25.2 - Andy P's task: Hats off to Translators

[KSMary]

I think Suite Française by Irène Némirovsky was originally published in French for Book 1?

[Mindi]

Hi! I want to make sure this book is OK, since this is the exact edition I will be reading, and there isn't a lot of information on the Goodreads page. Verne wrote the original stories in French. Thanks!

Jules Verne Four Novels

[Andy]

Mindi wrote: "Hi! I want to make sure this book is OK, since this is the exact edition I will be reading, and there isn't a lot of information on the Goodreads page. Verne wrote the original stories in French...."
I'm sure that is ok, but to make it easy on the moderators if you could find this edition on Amazon or some other source that lists a translator and provide a link to that one as well as the copy you are reading it might make their job easier when they check your post.

[Andy]

KSMary wrote: "I think Suite Française by Irène Némirovsky was originally published in French for Book 1?"
The GoodReads link lists a translator which is all the information you need, so have at it.

[Book Concierge]

Please verify this qualifies for Book 1
The Old Man Who Read Love Stories
In the description it states "Translated by Peter Bush" - so I'm assuming it was originally written in Spanish.

[Andy]

Book Concierge wrote: "Please verify this qualifies for Book 1
The Old Man Who Read Love Stories
In the description it states "Translated by Peter Bush" - so I'm assuming it was originally written in Spanish."

If the edition you use does not indicate a translator, please provide an additional link to a site that does to make it easier for the moderators to confirm.

[Stephanie]

Confirmation please

The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho for Portuguese?

[Book Concierge]

Andy wrote: "Book Concierge wrote: "Please verify this qualifies for Book 1
The Old Man Who Read Love Stories
In the description it states "Translated by Peter Bush" - so I'm assuming it was origi..."

Andy .. not sure which edition will arrive from the library (though I know I am NOT planning to read it in Spanish ...)
Here's a link to the Amazon "hardcover" that clearly shows Peter Bush as the translator
http://www.amazon.com/Old-Man-Read-Lo...

The description for the Paperback edition on amazon indicates that it won Spain's Juan Tigre prize. Another indication it was written in Spanish.

[Mindi]

Andy wrote: "I'm sure that is ok, but to make it easy on the moderators if you could find this edition on Amazon or some other source that lists a translator and provide a link to that one as well as the copy you are reading it might make their job easier when they check your post.
"

Thanks, will do!

[Ms.soule]

Great task Andy! These are the books I've picked - are they okay?

Book A: The Baron in the Trees

Book B: On Justice, Power and Human Nature: Selections from The History of the Peloponnesian War

[Andy]

Looks good to me. Enjoy.
Andy

[Andy]

Book Concierge wrote: "Andy wrote: "Book Concierge wrote: "Please verify this qualifies for Book 1
The Old Man Who Read Love Stories
In the description it states "Translated by Peter Bush" - so I'm assuming..."
That should do it. Read on.
Andy

[Angel **Book Junkie**]

Can you please verify both Les Miserables(French) and The Girl Who Was the Little Bird (Japanese) also pls. verify no children on the main page. Thanks

[Christine]

Angel **Book Junkie** wrote: "Can you please verify both Les Miserables(French) and The Girl Who Was the Little Bird (Japanese) also pls. verify no children on the main page. Thanks"

Angel, the Les Mis version you linked to is a 48 page illustration version. Did you perhaps mean to link to this version? Les Misérables (I'm planning to use it also, so I would like a "no childrens" verification as well. Thanks!)

[Angel **Book Junkie**]

yeah I linked the wrong one

[Andy]

Angel **Book Junkie** wrote: "Can you please verify both Les Miserables(French) and The Girl Who Was the Little Bird (Japanese) also pls. verify no children on the main page. Thanks"
For the Les Mis Title, the book is ok, but the edition is not, and be sure and get the unabridged version, because I don't think abridged books are permitted (though you might check with a moderator to be sure). I doubt children's is an option since volume I of an unabridged version is over 500 pages.
As for the other, since there are no genre classifications, I can't really verify no children. I don't know how to deal with that one, so check with a moderator.

[Christine]

My concern is that GR users may shelve Les Mis as "children" since there are children as main characters and there is a child on the cover of some editions (although it is clearly not a book intended for children) which can create problems for challenge players if those errant genre shelves pop up on the book's main page because adult books do not appear in AR Bookfinder. I did see that SRC moderators have created a new thread for the Winter Challenge to create Children's genre "exemptions" for these types of situations when they occur, but it seems to easier to address it beforehand. I understand, though, that this might be more of a mod function than a task creator function, so I took it the genre verification thread. Thanks!

Angel, "no children's" has been verified for Les Mis in the genre verification thread here.

[Andy]

Christine wrote: "My concern is that GR users may shelve Les Mis as "children" since there are children as main characters and there is a child on the cover of some editions (although it is clearly not a book intend..."

so I assume Les Mis is goo to go , as for Angel's Japanese book better check with a moderator on that one as no genres are currently listed.

[Teresa Jo]

Please verify The Alchemist for Portuguese.
Thanks!

