Translations 

Bulgarian: Laterna magica, tr. V. Ganyeva (Sofia: Chemus, 1995)

Chinese: Baigeman zichuan, tr. Li Senayo (Taipei: Yuanliu chuban gongsi, 1994)

Czech: Laterna magica, tr. Z. Cernciu (Praha: Odeon, 1991)

Danish: Laterna magica, tr. I.E. Hammar (Copenhagen: Linhardt og Ringhof, 1987, and 1997)

Dutch: Laterna magica, tr. Karst Woudstra (Amsterdam: Meulenhoff, 1987)

English: The Magic Lantern, tr. Joan Tate (London: Hamish Hamilton, 1988)

Estonian: Laterna magica (Tallinn: Eesti Ramat, 1989)

French: Laterna magica, tr. C.G. Bjurström, L. Albertini (Paris: Gallimard, 1987)

German: Mein Leben, tr. Hans-Joachim Maass (Hamburg:Hoffman und Campe, 1987)

Greek: Hëe magikëe kamera: mia autobiografia, tr. T. Kallifatides (Athen:Katos

Hebrew: Laterna magikah (Tel Aviv: Am oved, 1991)

Hungarian: Laterna magica, tr. K. Lazli (Budapest: Europa, 1988) 

Icelandic: Töfralampin: sjalsvisaga (Reykvavik: Gjölvi, 1992)

Italian: Lanterna magica, tr. F. Ferrari (Milano: Garzanti, 1987, and 1990) 

Japanese: Bergman jiden, tr. K. Buich (Tokyo: Shinchëo-sha, 1989)

Latvian: Laterna magica, tr. I. Kagevska (Riga:Liesma, 1993)

Lithuanian: Laterna magica tr. Z. Maleikaitele (Vilnius: Alma Littera, 1994)

Norwegian: Laterna magica, tr. S. Ness (Oslo: Aschehoug, 1987)

Polish: Laterna magica, tr. Z. Lanowski (Waszawa: Czytelnik, 1991)

Portuguese: Lanterna magica, tr. A. Pastor (Lisboa: CAravela, 1988) and Lanterna magica: una autobiografia, tr. A. Pastor (Rio de Janeiro: Guanabara, 1988)

Roumanian: Lanterna magicela, tr. D. Shafran, C. Baneiu (Bucuresti: Editora Meridiane, 1994)

Russian: Laterna magica (Moskva: 'Iskusstvo', 1989)

Serbo-Croatian: Maj livot: laterna magica, tr. M. Rumac (Zagreb: Grafyki zavod Hrvatska, 1990)

Slovakian: Laterna magica (Bratislava: Slovenskij spiso valelij, 1991)

Spanish: Linterna magica, tr. M. Torres, F. Uriz (Barcelona and Buenos Aires: Tusquets, 1988)

Turkish: B y I fenar, tr. G. Tauskein (Istanbul: AFA, 1990)