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Language #1: SwedishFair Play by Tove Jansson.
It is interesting to note that although this author is from Finland, Swedish was her primary language and the one she used to write her books.
Original title: Rent spel
Translator: Thomas Teal
Current status: Language Learner
What is this challenge? Is it a group or individual?
Felicia wrote: "What is this challenge? Is it a group or individual?"Felicia, it is an individual challenge to see how many different languages of translated literature (translated to your native language) you read within a year. Here is a link to the challenge rules: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Language #2: LaoMother's Beloved: Stories from Laos by Outhine Bounyavong.
Original title: ແພງແມ່
Translator: Daniel Duffy
Current status: Language Learner 2/5
Language #3: Spanish: Facundo: or Civilization and Barbarism by Domingo Faustino Sarmiento.Original title: Facundo o civilización y barbarie en las pampas argentinas
Translators: Ilan Stavans, Mary Peabody Mann
Current status: Language Learner 3/5
Language #4: Ancient Greek: Lysistrata by Aristophanes.Original title: Λυσιστράτη
Translator: Douglass Parker
Current status: Language Learner 4/5
Language #5: Chinese (Mandarin): Half of Man Is Woman by Zhang Xianliang.Original title: 男人的一半是女人
Translator: Martha Avery
Current status: Language Learner 5/5
Language #6: Russian: The Enchanted Wanderer: Selected Tales by Nikolai Leskov.Original title: Очарованный странник
Translators: Richard Pevear, Larissa Volokhonsky
Current status: Translator 1/5
Total languages: 6
Language #7: Hebrew: One Night, Markovitch by Ayelet Gundar-Goshen.Original title: לילה אחד, מרקוביץ
Translator: Sondra Silverston
Current status: Translator 2/5
Total languages: 7
Language #8: Armenian: Poems of Yeghishe Charent by Yeghishe Charents.Original title: բանաստեղծություններ
Translator: Unknown
Current status: Translator 3/5
Total languages: 8
Language #9: German: The Afternoon of a Writer by Peter Handke.Original title: Nachmittag eines Schriftstellers
Translator: Ralph Manheim
Current status: Translator 4/5
Total languages: 9
Language #10: Pohnpeian: The Book Of Luelen by Luelen Bernart.Original title: The Book of Luelen
Translators: John L. Fischer, Saul H. Riesenberg, Marjorie G. Whiting
Current status: Translator 5/5
Total languages: 10
Language #11: French: Told by Starlight in Chad by Joseph Brahim Seid.Original title: Au Tchad sous les étoiles
Translator: Karen Haire Hoenig
Current status: Interpreter 1/5
Total languages: 11
Language #12: Japanese: 1Q84 by Haruki Murakami.Original title: ichi-kyū-hachi-yon
Translators: Jay Rubin, Philip Gabriel
Current status: Interpreter 2/5
Total languages: 12
Diane wrote: "Language #12: Japanese: 1Q84 by Haruki Murakami.Current status: Interpreter 2/5
Total languages: 12"
What did you think of 1Q84?
Karen wrote: "Diane wrote: "Language #12: Japanese: 1Q84 by Haruki Murakami.Current status: Interpreter 2/5
Total languages: 12"
What did you think of 1Q84?"
I liked it a lot. I had been avoiding it for years because of its length, but it didn't seem long at all.
Diane wrote: "Karen wrote: "Diane wrote: "Language #12: Japanese: 1Q84 by Haruki Murakami.Current status: Interpreter 2/5
Total languages: 12"
What did you think of 1Q84?"
I lik..."
If I had to choose a favorite Murakami, 1Q84 would be it.
Karen wrote: "Diane wrote: "Karen wrote: "Diane wrote: "Language #12: Japanese: 1Q84 by Haruki Murakami.Current status: Interpreter 2/5
Total languages: 12"
What did you think of..."
I liked it a lot. It is my favorite Murakami so far.
