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I haven’t participated in this challenge for several years.
So far, as I prepare this post, I have read 17 books in translation in 2020 (plus 28 books in French), so this is not really a challenge. I’m joining more for the social aspect and connecting with other readers of world literature.
So am shooting for the Linguist Level = 10+, I wish there were a higher level.
SO I HAVE ACTUALLY DECIDED TO CHALLENGE MYSELF TO 20 BOOKS

I will be updating the list here as I go along.
I start the year with the Japanese Literature Challenge, so by the end of March, I should already have read 9 books in translation.

The links will send you to my review

1. The Book of Psalms
   translated from the Hebrew
   audiobook finished on 1/6/21
2. The Sound of Waves, by Yukio Mishima
   translated from the Japanese
   by Meredith Weatherby
   finished on 1/16/21
3. Some Prefer Nettles, by Junichiro Tanizaki
   translated from the Japanese
   by Edward G. Seidensticker
   finished on 1/22/21
4. The Book of Job
   translated from the Hebrew
   audiobook finished on 1/23/21
5. N.P., by Banana Yoshimoto
   translated from the Japanese
   by Ann Sherif
   finished on 1/25/2021
6. In Praise of Shadows, by Junichiro Tanizaki
   translated from the Japanese
   by Edward G. Seidensticker
   and Thomas J. Harper
   finished on 2/4/21
7. The Book of Proverbs
   translated from the Hebrew
   audiobook finished on 2/8/21
8.  A Cat, a Man, and Two Women, by Junichirō Tanizaki
   translated from the Japanese by Paul McCarthy
   finished on 2/9/21
9. The Half-Finished Heaven, by Tomas Tranströmer
   translated from the Swedish
   by Robert Bly
   finished on 2/13/21
10. Dans l’œil du démon / Devils in Daylight, by Junichirō Tanizaki
    translated from the Japanese into French by Patrick Honoré and Ryoko Sekiguchi
    finished on 2/13/21
11. The Book of Ecclesiastes
    translated from the Hebrew
    audiobook finished on 2/27/21
12. The Book of the Song of Songs
    translated from the Hebrew
    audiobook finished on 3/1/21
13. The Book of Wisdom
    translated from the Greek
    audiobook finished on 3/1/21
14. Kusamakura, by Natsume Sōseki
    translated from the Japanese. by Meredith Weatherby
    finished on 3/5/21
15. The Book of Sirach
    translated from the Greek
    audiobook finished on 3/8/21
16. The Book of Hosea
    translated from the Hebrew
    audiobook finished on 3/13/21
17. The Book of Amos
    translated from the Hebrew
    audiobook finished on 3/13/21
18. Le Mineur, by Natsume Sōseki
    translated from the Japanese into French by Hélène Morita
    finished on 3/20/21
19. Before the Coffee Gets Cold, by Toshikazu Kawaguchi
    translated from the Japanese by Geoffrey Trousselot
    finished on 3/21/21
20. To the Spring Equinox and Beyond, by Natsume Sōseki
    translated from the Japanese by Kingo Ochiai and Sanford M. Goldstein
    finished on 3/29/21
21. The Black Lizard and Beast in the Shadows, by Edogawa Rampo
    translated from the Japanese by Ian Hughes
    finished on 3/30/21
22. The Book of Micah
    translated from the Hebrew
    audiobook finished on 4/4/21
23. The Book of Joel
    translated from the Hebrew
    audiobook finished on 4/4/21
24. The Book of Obadiah
    translated from the Hebrew
    audiobook finished on 4/4/21
25. The Book of Jonah
    translated from the Hebrew
    audiobook finished on 4/4/21
26. The Book of Nahum
    translated from the Hebrew
    audiobook finished on 4/5/21
27. The Book of Habakkuk
    translated from the Hebrew
    audiobook finished on 4/5/21
28. The Book of Zephaniah
    translated from the Hebrew
    audiobook finished on 4/5/21
29. The Book of Haggai
    translated from the Hebrew
    audiobook finished on 4/5/21
30. The Swedish Cavalier, by Leo Perutz
    translated from the German by John Brownjohn
    finished on 4/6/21
31. The Old Capital, by Yasunari Kawabata
    translated from the Japanese
    finished on 4/22/21
32. First Person Singular, by Haruki Murakami,
    translated from the Japanese
    finished on 4/28/21
33. The Book of Zechariah
    translated from the Hebrew
    audiobook finished on 5/10/21
34. The Book of Malachi
    translated from the Hebrew
    audiobook finished on 5/10/21
35. The Book of Isaiah
    translated from the Hebrew
    audiobook finished on 5/13/21
36. People Like Them, by Samira Sedira
    translated from the French
    finished on 5/16/21
37. The Book of Jeremiah
    translated from the Hebrew
    audiobook finished on 5/24/21
38. Flight of the Raven, by Jean-Pierre Gibrat
    translated from the French
    finished on 5/31/21
39. The Book of Baruch
    translated from the Hebrew
    audiobook finished on 6/11/21
40. The Book of Lamentations
    translated from the Hebrew
    audiobook finished on 6/12/21
41. The Book of Ezekiel
    translated from the Hebrew
    audiobook finished on 6/24/21
42. The Book of Daniel
    translated from the Hebrew
    audiobook finished on 6/26/21
43. The Apothecary Diaries, vol 1, by Natsu Hyuuga
    translated from the Japanese
    finished on 6/30/21
44. Cats of the Louvre, by Taiyo Matsumoto
    translated from the Japanese
    finished on 7/6/21
45. The Apothecary Diaries, vol 2, by Natsu Hyuuga
    translated from the Japanese
    finished on 7/17/21
46. Midaq Alley, by Naguib Mahfouz
    translated from the Arabic
    finished on 7/17/21
47. Le Village aux Huit Tombes, by Seishi Yokomizo
    translated from the Japanese (into French)
    finished on 8/30/21
48. Rider on the Rain, by Sébastien Japrisot
    translated from the French
    finished on 9/4/21
49. The New Testament, by David Bentley Hart
    translated from the Greek
    finished on 10/27/21
50. The Invention of Morel, by Adolfo Bioy Casares
    translated from the Spanish
    finished on 11/9/21
51. Murakami T: The T-Shirts I Love, by Haruki Murakami
    translated from the Japanese
    finished on 11/29/21
52. Ficciones, by Jorge Luis Borges
    translated from the Spanish
    finished on 12/16/21

TOTAL = 52.
This is about the regular amount of translated books I read every year.
Though it’s only 39% of all the books I have read this year. In 2020, translated fiction was 50% of all the books I read.

To that, you could add 32 books in French actually.

Recap of languages translated from:
Arabic: 1
French: 3
German: 1
Greek: 3
Hebrew: 23
Japanese: 18
Spanish: 2
Swedish: 1
So from 8 different languages, same number as in 2020