w (0.4Mb pdf) | colour (0.5Mb pdf) |
Very big! (Zu groß!) | b and w (0.3Mb pdf) | colour (0.4Mb pdf) |
What is hiding? (Was verbirgt sich hier?) | b and w (0.4Mb pdf) | colour (0.5Mb pdf) |
Where do we go? (Wo gehen wir hin?) | b and w (0.4Mb pdf) | colour (0.5Mb pdf) |
Advanced reader
In addition to Standard German, which varies slightly in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, spoken German comes in many different dialects. Therefore, our 'Chicken Little' reader has been translated not only into Standard German, but also into a Swiss dialect and into the Austrian dialect of Vorarlberg.
Title | Black and white edition | Colour edition |
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Henderl Klein macht einen Spaziergang (German) | b and w (2.1Mb pdf) | colour (2.3Mb pdf) |
Hüenli Chly geit ga schpaziere (Swiss German/Schwyzerdütsch - Bern) | b and w (2.1Mb pdf) | colour (2.3Mb pdf) |
Henderl Klein got spaziera (Vorarlbergisch) | b and w (2.1Mb pdf) | colour (2.3Mb pdf) |
Irish readers
Irish (sometimes also called Gaelic) is a Celtic language from Ireland. It is the national and first official language of the Republic of Ireland and is officially recognised in Northern Ireland.
Irish was the principal language of most Irish people until the late 18th century. Today it is still used as a primary language in rural and remote areas of western Ireland and it is taught in all public schools of the Republic. According to the Irish census of 2016 about 1.76 million people (39.8%) claim to be able to speak Irish and about 73,800 speak the language every day.
In Australia, 2.39 million people claim Irish ancestry, but only 1,946 indicate that they speak Irish at home (2016 census).
Level 1
Title | Language | Black and white edition | Colour edition |
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After school (I nDiaiḋ an Lae Scoile) | Irish | b and w (0.9Mb pdf) | colour (1.7Mb pdf) |
Irish and English | b and w (0.9Mb pdf) | colour (1.7Mb pdf) | |
more readers to be added soon! |
Italian readers
Italian is a Romance language of the Indo-European language family and the main language of Italy. Worldwide there are approximately 85 million speakers of Italian. In Australia, Italian was for many years the most frequently spoken language other than English (LOTE). In the 2016 Census, 271,597 people indicated that they speak Italian at home, which makes it the 5th most frequently spoken LOTE.
Level 1
Title | Language | Black and white edition | Colour edition |
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After school (Dopo la scuola) | Italian | b and w (250kb pdf) | colour (310kb pdf) |
Italian and English | colour (290kb pdf) | ||
Come and see (Vieni a vedere) | Italian | b and w (250kb pdf) | colour (330kb pdf) |
Italian and English | colour (300kb pdf) | ||
Dog (Il cane) | Italian | b and w (200kb pdf) | colour (240kb pdf) |
Italian and English | colour (240kb pdf) | ||
Fruit and vegetables (Frutta e verdure) | Italian | b and w (220kb pdf) | colour (250kb pdf) |
Italian and English | colour (250kb pdf) | ||
I can (Lo so fare) | Italian | b and w (210kb pdf) | colour (220kb pdf) |
Italian and English | colour (220kb pdf) | ||
I like animals (Mi piaggiono gli animali) | Italian | b and w (200kb pdf) | colour (280kb pdf) |
Italian and English | colour (260kb pdf) | ||
Jobs (I lavori) | Italian | b and w (260kb pdf) | colour (330kb pdf) |
Italian and English | colour (330kb pdf) | ||
Look at me (Guardami) | Italian | b and w (230kb pdf) | colour (290kb pdf) |
Italian and English | colour (290kb pdf) | ||
On the move (In movimento) | Italian | b and w (250kb pdf) | colour (310kb pdf) |
Italian and English | colour (310kb pdf) | ||
Tails (Code) | Italian | b and w (200kb pdf) | colour (260kb pdf) |
Italian and English | colour (260kb pdf) | ||
This is a house (Questa è una casa) | Italian | b and w (270kb pdf) | colour (370kb pdf) |
