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Zora Wolfová (20 February 1928 — 29 November 2012) was a
Czech Czech may refer to: * Anything from or related to the Czech Republic, a country in Europe ** Czech language ** Czechs, the people of the area ** Czech culture ** Czech cuisine * One of three mythical brothers, Lech, Czech, and Rus *Czech (surnam ...
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(from English) and publishing editor. Her early translations are credited under her maiden surname, Bartošová. A native of the
Czech Czech may refer to: * Anything from or related to the Czech Republic, a country in Europe ** Czech language ** Czechs, the people of the area ** Czech culture ** Czech cuisine * One of three mythical brothers, Lech, Czech, and Rus *Czech (surnam ...
capital,
Prague Prague ( ; ) is the capital and List of cities and towns in the Czech Republic, largest city of the Czech Republic and the historical capital of Bohemia. Prague, located on the Vltava River, has a population of about 1.4 million, while its P ...
, Wolfová translated more than 60 books into
Czech Czech may refer to: * Anything from or related to the Czech Republic, a country in Europe ** Czech language ** Czechs, the people of the area ** Czech culture ** Czech cuisine * One of three mythical brothers, Lech, Czech, and Rus *Czech (surnam ...
, including
Arthur Ransome Arthur Michell Ransome (18 January 1884 – 3 June 1967) was an English author and journalist. He is best known for writing and illustrating the ''Swallows and Amazons'' series of children's books about the school-holiday adventures of childre ...
's ''Swallows and Amazons'' series and
Arthur Conan Doyle Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle (22 May 1859 – 7 July 1930) was a British writer and physician. He created the character Sherlock Holmes in 1887 for ''A Study in Scarlet'', the first of four novels and fifty-six short stories about Hol ...
's
Sherlock Holmes Sherlock Holmes () is a Detective fiction, fictional detective created by British author Arthur Conan Doyle. Referring to himself as a "Private investigator, consulting detective" in his stories, Holmes is known for his proficiency with obser ...
stories. She died in Prague at the age of 84.


Translations from English into Czech


Books

* Allfrey, Phyllis Shand: ''Dům mezi orchidejemi''. 'The Orchid House''. Praha: Svoboda, 1986. * Barnes, Julian: ''Arthur & George''. 'Arthur & George''.">Arthur_&_George.html" ;"title="'Arthur & George">'Arthur & George''.Praha: Odeon, 2007. * Blainey, Geoffrey: ''Dějiny Austrálie''. Geoffrey Blainey">Blainey, Geoffrey: ''Dějiny Austrálie''. [''A Shorter History of Australia''.Praha: Nakladatelství Lidové noviny, 1999. * Bradbury, Ray: ''Smrt je vždycky osamělá''. Ray Bradbury">Bradbury, Ray: ''Smrt je vždycky osamělá''. 'Death Is a Lonely Business">Ray Bradbury">Bradbury, Ray: ''Smrt je vždycky osamělá''. [''Death Is a Lonely Business''.Praha: Práce, 1992. * Clark, Carol Higgins: ''Mrtvá na pláži : detektivní příběh Regan Reillyové''. [''Burned''.">Carol Higgins Clark">Clark, Carol Higgins: ''Mrtvá na pláži : detektivní příběh Regan Reillyové''. [''Burned''.Praha: BB art, 2006, 2009. * Clark, Carol Higgins: ''Mrtvá na pláži; Případ pro dva; Krajka''. [''Burned. Hitched. Laced''.] Praha: BB art, 2010. (+ Ivana Nuhlíčková) – collection * Charles Darwin, Darwin, Charles: ''Cesta kolem světa : Přírodovědcova cesta kolem světa na lodi Beagle''. [''The Voyage of the Beagle, Journal of Researches : The Voyage of the Beagle''.] Praha: Mladá fronta, 1955, 1959. (+ Josef Wolf) * Darwin, Charles: ''O původu člověka''. 'The Descent of Man''.">The_Descent_of_Man.html" ;"title="'The Descent of Man">'The Descent of Man''.Praha: Academia, 1970, 2006. (+ Josef Wolf) *
Doyle, Arthur Conan: ''Příběhy Sherlocka Holmese.'' [''The Sign of the Four">The Sign of Four ''The Sign of the Four'', also called ''The Sign of Four'', is an 1890 detective novel, and it is the second novel featuring Sherlock Holmes by British writer Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Doyle wrote four novels and 56 short stories featuring ...
. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes''.] Praha: Mladá fronta, 1971. (+ Jan Zábrana, Vladimír Henzl) * Doyle, Arthur Conan: ''Dobrodružství Sherlocka Holmese.'' [''The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes''.] Praha: Mladá fronta, 1982. (+ Jan Zábrana) * Doyle, Arthur Conan: ''Sherlock Holmes a doktor Watson.'' Praha: Ivo Železný, 1992. (+ František Jungwirth, Eva Kondrysová) – selection * Doyle, Arthur Conan: ''Sherlock Holmes a ženy.'' Praha: Ivo Železný, 1992. (+ Eva Kondrysová) – selection * Doyle, Arthur Conan: ''Sherlock Holmes : To nejlepší.'' Praha: Imago, 1996. (+ František Jungwirth, Eva Kondrysová, Jan Zábrana) – selection * Doyle, Arthur Conan: ''Dobrodružství Sherlocka Holmese.'' 'The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes''.Brno: Jota, 1997. * Doyle, Arthur Conan: ''
A Scandal in Bohemia "A Scandal in Bohemia" is the first short story, and the third overall work, featuring Arthur Conan Doyle's fictional detective Sherlock Holmes. It is the first of the 56 Holmes short stories written by Doyle and the first of 38 Sherlock Holmes ...
and Other Cases of Sherlock Holmes = Skandál v Čechách a jiné případy Sherlocka Holmese.'' Praha: Garamond, 2007. * Doyle, Arthur Conan: ''The Cases of Sherlock Holmes.
The Adventure of the Speckled Band "The Adventure of the Speckled Band" is one of 56 short Sherlock Holmes stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the eighth story of twelve in the collection ''The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes''. It was originally published in ''Strand Magaz ...
= Případy Sherlocka Holmese. Strakatý pás.'' Praha: Garamond, 2008. * Doyle, Arthur Conan: ''The Cases of Sherlock Holmes.
The Red-Headed League "The Red-Headed League" is one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. It first appeared in ''Strand Magazine, The Strand Magazine'' in August 1891, with illustrations by Sidney Paget. Conan Doyle ranked "Th ...
= Případy Sherlocka Holmese. Spolek ryšavců.'' Praha: Garamond, 2008. * Doyle, Arthur Conan: ''The Cases of Sherlock Holmes.
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle "The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle" is one of 56 short Sherlock Holmes stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the seventh story of twelve in the collection ''The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes''. It was first published in ''The Strand Ma ...
