Around the World Through Language - 2017

[Tracye]

Put me down for 6 please

[Cassandra]

Welcome everyone!

Tulika, generally we ask for everyone to set a goal at the beginning. That doesn't mean you can't change it later and you don't need to select your languages right now.

[Elina]

I'll try 8.

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1. English: James Dashner - Poltettu maa READ
2. Germany: ? - Lucian
3. French: Jules Verne - Maailman ympäri 80 päivässä
4. Estonian
5. Swedish: Pia Hagmar - Klara ja unelmien hevonen
6. Russian (I don't know about this...)
7. Norwegian: ? - Salamanterin arvoitus
8. Icelandic: ? - Räme

My own language is Finnish, don't be confused.

[Voracious_reader]

I'd like to join and set my goal as 5.

1. Little Bird (French)
2. Anna's Heaven (Norwegian)
3. The Story of the Root Children (German)

Completed 3/5

[Voracious_reader]

Kristin wrote: "Lisa (Likenbooks) wrote: "Kristin wrote: "Another resource! 21 of the Best New Novels Translated into English

https://www.pastemagazine.com/article..."

This ..."

Thank you!

[Jenn]

I am going to try for seven books. This is a tentative list of the books I plan to read it could change depending on if I’m able to find them.

1. Dutch: A Handbook of Angels (Owned) X
2. French: Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea X
3. Brazil (Portuguese): The Alchemist (Owned) X
4. German: Inkheart (Owned) X
5. Korean: The Vegetarian X
6. Yiddish: Night (The Night Trilogy #1) X
7. Swedish: Pippi Longstocking X

Completed 7/7

[Siegwalt]

I'm in for 5 languages!


1. Russian – Ein Heiratsantrag Scherz in einem Aufzug
2. English – A Dog's Tale
3. Hungarian – Katastrophen der Erdgeschichte – globales Artensterben?
4. French – Sexualität und Wahrheit 1. Der Wille zum Wissen
5. Swedish – Christuslegenden

Completed: 5/5
Puh, that was close (finished no. 5 on 31st of December …)

[Kadijah Michelle]

I would like to try for 5 please!

1. Dutch - The Diary of a Young Girl
2. French - The Count of Monte Cristo
3. Swedish - A Man Called Ove
4. Portuguese - The Alchemist

[Cassandra]

Welcome to the challenge, everyone!

[Jae]

I'd love to join this challenge! Please put me down for 20.

[Fr. Andrew]

I will do ten, thanks!

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[Ecem]

I'm in for 11 books Cassandra!

1. English
2. French
3. Russian
4. Japanese
5. Chinese
6. Korean
7. Greek
8. German
9. Swedish
10. Spanish
11. Turkish

[alsmilesalot]

This challenge couldn't align more perfectly with my goal to read more broadly! I'm aiming for 6 books for this challenge (1 every other month) but will be interested to see where this leads.
I look forward to learning about what others read. For now, my proposed books (subject to change) are:

Russian: The Master and Margarita
Korean: The Vegetarian
Japanese: Norwegian Wood
Finnish: The Summer Book
Hungarian: The Door
Japanese: Memoirs of a Polar Bear

[Mie]

Update - 1/10
✅ 9. English - Dracula ⭐️⭐️⭐️

[Olivia]

I've never participated in a challenge before, but I love this topic and I would like to give it a try! I hope to read more than 5, but I am surprised by how hard it is to acquire translated books second hand in my home town. Maybe if I am able I will expand this list later on :)

1. 1Q84 (Japanese)
2. The Girl in the Spider's Web (Swedish)
3. Anna Karenina (Russian)
4. The Diary of a Young Girl (Dutch)
5. The Metamorphosis (German)

[Imbunche]

I would like to join for 5 books.

[Cassandra]

Welcome to the challenge, everyone! Super excited to see what you all read. :)

Congratulations on your first book of the challenge, Mie!

[Caro]

I like this one. I will do the books translated to English or Spanish.

For this please add me for 10. I am plan to read more in Spanish and that covers South America and Spain.... Many countries, one language.

[Cynthia]

Interesting challenge. Since most literature is readily available translated into English, we tend to overlook or forget the nationality of the authors, and yet I find that since leaving college I've sadly neglected a lot of good international writers. Some of these I've been meaning to read and never got around to, so this provides a little incentive. :D I'll start with 5 and see where I get this year.

0/5 complete

1. French: The Little Prince
2. Swedish: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
3. Italian: The Name of the Rose
4. Spanish: One Hundred Years of Solitude
5. Japanese: 1Q84

[Tracye]

Ok, either I typed this out already and forgot to post it, or I did it wrong..LOL here are my books for this challenge and yes, I ended up with more than 6!!