Italian and English | colour (370kb pdf) | ||
Very big! (Molto grande!) | Italian | b and w (210kb pdf) | colour (220kb pdf) |
Italian and English | colour (220kb pdf) | ||
What is hiding? (Cosa si nasconde?) | Italian | b and w (360kb pdf) | colour (360kb pdf) |
Italian and English | colour (360kb pdf) | ||
What is Starfish doing? (Cosa fa la stella marina?) | Italian | colour (90kb pdf) | |
Italian and English | colour (110kb pdf) | ||
Where do we go? (Dove andiamo?) | Italian | b and w (320kb pdf) | colour (320kb pdf) |
Italian and English | colour (320kb pdf) |
Level 2
Title | Language | Black and white edition | Colour edition |
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At the market (Al mercato) | Italian | b and w (220kb pdf) | colour (260kb pdf) |
Italian and English | colour (260kb pdf) | ||
Crossing the road (Attraversare la strada) | Italian | b and w (320kb pdf) | colour (360kb pdf) |
Italian and English | colour (360kb pdf) | ||
Gecko is hungry (Il geco a fame) | Italian | b and w (210kb pdf) | colour (240kb pdf) |
Italian and English | colour (230kb pdf) | ||
Homes (È casa) | Italian | b and w (260kb pdf) | colour (320kb pdf) |
Italian and English | colour (290kb pdf) | ||
Like this (Cosí) | Italian | b and w (220kb pdf) | colour (230kb pdf) |
Italian and English | colour (230kb pdf) | ||
The box (La scatola) | Italian | b and w (240kb pdf) | colour (290kb pdf) |
Italian and English | colour (290kb pdf) | ||
The rock pool (La pozza di marea) | Italian | b and w (260kb pdf) | colour (310kb pdf) |
Italian and English | colour (310kb pdf) | ||
Up and down (Su e giù) | Italian | b and w (250kb pdf) | colour (310kb pdf) |
Italian and English | colour (320kb pdf) | ||
Where are they? (Dove sono?) | Italian | b and w (220kb pdf) | colour (260kb pdf) |
Italian and English | colour (260kb pdf) |
Polish readers
Polish, a West Slavic language, is the official language of Poland. An estimated 40.25 million people world-wide speak Polish (Ethnologue 2016).
48,677 people born in Poland live in Australia, over 170,000 claim Polish ancestry and 50,595 speak Polish at home (Census 2011). One of them, Kasia Williams, has translated a selection of our readers into Polish.
Title | Black and white edition | Colour edition |
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After school (Po szkole) | b and w (0.9Mb pdf) | colour (1.5Mb pdf) |
All kinds of tails (Różne rodzaje ogonów) | b and w (0.6Mb pdf) | colour (0.9Mb pdf) |
Come and see (Chodź i zobacz) | b and w (0.9Mb pdf) | colour (1.7Mb pdf) |
Dog (Pies) | b and w (0.7Mb pdf) | colour (1.3Mb pdf) |
Fruit and vegetables (Owoce i warzywa) | b and w (0.7Mb pdf) | colour (1.0Mb pdf) |
How many animals? (Ile zwierząt?) | b and w (0.7Mb pdf) | colour (0.7Mb pdf) |
I can (Umiem) | b and w (0.7Mb pdf) | colour (1.0Mb pdf) |
I like animals (Lubię zwierzęta) | b and w (0.7Mb pdf) | colour (1.3Mb pdf) |
Jobs (Zawody) | b and w (1.0Mb pdf) | colour (1.4Mb pdf) |
Look at me (Spójrz na mnie) | b and w (0.9Mb pdf) | colour (1.4Mb pdf) |
On the move (Sposoby poruszania się) | b and w (1.1Mb pdf) | colour (1.4Mb pdf) |
Starfish (Co robi rozgwiazda?) | colour (0.4Mb pdf) | |
This is a house (To jest dom) | b and w (0.9Mb pdf) | colour (2.1Mb pdf) |
Very big! (Ale duży!) | b and w (0.7Mb pdf) | colour (0.9Mb pdf) |
What is hiding? (Kto się tu chowa?) | b and w (1.2Mb pdf) | colour (1.6Mb pdf) |
Where do we go? (Gdzie idziemy?) | b and w (1.1Mb pdf) | colour (1.6Mb pdf) |
Advanced reader
Title | Black and white edition | Colour edition |
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Chicken little (Kurczaczek idzie na spacer) | b and w (1.9Mb pdf) | colour (1.9Mb pdf) |
Slovene readers
Slovene or Slovenian is a South Slavic language and the official language of Slovenia. It is spoken by approximately 2.5 million people worldwide.