= Případy Sherlocka Holmese. Modrá karbunkule.'' Praha: Garamond, 2008. * Doyle, Arthur Conan: ''Případy Sherlocka Holmese : Dobrodružství Sherlocka Holmese he Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Návrat Sherlocka Holmese; Poslední poklona Sherlocka Holmese; Z archivu Sherlocka Holmese.'' Praha: Československý spisovatel, 2010. (+ František Jungwirth, Eva Kondrysová) – collection * Durrell, Gerald: ''Chytněte mi guerézu''. 'Catch Me a Colobus''.">Catch_Me_a_Colobus.html" ;"title="'Catch Me a Colobus">'Catch Me a Colobus''.Praha: Mladá fronta, 1977; Praha: BB art, 2000, 2009. * Durrell, Gerald: ''Opilý prales''. [''The Drunken Forest''.] Praha: Práce, 1982; Praha: BB art, 1999, 2009. * Durrell, Gerald: ''Ostrov v nebezpečí''. [''The Mockery Bird''.] Praha: Svoboda, 1988; Praha: BB art, 2000. * Durrell, Gerald: ''Ptáci, zvířata a moji příbuzní''. 'Birds, Beasts, and Relatives''.">Birds,_Beasts,_and_Relatives.html" ;"title="'Birds, Beasts, and Relatives">'Birds, Beasts, and Relatives''.Praha: Mladá fronta, 1974, 1979; Plzeň: Beta-Dobrovský, 1994, 1998; Praha: BB art, 2001, 2008, 2009. * Durrell, Gerald: ''Šeptající země''. [''The Whispering Land''.] Praha: Svoboda 1977; Praha: BB art, 2000. * Nora Ephron, Ephron, Nora: ''Není recept na lásku''. [''Heartburn (film), Heartburn''.] Praha: Aurora, 1998. * Howard Fast, Fast, Howard: ''Tony a zázračná dvířka''. 'Tony and the Wonderful Door''.">Tony_and_the_Wonderful_Door.html" ;"title="'Tony and the Wonderful Door">'Tony and the Wonderful Door''.Praha: Mladá fronta, 1957. * Forsyth, Frederick: ''Žádné stopy''. Frederick Forsyth">Forsyth, Frederick: ''Žádné stopy''. 'No Comebacks">Frederick Forsyth">Forsyth, Frederick: ''Žádné stopy''. [''No Comebacks''.Praha: Mladá fronta, 1988; Praha: Knižní klub, 2004, 2010. * Frayn, Michael: ''Po hlavě''. Headlong''.">'Headlong (Frayn novel)">Headlong''.Praha; Litomyšl: Paseka, 2009. * Gilbert, Michael: ''Poslední kapka''. Michael Gilbert">Gilbert, Michael: ''Poslední kapka''. [''Flash Point''.Praha: Svoboda, 1982. * Grimes, Martha: ''3× Martha Grimes">Grimes, Martha: ''3× Richard Jury ze Scotland Yardu''. [''The Man With a Load of Mischief''.">Richard Jury">Martha Grimes">Grimes, Martha: ''3× Richard Jury ze Scotland Yardu''. [''The Man With a Load of Mischief''.Praha: Odeon, 1992. (+ Zuzana Ceplová, Jana Koubová) * William Humphrey (writer), Humphrey, William: ''Zpátky domů''. [''Home from the Hill (novel), Home from the Hill''.] Praha: Český spisovatel, 1996. * H. R. F. Keating, Keating, H. R. F. (ed.): ''Vlny zločinu''. 'Crime Waves 1''.Praha: Vyšehrad, 1993. (+ Eva Kondrysová, Kateřina Brabcová) * Klíma, Ivan: ''Rozhovor v Praze''. (''Interview in Prague'', conducted by
Philip Roth Philip Milton Roth (; March 19, 1933 – May 22, 2018) was an American novelist and short-story writer. Roth's fiction—often set in his birthplace of Newark, New Jersey—is known for its intensely autobiographical character, for philosophical ...