1. The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco
2. The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Franke
3. This Way for the Gas, Ladies and Gentlemen by Tadeusz Borowski
4. Ruby Red by Kerstin Gier
5. Inkheart by Cornelia Funke
6. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
7. The Keeper of Lost Causes by Jussi Adler

[Jae]

1/20
Seeing Red by Lina Meruane.
This is a brutally honest examination of illness and personal loss. Took my breath away!

[Nicole]

I'm in for 5!

[Janine]

Read my first translated book of the year! 1/6

1) Swedish - Britt-Marie Was Here

[Cheri]

Update: 1/5
Kitchen by Banana Yoshimoto (4 stars)
Translated from the Japanese by Megan Backus

[Meaghan]

Put me down for 10 please

[Amanda]

I have a question. I'm planning to read A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen. He was a Norwegian playwright but he wrote in Danish as that was the written language of the time in Norway and Denmark. Can anyone clarify which language I should use for this challenge?

[Melanie]

I think I'm going to try for 8 - not sure which ones yet, but we shall see!

[Meaghan]

Amanda wrote: "I have a question. I'm planning to read A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen. He was a Norwegian playwright but he wrote in Danish as that was the written language of the time in Norway and Denmark. Can ..."

I would put it down for Danish since that was the language it was translated from.

[Christine]

I'm joining this challenge, and aim for 10 books. Not sure what I'll read, but one of them will be Maidenhair by Mikhail Shishkin.

I thought I'd share a couple resources for those interested in literature in translation to English:

-a great resource is Three Percent blog, out of the University of Rochester: http://www.rochester.edu/college/tran...

-Deep Vellum (http://deepvellum.org/) publishes literature in English translation from various languages. I've found many excellent books through my public library by narrowing my search to holdings from this publisher.

Good luck to all on the challenge! Looking forward to your suggestions and reviews!

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[Nik]

Thank you for the resources, Christine!

I also found some Listopia lists:
- Foreign Books Translated to English (I don't much care for the use of the word "foreign," but I reckon that doesn't mean the list itself is bad. =) )
- Japanese Mystery/Detective/Crime Fiction Translated Into English
- Favourite Translated Literature

[Amanda]

Thanks Meaghan. Danish it is :)

[Cassandra]

Amanda, it's really up to you for whatever you think fits best, but Danish sounds right to me.

Welcome to the challenge, everyone who has joined recently.

Congratulations to Jae, Janine, and Cheri for reading their first book of the challenge!

[Cosmic]

Sign me up for 5 please.


India: Autobiography of a Yogi

Russian: Heart of a Dog

Algeria: The Plague

French: The Phantom of the Opera

German: The Original Folk and Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm

[Clare]

Updated message 72

1/5

First book completed: The Reason I Jump: The Inner Voice of a Thirteen-Year-Old Boy with Autism translated from Japanese

[Lynn]

I've finished my first book (1/10) and updated Message 14

✔ ~ Japanese - The Graveyard Apartment: A Novel -- 01/07/17

[Jane]

Updated message 62.

1/10

French: The Vagabond by Colette - 4 stars

[Laurie]

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1/5 read

1. One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez (Spanish)

[Cheri]

Update: 2/5
Language: Icelandic
The Greenhouse by Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir (4 stars)

[Cindy III]

I'm in for 8

1. The Little Prince June 9
2. All Quiet on the Western Front June -

[Diana]

update:

3/10.

1. Nigeria: We Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
2. Teheran: Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare
3. USA: Anotimpul regasirii by Sarah Jio

[Cassandra]

Awesome start, everyone! Have you enjoyed your first translated books of the year?

Welcome Cindy and Cosmic. :)

[Meagan]

I'd love to join for 10 books please!

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[Tytti]

Olivia wrote: 4. The Diary of a Young Girl (German)"

Anne lived most of her life in the Netherlands so she wrote in Dutch.

[Olivia]

Tytti wrote: "Olivia wrote: 4. The Diary of a Young Girl (German)"

Anne lived most of her life in the Netherlands so she wrote in Dutch."

Thanks for catching that Tytti! One should never try to write one thing while thinking about something else at the same time. I was thinking that I was going to read it in german and accidentally wrote German instead of Dutch. German is my second language and I have a copy of Anne Frank's diary in German that I have never had a chance to read. I'll go back and correct the original comment later :)

[Amanda]

Updated #9

1. Russian Family Happiness by Leo Tolstoy Completed 6/01/17 Rating 3 stars

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[Cassandra]

Welcome Meagan!

[Ligia]

I am in for 15, excited!

[Chema]

I'm in for 12, let's say one a month!

[Chrissy]

Fun! I will join and try for five. :)

German: Inkheart

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[Marina]

Update post #87

Spanish: The Shadow of the Wind
English: A Monster Calls

Total: 2/5