Language #13: Italian: The Castle of Crossed Destinies by Italo Calvino and The House by the Medlar Tree by Giovanni Verga.Original title (Calvino): Il castello dei destini incrociati
Translator (Calvino): William Weaver
Original title (Verga): I Malavoglia
Translator (Verga): Raymond Rosenthal
Current status: Interpreter 3/5
Total languages: 13
Language #14: Arabic: The Queue by Basma Abdel Aziz.Original title: الطابور
Translator: Elisabeth Jaquette
Current status: Interpreter 4/5
Total languages: 14
Language #15: Indonesian: The Question of Red by Laksmi Pamuntjak.Original title: Amba: Sebuah Novel
Translator: Laksmi Pamuntjak
Current status: Interpreter 5/5
Total languages: 15
Language #16: Dutch: The Garden Where the Brass Band Played by Simon Vestdijk.Original title: De koperen tuin
Translator: A. Brotherton
Current status: Linguist 1/5
Total languages: 16
Language #17: Hungarian: The Melancholy of Resistance by László Krasznahorkai.Original title: Az ellenállás melankóliája
Translator: George Szirtes
Current status: Linguist 2/5
Total languages: 17
Language #18: Croatian: As If I Am Not There by Slavenka Drakulić.Original title: Kao da me nema
Translator: Marko Ivic
Current status: Linguist 3/5
Total languages: 18
Language #19: Polish: This Way for the Gas, Ladies and Gentlemen by Tadeusz Borowski.Original title: Pożegnanie z Marią i inne opowiadania
Translator: Michael Kandel
Current status: Linguist 4/5
Total languages: 19
Language #20: Portuguese: The Book of Disquiet: The Complete Edition by Fernando Pessoa.Original title: Livro do Desassossego
Translator: Margaret Jull Costa
Current status: Linguist 5/5
Total languages: 20
Language #21: Turkish: My Grandmother: A Memoir by Fethiye Çetin.Original title: Anneannem
Translator: Maureen Freely
Current status: Polyglot
Total languages: 21
Language #22: Finnish: My First Murder by Leena Lehtolainen.Original title: Ensimmäinen murhani
Translator: Owen F. Witesman
Current status: Polyglot
Total languages: 22
Language #23: Albanian: Who Will Slay the Wolf: Poetry from Kosovo by Ali Podrimja.Original title: Unknown
Translator: Robert Elsie
Current status: Polyglot
Total languages: 23
Language # 24: Uzbek: The Devils' Dance by Hamid Ismailov.Original title: Jinlar bazmi, yoxud katta o'yin
Translators: Donald Rayfield, John Farndon
Current status: Polyglot
Total languages: 24
Language #25: Flemish: War and Turpentine by Stefan Hertmans.Original title: Oorlog en terpentijn
Translator: David McKay
Current status: Polyglot
Total languages: 25
Language #26: Punjabi: Pinjar: The Skeleton and Other Stories by Amrita Pritam.Original title: पिंजर
Translator: Khushwant Singh
Current status: Polyglot
Total languages: 26
Language #27: Bengali/Bangla: I Remember Abbu by Humayun Azad.Original title: আব্বুকে মনে পড়ে
Translator: Arunava Sinha
Current status: Polyglot
Total languages: 27
Language #28: Norwegian: The Wreath by Sigrid Undset.Original title: Kransen
Translator: Tiina Nunnally
Current status: Polyglot
Total languages: 28
Language #29: Danish: Karate Chop by Dorthe Nors.Original title: Kantslag
Translator: Martin Aitken
Current status: Polyglot
Total languages: 29
Language #30: Faroese: The Old Man and His Sons by Heðin Brú.Original title: Feðgar á ferð
Translator: John F. West
Current status: Polyglot
Total languages: 30
Language #31: Czech: Dancing Lessons for the Advanced in Age by Bohumil Hrabal.Original title: Taneční hodiny pro starší a pokročilé
Translator: Michael Henry Heim
Current status: Polyglot
Total languages: 31
Language #32: Korean: The Hen Who Dreamed She Could Fly by Sun-mi Hwang.Original title: 마당을 나온 암탉
Translator: Chi-Young Kim
Current status: Polyglot
Total languages: 32
Language #33: Macedonian: Remnants of Another Age by Nikola Madžirov.Original Title: остатоци од друга
Translators: Peggy Reid, Graham W. Reid, Magdalena Horvat, Adam Reed
Current status: Polyglot
Total languages: 33
Language #34: Slovenian: Alamut by Vladimir Bartol.Original Title: Alamut
Translator: Michael Biggins
Current status: Polyglot
Total languages: 34
Language #35: Thai: The Happiness of Kati by Jane Vejjajiva.Original Title: ความสุขของกะทิ
Translator: Prudence Borthwick
Current status: Polyglot
Total languages: 35
Language #36: Albanian: Negative Space by Luljeta Lleshanaku.Original Title: Unknown
Translator: Ani Gjika
Current status: Polyglot
Total languages: 36
Language #37: Romanian: The Life and Opinions of Zacharias Lichter by Matei Călinescu.Original Title: Viața și opiniile lui Zacharias Lichter
Translators: Norman Manea, Adriana Calinescu, and Breon Mitchell
Current status: Polyglot
Total languages: 37
Language #38: Slovak: Samko Tále's Cemetery Book by Daniela Kapitáňová.Original Title: Kniha o cintoríne
Translator: Julia Sherwood
Current status: Polyglot
Total languages: 38
Language #39: Taiwanese Mandarin: The Bear Whispers to Me by Chang Ying-Tai.Original title: 熊兒悄聲對我說
Translator: Darryl Sterk
Current status: Polyglot
Total languages: 39
Language #40: Serbian: The Book of Blam by Aleksandar Tišma.Original title: Knjiga o Blamu
Translator: Michael Henry Heim
Current status: Polyglot
Total languages: 40
Language #41: Latin: The Aeneid by Virgil.Original title: Æneis
Translator: Robert Fagles
Current status: Polyglot
Total languages: 41
Language #42: Greek (Modern Greek): The Murderess by Alexandros Papadiamantis.Original title: Η φόνισσα
Translator: Peter Levi
Current status: Polyglot
Total languages: 42
Around the World in 80 Books
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The Murderess (other topics)The Aeneid (other topics)
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