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message 1: by Calzean (last edited Oct 04, 2020 07:15PM) (new)

Calzean | 749 comments Last year I did books translated to English from 28 languages and read 70 translated works. 2020 restarts the counter and I would be happy to reach the same numbers, although I am aiming higher.
Translated languages read so far:
1. Spanish
2. Russian
3. Arabic
4. Croatian
5. Greek
6. French
7. Japanese
8. German
9. Italian
10. Lithuanian
11. Portuguese
12. Dutch
13. Hebrew
14. Mandarin
15. Polish
16. Norwegian
17. Danish
18. Hungarian
19. Turkish
20. Vietnamese
21. Swedish
22. Albanian
23. Afrikanner
24. Korean
25. Gikuyu
26. Icelandic
27. Finnish


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Calzean | 749 comments From Kuwait (in Arabic):
3. Mama Hissa's Mice by Saud Alsanousi


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Calzean | 749 comments From Algiers (in French):
7. The Stranger by Albert Camus
80. A Bookshop in Algiers by Kaouther Adimi


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Calzean | 749 comments 19. From Mozambique (translated from Portuguese):
The First Wife: A Tale of Polygamy ofPaulina Chiziane


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Calzean | 749 comments From Iraq (in Arabic):
21. Daughter of the Tigris by Muhsin Al-Ramli


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Calzean | 749 comments From Israel (Hebrew):
24. Fly Already by Etgar Keret
39. Lineup by Liad Shoham


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Calzean | 749 comments From New Zealand (Mandarin):
25. Dry Milk by Huo Yan


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Calzean | 749 comments From Venezuela (Spanish):
27. It Would Be Night in Caracas by Karina Sainz Borgo


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Calzean | 749 comments From Oman (in Arabic):
30. Celestial Bodies by Jokha Alharthi


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Calzean | 749 comments From Brazil (in Portuguese):
32. The Sun on My Head by Geovani Martins
52. Amora: Stories by Natalia Borges Polesso


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Calzean | 749 comments From Cuba
33. Pig's Foot by Carlos Acosta


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Calzean | 749 comments From Denmark (set in Greenland):
36. Cold Fear by Mads Peder Nordbo


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Calzean | 749 comments From Mauritius (in French):
37. The Prospector by J.M.G. Le Clézio


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Calzean | 749 comments From Iran (in French)
43. Disoriental by Négar Djavadi


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Calzean | 749 comments From Hungary
46. Abigail by Magda Szabó


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Calzean | 749 comments From Hong Kong
48. Second Sister by Chan Ho-Kei


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Calzean | 749 comments From Argentina
49. Mouthful of Birds by Samanta Schweblin


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Calzean | 749 comments From Finland (in Swedish):
53. The True Deceiver by Tove Jansson


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Calzean | 749 comments From China:
54. China Dream by Ma Jian


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Calzean | 749 comments From Albania:
55. The Doll by Ismail Kadare


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Calzean | 749 comments From South Africa (in Afrikaner):
56. Weeping Waters by Karin Brynard
70. Man Down (Rogue, #2) by Irma Venter


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Calzean | 749 comments From Senegal (in French):
58. At Night All Blood Is Black: A Novel by David Diop


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Calzean | 749 comments From South Korea:
63. The Dog Who Dared to Dream by Sun-mi Hwang


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Calzean | 749 comments From Armenia (in Russian):
66. Three Apples Fell from the Sky by Narine Abgaryan


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Calzean | 749 comments From Republic of the Congo (in French):
71. The Death of Comrade President by Alain Mabanckou


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Calzean | 749 comments From Iceland:
76. The Darkness by Ragnar Jónasson


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Calzean | 749 comments From Finland:
77. Little Siberia by Antti Tuomainen


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