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1. The Last Will & Testament of Senhor da Silva Araújo by Germano Almeida The Last Will & Testament of Senhor da Silva Araújo by Germano Almeida translated from Portuguese to English by Sheila Faria Glaser.


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Cheryl | 958 comments Carla wrote: "1. The Last Will & Testament of Senhor da Silva Araújo by Germano Almeida The Last Will & Testament of Senhor da Silva Araújo by Germano Almeida translated from Port..."

Hi Carla. I was wondering what you thought of this book? It has been on my TBR for a while :-)


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I'd give it 3 of 5 stars. I have reviewed it. The book leaves much in doubt and I'm still wondering what Maria will do with her new prosperity and business ownership.


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Cheryl | 958 comments Carla wrote: "I'd give it 3 of 5 stars. I have reviewed it. The book leaves much in doubt and I'm still wondering what Maria will do with her new prosperity and business ownership."

Thank you Carla! I've just read your review.


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2. Zorba the Greek Zorba the Greek by Nikos Kazantzakis by Nikos Kazantzakis translated from Greek to English by Carl Wildman.


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3. Black Moses Black Moses by Alain Mabanckou by Alain Mabanckou translated from French to English by Helen Stevenson.


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4. Pieces of Happiness: A Novel of Friendship, Hope and Chocolate Pieces of Happiness A Novel of Friendship, Hope and Chocolate by Anne Østby byAnne Østby translated from Norwegian to English by Marie Ostby.


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Bela Dedhia | 64 comments Pieces of happiness.... sounds like a good read. I am surely putting this on my list.


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5. Hadji Murad by Leo Tolstoy Hadji Murad by Leo Tolstoy translated from Russian to English by unnamed translator. I wouldn't recommend this version for too many errors in word choice, spelling, typesetting.


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6. I've moved up from Language Learner to Translator. With Their Backs to the World Portraits from Serbia by Åsne Seierstad With Their Backs to the World: Portraits from Serbia by Åsne Seierstad translated from Norwegian to English by Sindre Kartvedt.


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6. The Radetzky March by Joseph Roth The Radetzky March by Joseph Roth translated from German to English by Geoffrey Dunlop then Eva Tucker.


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7. The Book of Embraces by Eduardo Galeano The Book of Embraces by Eduardo Galeano, translated from Spanish to English by Cedric Belfrage and Mark Schafer.


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8. Istanbul: Memories and the City Istanbul Memories and the City by Orhan Pamuk by Orhan Pamuk translated from Turkish to English by Maureen Freely.


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9. Description of Greece, Vol. II: Books 3-5 Description of Greece, Vol. II Books 3-5 (Loeb Classical Library, #188) by Pausanias by Pausanias. translated from Ancient Greek to 20th-century English by WHS Jones and HA Omerod. I'm counting this additionally to modern Greek because a modern Athenian, unless a student of the classics, would not understand spoken Ancient Greek and could only read it with great difficulty much as I cannot read Beowulf in the original Old English.


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10. My First Murder (Maria Kallio, #1) by Leena Lehtolainen My First Murder by Leena Lehtolainen, translated from Finnish to English by Owen F. Witesman.


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11. War and Turpentine War and Turpentine by Stefan Hertmans by Stefan Hertmans, translated from Dutch to English by David McKay.


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12. The Borrowed by Chan Ho-Kei, translated from Chinese to English by Jeremy Tiang.


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13. Slave Old Man by Patrick Chamoiseau, translated from French and Creole by Linda Coverdale.


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14. The Bridge on the Drina by Ivo Andrić, translated from Serbo-Croat to English by Lovett F. Edwards.


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15. Please Look After Mom by Kyung-Sook Shin, translated from Korean to English by Chi-Young Kim. This completes the interpreter level for me.


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16. Night Rounds by Helene Tursten, translated from Swedish to English by Laura A. Wideburg.


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17. Ghachar Ghochar Vivek Shanbhag, translated from Kannada by Srinath Perur.


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18. The Travelling Cat Chronicles by Hiro Arikawa, translated from Japanese to English by Philip Gabriel.


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19. The Leopard by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, translated from Italian to English by Archibald Colquhoun.


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20. Everything Happens as It Does vy Albena Stambolova, translated from Bulgarian to English by Olga Nikolova. This completes linguist level for me.


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21. I Saw Her That Night by Drago Jančar translated from Slovene to English by Michael Biggins. I now made it to Polyglot level.


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