Cheryl's Translated Language Challenge 2020

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I've really enjoyed reading the translated language challenge in 2019, and I'm looking forward to participating again in 2020.

I'm not going to select a level in advance, I will just be intentional about including translated literature in my reading.

Current level: Interpreter (books translated from 11-15 languages)
13 languages

1. Arabic: Palace Walk; Palace of Desire; Sugar Street
2. Bosnian-Croatian-Montenegrin-Serbian: Bait (Serbian)
3. Korean: Human Acts
4. Russian: Omon Ra; The Suitcase; Pushkin's Children: Writing on Russia and Russians; Pushkin Hills; Little Golden America; Fantasy: The Master and Margarita; Russian Folk-Tales
5. Japanese: The Nakano Thrift Shop; Convenience Store Woman
6. Thai: Bright
7. Hebrew: A Tale of Love and Darkness
8. French: Xala
9. Spanish: Human Matter: A Fiction
10. Hungarian: The Door
11. Swedish: Fair Play
12. Polish: Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead
13. Belarusian: Alpine Ballad

See https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/... for a log of translated books I have read since the beginning of 2018.

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1. Arabic

Palace Walk by Naguib Mahfouz
Translated from the Arabic by William Maynard Hutchins and Olive E. Kenny

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2. Bosnian-Croatian-Montenegrin-Serbian

Bait by David Albahari
Translated from the Serbian by Peter Agnone

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Another book translated from the Arabic

Palace of Desire by Naguib Mahfouz
Translated from the Arabic by William Maynard Hutchins, Lorne M. Kenny, and Olive E. Kenny

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Another book translated from the Arabic

Sugar Street by Naguib Mahfouz
Translated from the Arabic by William Maynard Hutchins and Angele Botros Samaan

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3. Korean

Human Acts by Han Kang
Translated from the Korean by Deborah Smith

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4. Russian

Omon Ra by Victor Pelevin
Translated from the Russian by Andrew Bromfield

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5. Japanese

The Nakano Thrift Shop by Hiromi Kawakami
Translated from the Japanese by Allison Markin Powell

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6. Thai

Bright by Duanwad Pimwana
Translated from the Thai by Mui Poopoksakul

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7. Hebrew

A Tale of Love and Darkness by Amos Oz
Translated from the Hebrew by Nicholas de Lange

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8. French

Xala by Ousmane Sembène
Translated from the French. Translator's name not given.

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9. Spanish

Human Matter: A Fiction by Rodrigo Rey Rosa
Translated from the Spanish by Eduardo Aparicio

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I'm belatedly logging another book translated from the Russian, which I finished on Jul 23, 2020.

The Suitcase by Sergei Dovlatov
Translated from the Russian by Antonina W. Bouis

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Another book translated from the Japanese

Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata
Translated from the Japanese by Ginny Tapley Takemori

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10. Hungarian

The Door by Magda Szabó
Translated from the Hungarian by Len Rix

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11. Swedish

Fair Play by Tove Jansson
Translated from the Swedish by Thomas Teal

I've reached Interpreter level (11-15 languages)

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Another book translated from the French

Disoriental by Négar Djavadi
Translated from the French by Tina Kover

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12. Polish

Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk
Translated from the Polish by Antonia Lloyd-Jones

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Another book translated from the Russian

Pushkin's Children: Writing on Russia and Russians by Tatyana Tolstaya
Translated from the Russian by Jamey Gambrell

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Another book translated from the Russian

Pushkin Hills by Sergei Dovlatov
Translated from the Russian by Katherine Dovlatov

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13. Belarusian

Alpine Ballad by Vasil Bykaŭ
Translated from the Belarusian by Mikalai Khilo

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Another book translated from the Russian

Little Golden America by Ilya Ilf and Yevgeny Petrov
Translated from the Russian by Charles Malamuth

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Another book translated from the Russian

The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov
Translated from the Russian by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky

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Another book translated from the Russian

Russian Folk-Tales by Alexander Nikolaevich Afanasyev
Translated from the Russian by Leonard A. Magnus