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Profiles of Literary Translators

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Which literary translator is known for his translations of the works of Jorge Luis Borges?

  1. Gregory Rabassa

  2. Edith Grossman

  3. Haruki Murakami

  4. Jhumpa Lahiri


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Gregory Rabassa is an American literary translator who is best known for his translations of the works of Jorge Luis Borges.

Who translated the works of Franz Kafka into English?

  1. Edwin Muir

  2. Willa Muir

  3. Max Brod

  4. Elias Canetti


Correct Option:
Explanation:

Edwin Muir and Willa Muir were a Scottish couple who translated the works of Franz Kafka into English.

Which literary translator is known for her translations of the works of Gabriel García Márquez?

  1. Gregory Rabassa

  2. Edith Grossman

  3. Haruki Murakami

  4. Jhumpa Lahiri


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Edith Grossman is an American literary translator who is best known for her translations of the works of Gabriel García Márquez.

Who translated the works of Fyodor Dostoevsky into English?

  1. Constance Garnett

  2. David Magarshack

  3. Joseph Frank

  4. Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Constance Garnett was an English translator who is best known for her translations of the works of Fyodor Dostoevsky.

Which literary translator is known for his translations of the works of Marcel Proust?

  1. C. K. Scott Moncrieff

  2. Terence Kilmartin

  3. Lydia Davis

  4. Richard Howard


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

C. K. Scott Moncrieff was a Scottish literary translator who is best known for his translations of the works of Marcel Proust.

Who translated the works of James Joyce into French?

  1. Samuel Beckett

  2. Maurice Nadeau

  3. Jacques Aubert

  4. Philippe Sollers


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Samuel Beckett was an Irish writer who is best known for his plays and novels. He also translated the works of James Joyce into French.

Which literary translator is known for her translations of the works of Italo Calvino?

  1. William Weaver

  2. Archibald Colquhoun

  3. Helen Lane

  4. Tim Parks


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

William Weaver was an American literary translator who is best known for his translations of the works of Italo Calvino.

Who translated the works of Milan Kundera into English?

  1. Michael Henry Heim

  2. Philip Roth

  3. Ivan Klíma

  4. Jáchym Topol


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Michael Henry Heim is an American literary translator who is best known for his translations of the works of Milan Kundera.

Which literary translator is known for his translations of the works of Haruki Murakami?

  1. Jay Rubin

  2. Philip Gabriel

  3. Ted Goossen

  4. Alfred Birnbaum


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Jay Rubin is an American literary translator who is best known for his translations of the works of Haruki Murakami.

Who translated the works of J. R. R. Tolkien into Spanish?

  1. Luis Domènech

  2. Manuel Figueroa

  3. Francisco Porrúa

  4. Rafael Sánchez Ferlosio


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Luis Domènech was a Spanish literary translator who is best known for his translations of the works of J. R. R. Tolkien.

Which literary translator is known for his translations of the works of Umberto Eco?

  1. William Weaver

  2. Richard Dixon

  3. Alastair McEwen

  4. Michael Caesar


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

William Weaver was an American literary translator who is best known for his translations of the works of Umberto Eco.

Who translated the works of Salman Rushdie into Hindi?

  1. Gita Mehta

  2. Vikram Seth

  3. Amitav Ghosh

  4. Arundhati Roy


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Gita Mehta is an Indian writer and journalist who is best known for her translations of the works of Salman Rushdie into Hindi.

Which literary translator is known for his translations of the works of Orhan Pamuk?

  1. Elif Shafak

  2. Maureen Freely

  3. Robert Finn

  4. Talat Sait Halman


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Maureen Freely is a British literary translator who is best known for her translations of the works of Orhan Pamuk.

Who translated the works of José Saramago into English?

  1. Margaret Jull Costa

  2. Giovanni Pontiero

  3. Richard Zenith

  4. Frederico Lourenço


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Margaret Jull Costa is a British literary translator who is best known for her translations of the works of José Saramago.

Which literary translator is known for his translations of the works of Haruki Murakami?

  1. Jay Rubin

  2. Philip Gabriel

  3. Ted Goossen

  4. Alfred Birnbaum


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Jay Rubin is an American literary translator who is best known for his translations of the works of Haruki Murakami.

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