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Grant Allen was very much part of an international publishing culture. His writings can be found in bookshops and magazines all over the English speaking world: in Canada, the US, Australia and the UK (which included Ireland at the time). However, the search goes on to find Allen outside the Anglo-saxon world. So far translations of his fiction have been found in the following languages:
Language
Title
Original title
Translator
Bahasa Indonesian
Mengembara dengan oeang sepoeloeh senoleh Grant Allen; dibahasa melajoekan oleh Soetan Sjahboedin Latif. 1920. Reprinted 1948.
Miss Cayley's Adventure
Danish
En Selskabsdames Eventyr.1905.
Johannes Magnussen (1848-1906)
Kvinden som Vovede Det 1896
The Woman Who Did
Sophus von Leunbach
Hvad i Kodet er baaret 1893.
What's Bred in the Bone
Peter Jerndorff-Jessen (1853-1942)
En afrikansk Millionaer 1905
An African Millionaire
Johannes Magnussen (1848-1906)
Frk. Cayleys Eventyr 1905
Miss Cayley's Adventures
Johannes Magnussen (1848-1906)
Dutch
Met een dubbeltje de wereld door, naar het Engelsch van Grant Allen door Hilda
Miss Cayley's Adventure
Mathilde Ramboux (1858- 1901)
Met een dubbeltje de wereld door Grant Allen. Geheel opnieuw bwerkt.
Miss Cayley's Adventure
Illustration by Jaap Beckmann
Een vrouw die den moed had 1895
The Woman Who Did
Finnish
The White' Man's Foot
Saimi Jarnefelt (1867-1944)
Elämään palautunut. 1920.
Recalled to Life
Salaperäinen kreivitär ja muita salapoliisikertomuksia. 2003
A collection of detective stories, original title uncertain
Sisko Hallavainio
French
Observations scientifiques sur un fantome effectuees par nos soins, par Grant Allen.
Scientific Observations on a Ghost
Anne-Sylvie Homasse
Jour de l'an chez les momies.
My New Year's Eve Among the Mummies
B.d'Etroyat/Illustrated by Lalau
Le Naufrage de la 'Fortuna'.
The Foundering of the 'Fortuna'
B. d'Etroyat./ Illustrated by Biron-Roger.
Heritage du sang 1895
Blood Royal
Léon Boschet
Le Roman d'une féministe. 1895
The Woman Who Did
Georges Labouchere
La Tour de Wolverden. 2000
Wolverden Tower
Marie-Hélène Bernaille
Le Colonel caoutchouc et ses aventures extraordinaires, 1905]
An African Millionaire
"Jean l'Enigme"
German
Die es tat. 1895.
The Woman Who Did
Sophie Wiget
Der Turm von Wolverden.1992.
Wolverden Tower
Stefan Trossbach
Ein afrikanischer millionär. Episoden aus dem Leben. Illustriert von Colonel Clay. Einzig autorisierte übersetzung. Mit dem bildnis des verfassers. 1901.
An African Millionaire
Miss Cayleys Abenteuer. Abenteuer-Roman. 1925
Miss Cayley's Adventures
Zosa Höcker
Icelandic
Aettareinkennio. 1911, 1939
What's Bred in the Bone
Italian
Hilda Wade may have been published in Corriere della Sera
Hilda Wade
Il Gran tabù 1932
The Great Taboo
Japanese
"Sono Onna" 1895
The Woman Who Did
Hogetsu Shimamura
(1871-1918)
Norwegian
En underlig Arv 1891 Serialized in "Aftenposten""
A Terrible Inheritance
En frigjort kvinde 1897 / Serialized in "Social-demokraten"
The Woman Who Did
Dommerens Hemmelighed 1893 / serialized in "Intelligenssedlernes føljetong"
Meriam 1889 & 1901/ Serialized in "Folkebladet"
Polish
Energiczna panna (1903)
Milioner w opalach (1902, 1903)
Powiesci dziwne
Strange Stories
Zofia Grabowska
Sila krwi: powiesc (1894, 1928
Hilda Wada: powiesc 1900.
