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I'm not in this so much for a challenge this year, as to record how many different languages in translation I encounter through reading in 2021.
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Languages Encountered in 2021Afro-Asiatic Languages
— Semitic Languages
Arabic ☑ ☑ ☑
Maltese ☑
Hebrew ☑
Maghrebi Arabic ☑
Austroasiatic Languages
Khmer ☑
Vietnamese ☑
Indo-European Languages
— Balto-Slavic Languages
Belarusian ☑
Russian ☑ ☑
— Germanic Languages
Icelandic ☑
German ☑ ☑
Dutch ☑
— Hellenic Languages
Greek ☑
— Italic (including Romance) Languages
Italian ☑ ☑ ☑ ☑
Spanish ☑
Portuguese ☑
French ☑ ☑ ☑ ☑ ☑ ☑
Latin ☑
Japonic Languages
Japanese ☑ ☑
Koreanic Languages
Korean ☑ ☑
Salishan Languages
Lushootseed ☑
Sino-Tibetan Languages
Chinese ☑
Uralic Languages
Finnish ☑
1. Language: Khmer (ភាសាខ្មែរ)
The Dead Eye and the Deep Blue Sea: The World of Slavery at Sea-A Graphic Memoir by Vannak Anan PrumTranslator: Lim Sophorn
Country: Cambodia
2. Language: Italian (italiano)
The Art of the Publisher by Roberto CalassoTranslator: Richard Dixon
Country: Italy
3. Language: Icelandic (íslenska)
The Shadow Killer by Arnaldur IndriðasonTranslator: Victoria Cribb
Country: Iceland
4. Language: Japanese (日本語)
The Old Capital by Yasunari KawabataTranslator: J. Martin Holman
Country: Japan
BONUS: Language: Japanese (日本語)
Thousand Cranes by Yasunari KawabataTranslator: J. Martin Holman
Country: Japan
5. Language: Belarusian (беларуская мова)
King Stakh's Wild Hunt by Uladzimir KaratkevichTranslator: Mary Mintz
Country: Belarus
7. Language: Korean (한국어)
Uncomfortably Happily by Yeon-Sik HongTranslator: Hellen Jo
Country: South Korea
8. Language: Vietnamese (Tiếng Việt)
No Man's Land by Dương Thu HươngTranslators: Nina McPherson and Phan Huy Duong
Country: Vietnam
9. Language: Spanish (español)
Andean Express by Juan De RecacoecheaTranslator: Adrian Althoff
Country: Bolivia
10. Language: Portuguese (português)
The Alchemist by Paulo CoelhoTranslator: Alan R. Clarke
Country: Spain, North Africa (not Brazil)
BONUS: Language: Korean (한국어)
Untold Night and Day by Bae SuahTranslator: Deborah Smith
Country: South Korea
11. Language: German (Deutsch)
The Interpretation of Dreams by Sigmund FreudTranslator: Joyce Crick
Country: Austria
12. Language: French (français)
Our Riches by Kaouther AdimiTranslator: Chris Andrews
Country: Algeria
13. Language: Lushootseed (dxʷləšúcid)
Haboo: Native American Stories from Puget Sound by V.I. HilbertTranslator: V.I. Hilbert
Country: United States
14. Language: Arabic (العَرَبِيَّة)
The Beekeeper: Rescuing the Stolen Women of Iraq by Dunya MikhailTranslator: Dunya Mikhail and Max Weiss
Country: Iraq
15. Language: Maltese (Malti)
Safe at anchor in mid-harbour. A Novel from Malta by Oliver FriggieriTranslator: Radu Barbulescu
Country: Malta
BONUS: Language: Italian (italiano)
Three O'Clock in the Morning by Gianrico CarofiglioTranslator: Howard Curtis
Country: Italy
16. Language: Latin (lingua latīna)
The Rule of Saint Benedict by Benedict of NursiaTranslator: Timothy Fry
Country: Italy
17. Language: Dutch (Nederlands)
The Discomfort of Evening by Marieke Lucas RijneveldTranslator: Michele Hutchison
Country: Netherlands
BONUS: Language: French (français)
Batouala by René MaranTranslators: Barbara Beck and Alexandre Mboukou
Country: Central African Republic
BONUS: Language: French (français)
Balthasar's Odyssey by Amin MaaloufTranslator: Barbara Bray
Country: Lebanon
18. Language: Russian (русский язык)
The Trans-Siberian Express by Victor KuranovTranslator: Anatol Kagan
Country: Russia
BONUS: Language: French (français)
The Last Friend by Tahar Ben JellounTranslator: Kevin Michel Cape and Hazel Rowley
Country: Morocco
21. Language: Hebrew (עברית)
The Memory Monster by Yishai SaridTranslator: Yardenne Greenspan
Country: Israel
BONUS: Language: Russian (русский язык)
The Tale Of Hodja Nasreddin by Leonid SolovyovTranslator: Michael Karpelson
Country: Uzbekistan
BONUS: Language: Italian (italiano)
The Snack Thief by Andrea CamilleriTranslator: Stephen Sartarelli
Country: Italy
BONUS: Language: German (Deutsch)
In the Land of the Long White Cloud by Sarah LarkTranslator: D.W. Lovett
Country: New Zealand
BONUS: Language: French (français)
Samarkand by Amin MaaloufTranslator: Russell Harris
Country: Uzbekistan
BONUS: Language: Italian (italiano)
Nives by Sacha NaspiniTranslator: Clarissa Botsford
Country: Italy
22. Language: Maghrebi Arabic (الدارجة المغربية)
A Life Full of Holes: A Novel Recorded and Translated by Paul Bowles by Driss ben Hamed CharhadiTranslator: Paul Bowles
Country: Morocco
BONUS: Language: Arabic (العَرَبِيَّة)
Woman at Point Zero by Nawal El SaadawiTranslator: Sherif Hatata
Country: Egypt
BONUS: Language: Arabic (العَرَبِيَّة)
Minor Detail by Adania ShibliTranslator: Elisabeth Jaquette
Country: Palestine
BONUS: Language: French (français)
The Swallows of Kabul by Yasmina KhadraTranslator: John Cullen
Country: Afghanistan
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