diff --git a/client/src/pages/works/SimpleWorkReading.tsx b/client/src/pages/works/SimpleWorkReading.tsx
index 0edf1f0..487b24c 100644
--- a/client/src/pages/works/SimpleWorkReading.tsx
+++ b/client/src/pages/works/SimpleWorkReading.tsx
@@ -683,7 +683,7 @@ export default function SimpleWorkReading() {
                     <h3 className="text-lg font-medium mb-4">Parallel View</h3>
                     <p className="text-muted-foreground mb-6">Select a second translation to enable parallel view</p>
                     
-                    {translations && translations.length > 0 && (
+                    {translations && translations.length > 0 ? (
                       <div className="flex flex-wrap justify-center gap-2 max-w-md mx-auto">
                         {translations
                           .filter(t => t.id !== selectedTranslationId)
@@ -700,6 +700,11 @@ export default function SimpleWorkReading() {
                           ))
                         }
                       </div>
+                    ) : (
+                      <div className="text-center">
+                        <p className="text-muted-foreground mb-4">No translations available for this work.</p>
+                        <p className="text-sm text-muted-foreground">Try another work or check back later as we add more translations.</p>
+                      </div>
                     )}
                   </div>
                 )}
diff --git a/server/storage.ts b/server/storage.ts
index 9bae22e..117ace5 100644
--- a/server/storage.ts
+++ b/server/storage.ts
@@ -529,6 +529,37 @@ export class MemStorage implements IStorage {
     this.addTagToWork(eugeneOnegin.id, novelTag.id);
     this.addTagToWork(eugeneOnegin.id, verseTag.id);
     
+    // Add translations for Eugene Onegin
+    const eugeneOneginEnglish = this.createTranslation({
+      workId: eugeneOnegin.id,
+      translatorId: translator.id,
+      language: "English",
+      year: 1964,
+      title: "Eugene Onegin (Nabokov Translation)",
+      content: "Sample content of Nabokov's English translation of Eugene Onegin...",
+      description: "Vladimir Nabokov's renowned literal translation that focuses on precision and accuracy at the expense of poetic form."
+    });
+    
+    const eugeneOneginModernEnglish = this.createTranslation({
+      workId: eugeneOnegin.id,
+      translatorId: scholar.id,
+      language: "English",
+      year: 2008,
+      title: "Eugene Onegin (Modern Translation)",
+      content: "Sample content of a modern English translation of Eugene Onegin...",
+      description: "A modern translation that attempts to balance accuracy with poetic rhythm and flow."
+    });
+    
+    const eugeneOneginFrench = this.createTranslation({
+      workId: eugeneOnegin.id,
+      translatorId: translator.id,
+      language: "French",
+      year: 1960,
+      title: "Eugène Onéguine",
+      content: "Sample content of French translation of Eugene Onegin...",
+      description: "A French translation that captures the spirit and elegance of Pushkin's original verse novel."
+    });
+    
     const bronzeHorseman = this.createWork({
       title: "The Bronze Horseman",
       slug: "the-bronze-horseman",