Karen B. Translated Language Challenge 2022 -2024

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I'm in for 2022.

Language Learner: Read translated books from 1-5 different languages
Translator: Read translated books from 6-10 different languages
Interpreter: Read translated books from 11-15 different languages
Linguist: Read translated books from 16-20 different languages
Polyglot: Read translated books from >20 different languages
Omniglot: Read translated books from >25 different languages

Languages I have read:
1. Spanish
2. Portuguese
3. Korean
4. German
5. Mandarin
6. Slovakian
7. Bo (an Indigenous language of the Great Andamanese family)
8. French
9. Italian
10. Polish
11. Kyrgyz
12. Bosnian
13. Russian
14. Ukrainian
15. Afrikaans
16. Ancient Greek


2023 list of languages read

1. Russian
2. Japanese

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1. Spanish: When We Cease to Understand the World by Benjamín Labatut translated by Adrian Nathan West

Zama by Antonio Di Benedetto, translated by Esther Allen, read 03/7/22

North to Paradise by Ousman Umar, translated by Kevin Kerry Dunn, read 7/20/22

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2. Korean Almond by Won-pyung Sohn (translated by Sandy Joosun Lee)

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3. German: Journey into the Past by Stefan Zweig (translated by Anthea Bell)

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4. Portuguese: São Bernardo by Graciliano Ramos (translated by Padma Viswanathan)

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Adding to message 2. Zama by Antonio Di Benedetto (translated by Esther Allen)

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5. Mandarin: A Single Swallow by Ling Zhang, translated by Shelly Bryant

This completes the Language Learner level

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6. Slovakian: Seeing People Off by Jana Beňová, translated by Janet Livingston

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7. Bo (an Indigenous language of the Great Andamanese family)Voices from the Lost Horizon: Stories and Songs of the Great Andamanese by Anvita Abbi. The narrative is written in English by Abbi. The stories and songs are written in Bo, then translated into English.

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8. French: In the Café of Lost Youth by Patrick Modiano, translated by Chris Clarke.

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9. Italian Trick by Domenico Starnone, translated by Jhumpa Lahiri

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10. The Books of Jacob by Olga Tokarczuk, translated by Jennifer Croft.

Finished Translator level

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11. Kyrgyzstan: The First Teacher by Chingiz Aitmatov, translated by James Riordan

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12. Bosnian: My Heart by Semezdin Mehmedinović, translated by Celia Hawkesworth

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13. Russian: Stalingrad by Vasily Grossman, Translated by Robert and Elizabeth Chandler

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14. Ukrainian: Sweet Darusya by Maria Matios, translated by Michael M. Naydan and Olha Tytarenko

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15.Afrikaans: Man Down byIrma Venter, Translated by Karin Schimke

Finished Interpreter Level.

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16. Ancient Greek: The Odyssey by Homer, translated by Emily WIlson

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New post for 2023. I will updating the first post to include 2023's languages.

1, Russian
2. Japanese
3. Swedish
4. Ancient Greek
5. German
6. Ukrainian

1. Russian Voices from Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster by Svetlana Alexievich, translated by Keith Gessen

2. Japanese Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami, translated by Philip Gabriel

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3. Swedish: A Man Called Ove
4. Ancient Greek: Prometheus Bound
5. German Jakob von Gunten

I finished Language Learner

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6. Ukrainian: Voices from Babyn Yar by Marianna Kiyanovska, translated by translated by Oksana Maksymchuk and Max Rosochinsky

7. Chinese: Waste Tide by Chen Qiufan, tranlated by Ken Liu

8. Korean: Violets by Shin Kyung-sook, translated by Anton Hur

9. French: The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas, translated by Robin Buss

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2024:

1. German: The Door-to-Door Bookstore by Carsten Henn, finished 01/10/24, translated by Melody Shaw.

2. Estonian: The Man Who Spoke Snakish by Andrus Kivirähk, translated by Christopher Moseley

3.Ukrainian:At a High Cost by Mykhailo Kotsiubynsky, translated by Nataliya Krynytaka, read 02/05/24

4. Hungarian: The End by Attila Bartis, translated by Judith Sollosy, read 02/11/24

5. Italian: If on a Winter's Night a Traveler by Italo Calvinotranslated by William Weaver, 02/29/24