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In this community question asking about books that teach the practice of mathematics, the author mentions the works of W W Sawyer.

Which of Sawyer's books were translated into languages other than English, and what are the publication details?

His Wikipedia page states that his books Mathematician's Delight and Prelude to Mathematics "have been translated into many languages", but I have been unable to find publication details for any non-English language edition of even a single book of his. The cited source is an article by Ailsa Ferguson published by the University of Toronto (thanks, @Igor Khavkine, for tracking this down at Archive.org) which is no longerstates that MD was translated into 10 languages and PtM into six, but that's all I know at the address linked tomoment.

In this community question asking about books that teach the practice of mathematics, the author mentions the works of W W Sawyer.

Which of Sawyer's books were translated into languages other than English?

His Wikipedia page states that his books Mathematician's Delight and Prelude to Mathematics "have been translated into many languages", but I have been unable to find publication details for any non-English language edition of even a single book of his. The cited source is an article by Ailsa Ferguson published by the University of Toronto which is no longer at the address linked to.

In this community question asking about books that teach the practice of mathematics, the author mentions the works of W W Sawyer.

Which of Sawyer's books were translated into languages other than English, and what are the publication details?

His Wikipedia page states that his books Mathematician's Delight and Prelude to Mathematics "have been translated into many languages", but I have been unable to find publication details for any non-English language edition of even a single book of his. The cited source is an article by Ailsa Ferguson published by the University of Toronto (thanks, @Igor Khavkine, for tracking this down at Archive.org) which states that MD was translated into 10 languages and PtM into six, but that's all I know at the moment.

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Which W W Sawyer titles exist in non-English language editions?

In this community question asking about books that teach the practice of mathematics, the author mentions the works of W W Sawyer.

Which of Sawyer's books were translated into languages other than English?

His Wikipedia page states that his books Mathematician's Delight and Prelude to Mathematics "have been translated into many languages", but I have been unable to find publication details for any non-English language edition of even a single book of his. The cited source is an article by Ailsa Ferguson published by the University of Toronto which is no longer at the address linked to.