A Timeline for The Urantia Book and Its Translations
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Tue, 08/28/2012
Here is a timeline showing when The Urantia Book was first published followed by each translation. It took only six years for the French translation to appear. Thirty-two years passed before the Finnish translation, Urantia-kirja, was published. Sixteen translations are now available (the Romanian translation is only available on a CD). Progress continues with six more in progress.
| Language | Year | Chief Translator | Title |
| English | 1955 | The Urantia Book | |
| French | 1961 | Jacques Weiss | Le Livre d'Urantia |
| Finish | 1993 | Seppo Kanerva | Urantia-kirja |
| Spanish 1993 | 1993 | EurAmerica (several translators) | El libro de Urantia |
| Russian | 1997 | Michael Hanian | КНИГА УРАНТИИ |
| Dutch | 1998 | Henry Begemann & Nienke Begemann-Brugman | Het Urantia Boek |
| Korean | 2000 | Kwan Choi | 유란시아 서 |
| Portuguese CD | 2003 | Luiz Carlos Dolabella Chagas | O Livro de Urântia |
| Lithuanian | 2004 | Algimantas Jokubėnas | Urantijos Knyga |
| Romanian CD | 2004 | Dan Sorin Chiaburu | Cartea Urantia |
| German | 2005 | Urs Ruchti | Das Urantia Buch |
| Italian | 2006 | Memo Zago | Il Libro di Urantia |
| Portuguese | 2008 | Luiz Carlos Dolabella Chagas | O Livro de Urântia |
| Spanish EE | 2009 | Antonio Moya | El libro de Urantia Edición europea |
| Estonian | 2010 | Meeli Kuura | Urantia Raamat |
| Hungarian | 2010 | Gábor Cseh | Az Urantia könyv |
| Polish | 2010 | Paul & Gosia Jaworski | Księga Urantii |
| Swedish | 2010 | Joel Rehnström | Urantiaboken |