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Cheryl's Translated Language Challenge 2019
Language #1: SerbianGlobetrotter by David Albahari.
Translated from the Serbian by Ellen Elias-Bursać.
I highly recommend this book and have posted a very brief review
Language #2: KoreanThe Accusation: Forbidden Stories from Inside North Korea by Bandi.
Translated from the Korean by Deborah Smith.
Language #3: HungarianPlease Sir! by Frigyes Karinthy.
Translated from the Hungarian by István Farkas
Language #4: SpanishThe Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón.
Translated from the Spanish by Lucia Graves.
Language #5: RussianThe Girl from the Metropol Hotel: Growing Up in Communist Russia by Ludmilla Petrushevskaya.
Translated from the Russian by Anna Summers.
Another book translated from Russian!Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky.
Translated from the Russian by Constance Garnett
Could anyone recommend a good beginner book I can read in German? Danke schön 🙏🏼
Another book translated from the Russian!Final Meeting: Selected Poetry of Anna Akhmatova by Anna Akhmatova
Translated from the Russian by Andrey Kneller
Another book translated from the Russian.Heart of a Dog by Mikhail Bulgakov
Translated from the Russian by Mirra Ginsburg
Another book translated from the Spanish.Palm Trees in the Snow by Luz Gabás
Translated from the Spanish by Noel Hughes
Another book translated from the Russian.Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak.
Translated from the Russian by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky
Language #9: PortugueseThe Ultimate Tragedy by Abdulai Sila
Translated from the Portuguese by Jethro Soutar
Another book translated from the KoreanThe Hole by Hye-Young Pyun
Translated from the Korean by Sora Kim-Russell
Language #10: ArabicFrankenstein in Baghdad by Ahmed Saadawi
Translated from the Arabic by Jonathan Wright
Language #11: BulgarianEast in Eden by Izabela Shopova
Translated from the Bulgarian by Christopher Buxton
Another book translated from the FrenchI Remember Beirut by Zeina Abirached
Translated from the French by Edward Gauvin
Another book translated from the RussianThe Big Green Tent by Lyudmila Ulitskaya. Translated from the Russian by Bela Shayevich
Language #14: ItalianPereira Declares: A Testimony - Antonio Tabucchi.
Translated from the Italian by Patrick Creagh
Language #15: GeorgianA Man Was Going Down the Road by Otar Chiladze
Translated from the Georgian by Donald Rayfield
Another book translated from the ItalianMy Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante
Translated from the Italian by Ann Goldstein
Another book translated from the French:The Last Brother by Nathacha Appanah
Translated from the French by Geoffrey Strachan
Another book translated from the French:Aya by Marguerite Abouet and Clément Oubrerie
Translated from the French by Helge Dascher
Cheryl wrote: "Language #5: RussianThe Girl from the Metropol Hotel: Growing Up in Communist Russia by Ludmilla Petrushevskaya.
Recently I Have read short story "Queen Lear" from her in translation to Serbian. It is not bad, and I am currently reading "MAgellan and FoucHe" by Zweig which is much better.
Jovan wrote: "Cheryl wrote: "Language #5: RussianThe Girl from the Metropol Hotel: Growing Up in Communist Russia by Ludmilla Petrushevskaya.
Recently I Have read short story "Queen Lear" from..."
Cheryl wrote: "Jovan wrote: "Cheryl wrote: "Language #5: RussianThe Girl from the Metropol Hotel: Growing Up in Communist Russia by Ludmilla Petrushevskaya.
Recently I Have read short story "Qu..."
Hello Jovan
I read 'Beware of Pity' by Zweig recently and loved it!
I will check it out, because I have his entire works in 6 books left from mine late grandfather.Few zears ago I have read "Maria Stewart" from Zweig and it is truly a goodread. Enjoy the summer.
Jovan wrote: "I will check it out, because I have his entire works in 6 books left from mine late grandfather.Few zears ago I have read "Maria Stewart" from Zweig and it is truly a goodread. Enjoy the summer."
