Has Johann Heinrich Zedler's 'Grosses vollstaendiges Universal-Lexicon aller Wissenschafften und Kuenste' been translated to English if not is there a chance of that happening in a few years?

Answer 1

Zedler was the first really major general encyclopedia (as opposed to specialized encyclopedia) in any language and was first published in 1732-1750 in 64 volumes plus a 4-volume supplement that came out in 1751-1754 . As far as I know, it has never been translated into English - and given that the contents are now archaic, I don't see the point of translating it. It would be a huge undertaking for no obvious purpose. That said, it was the first encyclopedia to include a significant number of articles on people living at the time and some articles may be of interest to some people doing research on family history. Obviously, it would also be of interest to people studying the history of transmission of knowledge and some specialists in 18th century history. However, all this adds up to a small audience.

Answer 2

As of now, Johann Heinrich Zedler's 'Grosses vollstaendiges Universal-Lexicon aller Wissenschafften und Kuenste' has not been fully translated into English. The extensive nature of the work makes translation challenging, but there is always a possibility of it being translated in the future, depending on interest and resources available for such a project.