[Angel **Book Junkie**]

Andy wrote: "Angel **Book Junkie** wrote: "Can you please verify both Les Miserables(French) and The Girl Who Was the Little Bird (Japanese) also pls. verify no children on the..."

I had the wrong edition as for the Japanese version can you verify that the title is a Japanese book :) Thanks

[Angel **Book Junkie**]

Christine wrote: "My concern is that GR users may shelve Les Mis as "children" since there are children as main characters and there is a child on the cover of some editions (although it is clearly not a book intend..."

Thanks Christine..

[Victoria]

Are short story collections okay for this? (Sorry, it's my first challenge and I haven't noticed this question anywhere yet). I'm thinking about this for #2: Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman, translated from Japanese.

[Andy]

Victoria wrote: "Are short story collections okay for this? (Sorry, it's my first challenge and I haven't noticed this question anywhere yet). I'm thinking about this for #2: [book:Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman|9..."
That is fine. In general anthologies of short stories are fine as long as they meet the page requirement which if not specified (as it is not for this task) is 100 pages

[Andy]

Teresa Jo wrote: "Please verify The Alchemist for Portuguese.
Thanks!"

It works, of course, but you might add an additional link to a book where a translator is mentioned to make it easier on the moderators.

[Pia]

Andy wrote: "Teresa Jo wrote: "Please verify The Alchemist for Portuguese.
Thanks!"

It works, of course, but you might add an additional link to a book where a translator is mentioned to make it..."

I already added the translator for this book. I don't know why, but there's lots of info like this missing on Goodreads

[Andy]

Pia wrote: "Andy wrote: "Teresa Jo wrote: "Please verify The Alchemist for Portuguese.
Thanks!"

It works, of course, but you might add an additional link to a book where a translator is mention..."
As with every system there are plenty of flaws.

[KSMary]

Could you also approve Of Love and Shadows by Isabel Allende
GR mentions the original title in Spanish but not a translator

[Andy]

KSMary wrote: "Could you also approve Of Love and Shadows by Isabel Allende
GR mentions the original title in Spanish but not a translator"

Yes it works , but to be consistent, please provide an additional link to a copy that lists a translator .

[Robin (Saturndoo)]

Hi Andy!! Could I get this book approved for option 1 please Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress. Although it is set in China and the characters are Chinese, and the author is Chinese.... I read in the GR author profile that this was his first book and that he writes his books in French.

author profile

[KSMary]

Andy wrote: "KSMary wrote: "Could you also approve Of Love and Shadows by Isabel Allende
GR mentions the original title in Spanish but not a translator"

Yes it works , but to be cons..."

Thanks! I requested a GR librarian to add the translator to the GR page, so all should be good now.

[Fiona (Titch)]

Andy, can I read The Girl Who Played with Fire & The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest - Stieg Larsson?

[Andy]

Sorry, but those books were written in Swedish which is not on the list for book 2 or a romance language

[Fiona (Titch)]

Ok, thanks Andy x

[Fiona (Titch)]

Can my book 2 be Crime and Punishment as it was written in Russian originally and now is in English?

[Robin (Saturndoo)]

Hi Andy...I think you may have missed my post#79. Will that book work?

[Book Concierge]

♥Robin ♥ wrote: "Hi Andy!! Could I get this book approved for option 1 please Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress. Although it is set in China and the characters are Chinese, and the author is Ch..."

I LOVE this book! And yes, it was originally written in French...

[Andy]

♥Robin ♥ wrote: "Hi Andy!! Could I get this book approved for option 1 please Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress. Although it is set in China and the characters are Chinese, and the author is Ch..."

Yes, that is fine

[Andy]

Fiona (Titch) wrote: "Can my book 2 be Crime and Punishment as it was written in Russian originally and now is in English?"

Yes that works for option 2

[Robin (Saturndoo)]

Andy wrote: "♥Robin ♥ wrote: "Hi Andy!! Could I get this book approved for option 1 please Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress. Although it is set in China and the characters are Chinese, and..."

Thanks :)

[Robin (Saturndoo)]

Book Concierge wrote: "♥Robin ♥ wrote: "Hi Andy!! Could I get this book approved for option 1 please Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress. Although it is set in China and the characters are Chinese, and..."

Thanks Book Concierge :) I have started it already and I really really like!!!!

[♞ Pat]

I read it last season, and I really enjoyed it!

[Book Concierge]

♥Robin ♥ wrote: "Book Concierge wrote: "♥Robin ♥ wrote: "Hi Andy!! Could I get this book approved for option 1 please Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress. Although it is set in China and the char..."

I may have to re-read this one for this challenge!

[Claire]

Book 1: Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert (originally French)

Book 2: The Odyssey by Homer

[Andy]

Claire wrote: "Book 1: Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert (originally French)

Book 2: The Odyssey by Homer"

Both books are fine.
Happy Reading.

[Dee]

Whelp glad j double checked - grabbed a book translated from Arabic today thinking that would work but alas not

[Andy]

Dee wrote: "Whelp glad j double checked - grabbed a book translated from Arabic today thinking that would work but alas not"

Sorry, I had to limit the languages for the second book because it made it too complicated for the moderators.