Ralph Frederick Manheim was an American translator of German and French literature, as well as occasional works from Dutch, Polish and Hungarian. He was one of the most acclaimed translators of the 20th century, and likened translation to acting, the role being "to impersonate his author".Wikipedia →
Translations
Death on the Installment Plan
Mort à crédit by Louis-Ferdinand Céline
English · New Directions · 1938
Mein Kampf
Mein Kampf by Adolf Hitler
English · Houghton Mifflin · 1943
The Plebeians Rehearse the Uprising: A German Tragedy
Die Plebejer proben den Aufstand by Günter Grass
English · HarperCollins · 1966
Grimms' Tales for Young and Old: the Complete Stories.
Kinder- und Hausmärchen by Brothers Grimm
English · Knopf · 1983
The Danzig Trilogy: The Tin Drum, Cat and Mouse, Dog Years
Die Blechtrommel by Günter Grass
English · Harcourt · 1987
Dog Years
Hundejahre by Günter Grass
English · Harcourt · 1989
The Flounder
Der Butt by Günter Grass
English · Harcourt · 1989
Local Anaesthetic
Örtlich betäubt by Günter Grass
English · Harcourt · 1989
The Rat
Die Rättin by Günter Grass
English · HarperCollins · 1989
The Meeting at Telgte
Das Treffen in Telgte by Günter Grass
English · Harcourt · 1990
Cat and Mouse
Katz und Maus by Günter Grass
English · Harcourt · 1991
The Call of the Toad
Unkenrufe by Günter Grass
English · Harvest · 1993
Castle to Castle
D'un château l'autre by Louis-Ferdinand Céline
English · Dalkey Archive Press · 1997
Hourglass
Peščanik by Danilo Kiš
English · Northwestern University Press · 1997
Absence: A Novel
Die Abswesenheit by Peter Handke
English · Farrar, Straus and Giroux · 2000
Across
Der Chinese des Schmerzes by Peter Handke
English · Farrar, Straus and Giroux · 2000
Homo Poeticus
Homo Poeticus by Danilo Kiš
English · Farrar, Straus and Giroux · 2003
Journey to the End of the Night
Voyage au bout de la nuit by Louis-Ferdinand Céline
English · New Directions · 2006
The Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick
Die Angst des Tormanns beim Elfmeter by Peter Handke
English · Farrar, Straus and Giroux · 2007
North
Nord by Louis-Ferdinand Céline
English · Dalkey Archive Press · 2007
The Threepenny Opera
Die Dreigroschenoper by Bertolt Brecht
English · Penguin · 2007
Life of Galileo
Leben des Galilei by Bertolt Brecht
English · Penguin · 2008
Landscape in Concrete
Landschaft in Beton by Jakov Lind
English · Open Letter Books · 2009
Short Letter, Long Farewell
Der kurze Brief zum langen Abschied by Peter Handke
English · NYRB · 2009
Slow Homecoming
Langsame Heimkehr by Peter Handke
English · NYRB · 2009
Soul of Wood
Eine Seele aus Holz by Jakov Lind
English · NYRB · 2009
Ergo
Eine bessere Welt. In fünfzehn Kapiteln by Jakov Lind
English · Open Letter Books · 2010
A Sorrow Beyond Dreams: A Life Story
Wunschloses Unglück by Peter Handke
English · Farrar, Straus and Giroux · 2012
The Afternoon of a Writer
Nachmittag eines Schriftstellers by Peter Handke
English · Macmillan · 2020
The Left-Handed Woman
Die linkshändige Frau by Peter Handke
English · Macmillan · 2020
Moment of True Feeling
Die Stunde der wahren Empfindung by Peter Handke
English · Macmillan · 2020
Repetition
Die Wiederholung by Peter Handke
English · Macmillan · 2020
The Weight of the World
Das Gewicht der Welt by Peter Handke
English · Macmillan · 2020
Last Times
Les derniers temps by Victor Serge
English · NYRB · 2021
The Life Before Us
La Vie devant soi by Émile Ajar / Romain Gary
English · New Directions · 2022