Editing Seitsemän veljestä (section)

==Translations==
''Seitsemän veljestä'' has been translated three times into English and 56 more times into 33 other languages.<ref>[http://www.aleksiskivi-kansalliskirjailija.fi/fi/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=36&Itemid=130 Aleksis Kivi, the national author – web portal]. See also [[Douglas Robinson (academic)|Douglas Robinson]], ''Aleksis Kivi and/as World Literature'' (Leiden and Boston: Brill, 2017).</ref> Many significant Finnish artists have been responsible for illustrating the book, including [[Akseli Gallén-Kallela]] (1908), [[Marcus Collin]] (1948), Matti Visanti (1950), and Erkki Tanttu (1961).<ref>''Otavan iso tietosanakirja, osa 4.'' Helsinki: Otava, 1962. (in Finnish)</ref>

The first English edition was translated by Alexander Matson and published in 1929 by [[Coward-McCann]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://authorscalendar.info/alexmatt.htm|title=Alex (Alexander) Matson (1888-1972)|website=authorscalendar.info|access-date=3 December 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nationalgeographic.com/traveler/features/48hours_helsinki0605/helsinki.html|title=48 Hours: Helsinki|first=Husna|last=Haq|work=[[National Geographic Traveler]]|access-date=3 December 2024}}</ref> Revised editions of Matson's translation were published in 1952 and 1973 by [[Tammi Publishers]], with Irma Rantavaara conducting the third edition's revisions.<ref>Aleksis Kivi, ''Seven Brothers''. 1st edition, New York: Coward-McCann, 1929. 2nd edition, Helsinki: Tammi, 1952. 3rd edition, edited by Irma Rantavaara, Helsinki: Tammi, 1973. Note that Matson wrote his first name with the period ("Alex.") to indicate that it was a short form.</ref>

A translation by [[Richard Impola]] was published in 1991 by the Finnish American Translators Association.<ref>Aleksis Kivi, ''Seven Brothers''. New Paltz, NY: Finnish-American Translators Association, 1991.</ref> [[Douglas Robinson (academic)|Douglas Robinson]] translated the book in 2017 under the title ''The Brothers Seven'' for Zeta Books in Bucharest.<ref>Aleksis Kivi, ''The Brothers Seven''. Bucharest: Zeta Books, 2017</ref>