Thanks Jovan! I will check out some other books by Zweig.
Enjoy the Summer too!
Language #17 MalteseChildren Come By Ship. A Novel from Malta by Oliver Friggieri
Translated from the Maltese by Marina Lowell
Language #18 AlbanianThe Country Where No One Ever Dies by Ornela Vorpsi
Translated from the Albanian by Robert Elsie and Janice Mathie-Heck
Another book translated from the Spanish:Fever Dream by Samanta Schweblin
Translated from the Spanish by Megan McDowell
Another book translated from the Spanish:Chronicle of San Gabriel by Julio Ramón Ribeyro
Translated from the Spanish by John Penuel
Language #20 IcelandicLast Rituals by Yrsa Sigurðardóttir
Translated from the Icelandic by Bernard Scudder
Another book translated from the Chinese:The Borrowed by Chan Ho-Kei
Translated from the Chinese by Jeremy Tiang
Another book translated from the Spanish:Maya's Notebook by Isabel Allende
Translated from the Spanish by Anne McLean
Croatian-Bosnian-Serbian - I'm not going to count this a new language as I have already listed Serbian.The Culture of Lies: Antipolitical Essays by Dubravka Ugrešić
Translated from the Croatian-Bosnian-Serbian* by Celia Hawkesworth
* The name of the language as suggested by the author.
You are right about that , especially since Bosnian isn‚t a nation and not even close to distinctive language. Main differenties among Serbian nad Croatian are placement of comas and othr puncuation signs, to make a joke as I know it first hand.It is like Arizona, Manitoba nad Iowa should proclaimed its nationality and subsequently own language or the other way around.
Another book translated from the PortugueseSleepwalking Land by Mia Couto
Translated from the Portuguese by David Brookshaw
Another book translated from the RussianCancer Ward by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Translated from the Russian by Nicholas Bethell and David Burg
Another book translated from the RussianOne Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Translated from the Russian by H. T. Willetts
Language #23 NorwegianThe Ice Palace by Tarjei Vesaas
Translated from the Norwegian by Elizabeth Rokkan
Around the World in 80 Books
Books mentioned in this topic
Pereira Declares: A Testimony (other topics)The Culture of Lies: Antipolitical Essays (other topics)
Aya (other topics)
Nostalgia (other topics)
Sleepwalking Land (other topics)
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Goal: Polyglot: Read books translated into English from >20 languages
Summary to date - 23 languages:
1. Serbian: Globetrotter
2. Korean: The Accusation: Forbidden Stories from Inside North Korea; The Hole
3. Hungarian: Please Sir!
4. Spanish: The Shadow of the Wind; Palm Trees in the Snow; Fever Dream; Chronicle of San Gabriel; Maya's Notebook
5. Russian: The Girl from the Metropol Hotel: Growing Up in Communist Russia; Crime and Punishment; Final Meeting: Selected Poetry of Anna Akhmatova; Heart of a Dog; Doctor Zhivago; The Big Green Tent; Cancer Ward; One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich; Chernobyl Prayer: A Chronicle of the Future
6. Montenegrin: The Son
7. Swedish: German Autumn
8. French: Her Father's Daughter; The Last Brother; Aya
9. Portuguese: The Ultimate Tragedy; Sleepwalking Land
10. Arabic: Frankenstein in Baghdad
11. Bulgarian: East in Eden
12. Bengali: I Remember Abbu
13. Polish: Nobody Leaves
14. Italian: Pereira Declares: A Testimony; My Brilliant Friend
15. Georgian: A Man Was Going Down the Road
16. German: Beware of Pity
17. Maltese: Children Come By Ship. A Novel from Malta
18. Albanian: The Country Where No One Ever Dies
19. Finnish: The Healer
20. Icelandic Last Rituals
21. Chinese: Notes of a Crocodile; The Borrowed
22. Romanian: Nostalgia
23. Norwegian: The Ice Palace
Not counted as a separate language:
Croatian-Bosnian-Serbian: The Culture of Lies: Antipolitical Essays