Apart from Slovenia, it is also spoken in Italy (particularly in the region of Friuli Venezia Giulia), in Austria (where it is recognised as an official language in the state of Carinthia and as a minority language in Styria), Croatia and Hungary.
In Australia 4,088 people indicated in the 2016 census that they speak Slovene at home.
Level 1
Title | Black and white edition | Colour edition |
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After school (Po šoli) | b and w (940kb pdf) | colour (1.4Mb pdf) |
All kinds of tails (Vse vrste repov) | b and w (500kb pdf) | colour (780kb pdf) |
Come and see (Pridi pogledat) | b and w (610kb pdf) | colour (1.2Mb pdf) |
Dog (Pes) | b and w (460kb pdf) | colour (920kb pdf) |
Fruit and vegetables (Sadje in zelenjava) | b and w (580kb pdf) | colour (850kb pdf) |
I like animals (Rad imam živali) | b and w (500kb pdf) | colour (950kb pdf) |
Jobs (Službe) | b and w (680kb pdf) | colour (970kb pdf) |
Look at me (Poglej me) | b and w (610kb pdf) | colour (960kb pdf) |
On the move (Na poti) | b and w (680kb pdf) | colour (1.0Mb pdf) |
This is a house (To je hiša) | b and w (640kb pdf) | colour (1.4Mb pdf) |
Very big! (Zelo velik!) | b and w (490kb pdf) | colour (610kb pdf) |
What can I do? (Kaj jaz lahko delam?) | b and w (490kb pdf) | colour (690kb pdf) |
What is hiding? (Kaj se skriva?) | b and w (930kb pdf) | colour (1.3Mb pdf) |
Where do we go? (Kam gremo?) | b and w (850kb pdf) | colour (1.2Mb pdf) |
Level 2
Title | Black and white edition | Colour edition |
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At the market (Na trgu) | b and w (580kb pdf) | colour (740kb pdf) |
Crossing the road (Prečkati cesto) | b and w (840kb pdf) | colour (1.1Mb pdf) |
Gecko is hungry (Gekon je lačen) | b and w (520kb pdf) | colour (800kb pdf) |
Homes (Domovi) | b and w (650kb pdf) | colour (1.1Mb pdf) |
Like this (Tako) | b and w (520kb pdf) | colour (730kb pdf) |
The box (Škatla) | b and w (550kb pdf) | colour (910kb pdf) |
The rock pool (Skalni bazen) | b and w (680kb pdf) | colour (1.2Mb pdf) |
Up and down (Navzgor in navzdol) | b and w (610kb pdf) | colour (1.0Mb pdf) |
Where are they (Kje so?) | b and w (580kb pdf) | colour (830kb pdf) |
Advanced reader
Title | Black and white edition | Colour edition |
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Chicken Little goes for a walk (Piščanček gre na sprehod) | b and w (2.16Mb pdf) | colour (2.34Mb pdf) |
Spanish readers
Spanish (or Castilian, Castellano) is a Romance language originally from the Iberian peninsula which has become a truly global language. Close to 500 million people speak it as their first language and many more as a second or additional language. It is an official language in 20 countries, mainly in Latin America and, of course, in Spain.
In Australia, 140,817 people indicated in the 2016 census that they speak Spanish at home.
Level 1
Title | Language | Black and white edition | Colour edition |
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Dog (Perro) | Spanish | b and w (0.2Mb pdf) | colour (0.2Mb pdf) |
Spanish and English | b and w (0.2Mb pdf) | colour (0.2Mb pdf) | |
I like animals (Me gustan los animales) | Spanish | b and w (0.2Mb pdf) | colour (0.3Mb pdf) |
Spanish and English | b and w (0.2Mb pdf) | colour (0.3Mb pdf) | |
Look at me (Mírame) | Spanish | b and w (0.2Mb pdf) | colour (0.3Mb pdf) |
Spanish and English | b and w (0.2Mb pdf) | colour (0.3Mb pdf) | |
more readers to be added soon! |