.) Praha: Evropský kulturní klub, 1990. * Lessing, Doris: ''Mraveniště''. 'Five Short Tales''. ''The Habit of Loving''.Praha: Mladá fronta, 1961. (+ Olga Fialová, Wanda Zámecká) * Lessing, Doris: ''Muž a dvě ženy''. 'A Man and Two Women''.Praha: Mladá fronta, 1970; Praha: Odeon, 2008. * Levin, Ira: ''Stepfordské paničky''. 'The Stepford Wives''.">The_Stepford_Wives.html" ;"title="'The Stepford Wives">'The Stepford Wives''.Praha: Odeon, 1975, 1982, 1989; Praha, Ivo Železný 1999; Praha: Knižní klub, 2004, 2010. * Lodge, David: ''Prázdniny v Heidelbergu''. David Lodge (author)">Lodge, David: ''Prázdniny v Heidelbergu''. 'Out of the Shelter">David Lodge (author)">Lodge, David: ''Prázdniny v Heidelbergu''. [''Out of the Shelter''.Plzeň: Mustang, 1996. * Marshall, Alan: ''Lidé pradávných časů''. [''People of the Dreamtime''.">Alan Marshall (Australian author)">Marshall, Alan: ''Lidé pradávných časů''. [''People of the Dreamtime''.Praha: Odeon, 1966. * Marshall, Alan: ''Už zase skáču přes kaluže''. [''I Can Jump Puddles''.] Praha: Mladá fronta, 1962, 1963, 1972, 1976, 1986; Voznice: Leda/Praha: Rozmluvy, 2008. * Ed McBain, McBain, Ed: ''Dům, co postavil Jack''. [''The House that Jack Built''.] Praha: Český spisovatel, 1993. * McBain, Ed: ''Kočka v botách; Dům, co postavil Jack; Tři slepé myšky : Ed McBain omnibus : v hlavní roli Matthew Hope''. uss in Boots. The House that Jack Built. Three Blind Mice.Praha: BB art, 2012. (+ Miroslav Košťál) * Mikes, George: ''Jak být cizincem''. 'How to be an Alien''. ''How to Be Inimitable''.">How_to_be_an_Alien.html" ;"title="'How to be an Alien">'How to be an Alien''. ''How to Be Inimitable''.Praha: Mladá fronta, 1970; Praha: Ivo Železný, 1994. * Morrison, John: ''Přístav naděje''. John Morrison (Australian writer)">Morrison, John: ''Přístav naděje''. [''Port of Call''.Praha: Svoboda, 1976. * Pargeter, Edith (pen name">Edith Pargeter">Pargeter, Edith ( Peters, Ellis): ''Megotina svatba''. pen name: Ellis Peters">Peters, Ellis): ''Megotina svatba''. [''The Marriage of Meggotta''.Praha: Mladá fronta, 2000. * Parker, Robert B.: ''Nevěrné milenky''. Robert B. Parker">Parker, Robert B.: ''Nevěrné milenky''. [''Perish Twice''.Praha: BB art, 2002, 2004. * C. Northcote Parkinson">Parkinson, C. Northcote: ''Nové zákony profesora Parkinsona''. Praha: Mladá fronta, 1984. – selection * Parkinson, C. Northcote: ''Zákon paní Parkinsonové a jiné úvahy o domácnosti''. [''Mrs. Parkinson's Law and Other Studies in Domestic Science''.] Praha: Svoboda, 1996. * Parkinson, C. Northcote: ''Zákony profesora Parkinsona''. [''Parkinson's Law & Other Selected Writings on Management''.] Praha: Svoboda, 1967, 1995; Praha: Eminent, 2003. * Peters, Ellis: ''Jeden mrtvý navíc''. 'One Corpse Too Many''.">One_Corpse_Too_Many.html" ;"title="'One Corpse Too Many">'One Corpse Too Many''.Praha: Mladá fronta, 1993, 2005. * Petersová, Ellis: ''Malomocný u svatého Jiljí''. [''The Leper of Saint Giles''.] Praha: Český spisovatel, 1994; Praha: Mladá fronta, 2006. * Peters, Ellis: ''Osudové tajemství''. [''The Knocker on Death's Door''.] Praha: Vyšehrad, 2001. * Peters, Ellis: ''Panna v ledu''. 'The Virgin in the Ice''.">The_Virgin_in_the_Ice.html" ;"title="'The Virgin in the Ice">'The Virgin in the Ice''.Praha: Mladá fronta, 1996, 2007. * Peters, Ellis: ''Smrt starožitníka''. [''Rainbow's End''.] Praha: Vyšehrad, 2002. * Peters, Ellis: ''Záhada staré hrobky''. [''A Nice Derangement of Epitaphs''.] Praha: Vyšehrad, 2001. * Peter Haining (author), Peyton, Richard (ed.): ''Vražedné šance : detektivní a dobrodružné příběhy z dostihového prostředí''. 