2015 Books in Translation Reading Challenge

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As a translator myself (from English to French), why on earth have I never done this Reading Challenge?
So shooting this year for the Linguist Level = 10-12

  1. Cognac Conspiracies, by Alaux and Balen (French)
  2. By Night the Mountain Burns, by Juan Tomas Avila Laurel (Spanish)
  3. The Ravens, by Tomas Bannerhed (Swedish)
  4. Mayhem in Margaux, by Jean-Pierre Alaux and Noel Balen (French)
  5. The End of Days, by Jenny Erpenbeck (German)
  6. Look Who’s Back, by Timur Vermes (German)
  7. George’s Grand Tour, by Caroline Vermalle (French)
  8. Suspended Sentences, by Patrick Modiano (French)
  9. The Travels of Daniel Ascher, by Déborah Lévy-Bertherat (French)
  10. The Room, by Jonas Karlsson (Swedish)
  11. The Collector, by Anne-Laure Thiéblemont (French)
  12. Montmartre Mysteries, by Jean-Pierre Alaux and Noel Balen (French)
  13. In A Grove,  by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa (Japanese)
  14. Rashoumon, Ryūnosuke Akutagawa (Japanese)
  15. The 6:41 to Paris, by Jean-Philippe Blondel (French)
  16. Sagan, Paris 1954, by Anne Berest (French)
  17. The Lady Agnès Mystery, vol 1, by Andrea Japp
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26 thoughts on “2015 Books in Translation Reading Challenge”

  1. I’m also joining, but more modestly (6 books). I’ve also already read one (The Snowman by Jo Nesbo, Norwegian) and am currently reading another (We, the Drowned by Carsten Jensen, Danish). It’s a good start!

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  2. Looking forward for other contributions. Still in a lookout for a good translated book. There are a lot of professionally translated books that one just can’t seem to decide which one to pick from the shelves, but at least there are those who are willing to expand (or renew) their language vocabulary and check out books in different languages.

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    • there are tones of great books translated every year [see the threepercent site if you want a huge database for books to be published in 2015), I’m actually also a professional translation myself, so I like reading books in another language or in translation

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