a most baffling mystery. That strange question of the dying man is the recurring theme of Agatha Christie's magnificent story. Read it and enjoy it." International titles This novel has been translated to various languages other than its original English. Twenty-six are listed here, some published as recently as 2014. This is in keeping with the author's reputation for being the most translated author. Bulgarian: Защо не повикаха Евънс? /Zashto ne povikaha Evans?/ Catalan: La cursa del bumerang translator Esteve Riambau, 1996, Barcelona: Columna Chinese: 悬崖上的谋杀 /Xuan ya shang de mou sha translators Lisidi Ke, Gang Ye, 2010, Beijing: Ren min wen xue chu ban she Czech: Proč nepožádali Evanse? Danish: Hvorfor spurgte de ikke Evans? translator Michael Alring, 1999, Copenhagen: Peter Asschenfeldts nye Forlag Dutch: Waarom Evans niet? Estonian: Miks nad ei kutsunud Evansit? Finnish: "Askel tyhjyyteen" translator Kirsti Kattelus, 1989, Helsinki: WSOY French: Pourquoi Pas Evans ? translator Jean Pêcheux, 2014, Paris: Éditions France loisirs German: Ein Schritt ins Leere, translator Otto Albrecht van Bebber, 2005, Frankfurt am Main: Fischer-Taschenbuch-Verlag Greek: Οκτώ κόκκοι μορφίνης Hebrew: כדור במגרש הגולף (Ball in the Golf Field) 1960 translator unknown. ?מדוע לא ביקשו את אוונס translator: Dov Halachmi 1980 Hungarian: Miért nem szóltak Evansnek? Italian: Perché non l'hanno chiesto a Evans? Japanese: 謎のエヴァンズ殺人事件 /Nazo no evuanzu satsujin jiken translator Tadae Fukizawa, 1989, Shinjuku: Shinchosha Publishing Norwegian: Hvorfor spurte de ikke Evans? Polish: Dlaczego nie Evans? translator Katarzyna Kasterka, 2014, Wrocław: Wydawnictwo Dolnośląskie Portuguese (Brazil): Por que não pediram a Evans? Portuguese (Portugal): Perguntem a Evans Romanian: De ce nu i-au cerut lui Evans Russian: Почему не Эванс /Potchemu ne Evans?/ translator not known, 1998, Warszawa: Proszynski i S-ka Serbian: Zašto nisu pitali Evansa?, translator Tea Jovanović, 2008, Beograd: Mladinska knjiga Slovak: Prečo nepožiadali Evans? Slovene: Zakaj ne Evans? translator Zoja Skušek, 2012, Ljubljana: Mladinska knjiga Spanish: Trayectoria de boomerang Swedish: Turkish: Ceset dedi ki ... translator Gönül Suveren, 1980s, İstanbul: Altın Kitaplar Yayınevi Adaptations for television 1980 Why Didn't They Ask Evans was adapted by London Weekend Television and transmitted on 30 March 1980. Before this production, there had been relatively few adaptations of Christie's work on the small screen as it was a medium she disliked and she had not been impressed with previous efforts, in particular a transmission of And Then There Were None on 20 August 1949 when several noticeable errors went out live (including one of the "corpses"