'Deadly Odds''.Praha: Olympia, 1990. (+ Jaroslava Moserová-Davidová, Jan Zábrana) * ''Povídky o čínské mládeži''. 'True Stories of Chinese Youth''.Praha: Mladá fronta, 1950. (as Zorka Bartošová) * Prichard, Katharine Susannah: ''Cirkus Haxby''. 'Haxby's Circus''.Praha: Odeon, 1969. * Ransome, Arthur: ''Boj o ostrov''. 'Swallows and Amazons''.">Swallows_and_Amazons.html" ;"title="'Swallows and Amazons">'Swallows and Amazons''.Praha: Státní nakladatelství dětské knihy, 1959; Praha: Albatros, 1971, 1982, 1998; Praha: Toužimský a Moravec, 2004, 2011. * Ransome, Arthur: ''Holubí pošta''. [''Pigeon Post''.] Praha: Státní nakladatelství dětské knihy, 1964; Praha: Albatros, 1977; Praha: Toužimský a Moravec, 1998. * Ransome, Arthur: ''Klub Lysek''. [''Coot Club''.] Praha: Státní nakladatelství dětské knihy, 1963; Praha: Albatros, 1992; Praha: Toužimský a Moravec, 1999. * Ransome, Arthur: ''Lysky na severu a jiné příběhy''. Coots in the North and Other Stories''.">Coots in the North">Coots in the North and Other Stories''.Praha: Toužimský a Moravec, 2005. * Ransome, Arthur: ''Nechtěli jsme na moře''. 'We Didn't Mean to Go to Sea''.">We_Didn't_Mean_to_Go_to_Sea.html" ;"title="'We Didn't Mean to Go to Sea">'We Didn't Mean to Go to Sea''.Praha: Albatros, 1976, 1999; Praha: Toužimský a Moravec, 2004. * Ransome, Arthur: ''Petr Kachna''. [''Peter Duck''.] Praha: Státní nakladatelství dětské knihy, 1961; Praha: Toužimský a Moravec, 1998, 2001. * Ransome, Arthur: ''Piktové a mučedníci aneb Naprosto nevítaná návštěva''. [''The Picts and the Martyrs''.] Praha: Albatros, 1987; Praha: Toužimský a Moravec, 2003. * Ransome, Arthur: ''Slečna Lee''. 'Missee Lee''.">Missee_Lee.html" ;"title="'Missee Lee">'Missee Lee''.Praha: Toužimský a Moravec, 2000. * Ransome, Arthur: ''Trosečníci z Vlaštovky''. [''Swallowdale''.] Praha: Státní nakladatelství dětské knihy, 1960; Praha: Albatros, 1972, 1988; Praha: Toužimský a Moravec, 2002. * Ransome, Arthur: ''Velká severní?'' [''Great Northern?''] Praha: Albatros, 1974, 2001; Praha: Toužimský a Moravec, 2007. * Ransome, Arthur: ''Velká šestka''. 'The Big Six''.">The_Big_Six.html" ;"title="'The Big Six">'The Big Six''.Praha: Státní nakladatelství dětské knihy, 1967; Praha: Albatros, 2002; Praha: Toužimský a Moravec, 2006. * Ransome, Arthur: ''Záhadné vody''. [''Secret Water''.] Praha: Albatros, 1980, 2000; Praha: Toužimský a Moravec, 2005. * Ransome, Arthur: ''Zamrzlá loď kapitána Flinta''. [''Winter Holiday''.] Praha: Albatros, 1973, 1991; Praha: Toužimský a Moravec, 2001; Praha: Albatros, 2011. * Snow, Charles Percy: ''Krycí barva''. 'A Coat of Varnish''.Praha: Odeon, 1986. * Stewart, Margaret: ''Pán v béžové limusině''. 'Voices of America''.Praha: Naše vojsko, 1957. (+ Zdeněk Lahoda, Jaromír Němec) * Stout, Rex: ''Osudné šampaňské''. 