Hilda Wade
Emilia Weslawska
Russian
Zensina, kotoraâ osmelilas’ / Grant" Allen" ; perevod"... N. Dadonovoj. 1903
The Woman Who Did
N. Dadonovoj. (?)
Spanish
El caso del vidente mexicano: y otros enigmas sutiles / Buenos Aires 2005
The Case of the Mexican Seer and other stories (colonel Clay)
Los gemelos de diamante in "Cuentos de ladrones" / Buenos Aires 2003
Sundanese
Ngalalana mekel saketip karangan Grant Allen; disoendakeun tina basa Malajoe koe Koerdi. 2 vols. 1927.
Miss Cayley's Adventures
Swedish
Mordet i Erith. 1917
A Terrible Inheritance
Sällsamma historier,1889, 1895.
Strange Stories
Mot hemmet : ett halfglömdt julminne / published in Helsingfors 1892
I dödsfara. 1912.
The Jaws of Death
Hägrande miljoner. 1912.
The Sole Trustee
Återkallad till livet, 1911.
Recalled to Life
Elisabeth Lilljebjörn (1862-??)
For Egen Skull. 1895, 1911
At Market Value
Eva Wahlenberg
(1860-1949)
Hon vågade det. 1895, 1911.
The Woman Who Did
Emilie Kullman
Hennes livs historia. 1916
The Woman Who Did
Oscar Nachman
Yiddish
Di froy velkhe hot es gethon:, 1918.
The Woman Who Did
Saul Joseph Janovsky
Notes on some of the translators:
Johannes Magnussen's (1848-1906) work as a translator can be found on this Danish site listing major works translated by him. He had one brother, was married with one child and spent 5 years in China in the 1870s. He is also the author of several Danish-English dictionaries.
Peter Jerndorff-Jessen (1853-1942) was a Danish teacher, who also translated Henry Rider Haggard (who visited him once), Arthur Conan Doyle and R.L. Stevenson. A list of his translations can be found here.
Mathilde Ramboux (1858- 1901), also known as Hilda Ram, was a teacher and catholic feminist at the Anna Bijns Institute in Antwerp.
Saimi Jarnefelt (1867-1944) born Saimi Swan, was an actress who married a famous realist painter. She was the next door neighbor of the Sibelius family in Finland, and translated Dickens, George Eliot and H. R. Haggard. Her painting can be seen here.
Eva Theresia Wahlenberg (1860-1949) published her own fiction under the name Eva Wahlen. She also translated Agatha Christie. She was editor in charge of fictional serialization in the Swedish newspaper Dagens Nyheter 1893-1928.
Christina Elisabeth Lilljebjörn (1862-??) translated writers like Emma Orczy and children's literature, but also John Galsworthy. She sometimes used a male pseudonym, Ivar Dal.
Oscar Nachman was a prolific swedish translator who translated Tolstoy from Russian, Goethe from German and Jules Verne from French. He also translated a work by Lucas Cleeve who wrote a book (see parodies) inspired by Grant Allen.
Emilie Kullman translated The Woman Who Did early in her career. She translated many books, including James Joyce's Dubliners. She had her own shop, Rothlieb & Comp, with offices in Stockholm.
Georges Labouchere, translated The Woman Who Did for serialization in French. He also translated H. Rider Haggard's novel She.
Sophie Wiget (1867-??) was assistant to some German and Swiss magazines and newspapers. In 1892 she married the editor Otto Erb, and when she translated The Woman Who Did she was known as Frau Erb
Emilia Weslawska was the first to translate Lord Jim into Polish in 1904
Saul Joseph Janovsky (1864–1939), originally Shoyl-Yosef Yanovsky, was a Yiddish writing editor and activist in London and New York. He translated Henrik Ibsen, Victor Hugo and Tolstoy. The title of his Yiddish memoir published in 1948 translates to Early Years Of Jewish Libertarian Socialism, Autobiographical Memories Of A Pioneer And Builder Of The Jewish Anarchist Movement. A short English bio is available here
Hogetsu Shimamura (1871-1918) translated Allen into Japanese. He studied in Europe and became a University Professor. He was known for his feminist theories, so The Woman Who Did was a natural choice for a translation. A short bio is available here