'Champagne for One''.">Champagne_for_One.html" ;"title="'Champagne for One">'Champagne for One''.Plzeň: Mustang, 1997; Praha: BB art, 2001. * Tey, Josephine: ''Skandál v Milfordu''. The Franchise Affair''.">'The Franchise Affair (novel)">The Franchise Affair''.Praha: Odeon, 1979. * Thomson, George Derwent: ''O staré řecké společnosti. Egejská oblast v pravěku''. [''Studies in Ancient Greek Society. The Prehistoric Aegean''.">George Derwent Thomson">Thomson, George Derwent: ''O staré řecké společnosti. Egejská oblast v pravěku''. [''Studies in Ancient Greek Society. The Prehistoric Aegean''.Praha: Rovnost, 1952. (as Zora Bartošová; + Olga Fialová, Soňa Nová) * Thomson, George Derwent: ''O staré řecké společnost. První filosofové''. [''Studies in Ancient Greek Society. The First Philosophers''.] Praha: Státní nakladatelství politické literatury, 1958. (+ Soňa Nová) * Morris West, West, Morris: ''Léto Ryšavého vlka''. [''Summer of the Red Wolf''.] Praha: Odeon, 1978. * P. G. Wodehouse, Wodehouse, Pelham Grenville: ''Hry ve třech''. 'The Golf Omnibus''.Praha: Paralela 50, 1995; Brno: Jota, 2000. * Yorke, Margaret: ''Časně zrána''. 'Early in the Morning''.Praha: Odeon, 1998. * Yorke, Margaret: ''Kdo za to může''. 'A Case to Answer''.Praha: Motto, 2005. * Yorke, Margaret: ''Pod falešnou záminkou''. 'False Pretenses''.Praha: Motto, 2004. * Yorke, Margaret: ''Probuzení do krutého dne''. 'Safely to the Grave''.Praha: Vyšehrad, 1992. * Yorke, Margaret: ''Zcela soukromá vražda''. 'Intimate Kill''.In: ''3× ve vážném podezření''. Praha: Odeon, 1992. * Yorke, Margaret: ''Vražda na Akropoli''. 'Grave Matters''.Praha: Vyšehrad, 2003.


Stories

Her translations of individual stories by
Edith Pargeter Edith Mary Pargeter (28 September 1913 – 14 October 1995), also known by her pen name Ellis Peters, was an English author of works in many categories, especially history and historical fiction, and was also honoured for her translations of ...
,
Henry Lawson Henry Archibald Hertzberg Lawson (17 June 1867 – 2 September 1922) was an Australian writer and bush poet. Along with his contemporary Banjo Paterson, Lawson is among the best-known Australian poets and fiction writers of the colonial period ...
, Alan Marshall,
Vance Palmer Edward Vivian "Vance" Palmer (28 August 1885 – 15 July 1959) was an Australian novelist, dramatist, essayist and critic. Early life Vance Palmer was born in Bundaberg, Queensland, on 28 August 1885 and attended the Ipswich Grammar School. Wi ...
,
Doris Lessing Doris May Lessing ( Tayler; 22 October 1919 – 17 November 2013) was a British novelist. She was born to British parents in Qajar Iran, Persia, where she lived until 1925. Her family then moved to Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), where ...
, Wyatt Rainey Blassingame,
Hal Porter Harold Edward "Hal" Porter (16 February 1911 – 29 September 1984) was an Australian novelist, playwright, poet, and short story writer. He is known for his 1963 memoir, ''The Watcher on the Cast Iron Balcony''. The Hal Porter Short Story Comp ...
, and the story "Dead Roses" from the book '' The Burnt Ones'' by
Patrick White Patrick Victor Martindale White (28 May 1912 – 30 September 1990) was an Australian novelist and playwright who explored themes of religious experience, personal identity and the conflict between visionary individuals and a materialistic, co ...
have been published in Czech literary magazine ''Světová literatura'' 'World Literature''
List of authors in ''Světová literatura'' 1956–1971.
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Literature

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References


External links

* Pilařová, Markéta: ''Translation Analysis of Arthur Ransome's Swallows and Amazones''. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2001?
Available online.
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Historický magazín: 40. výročí úmrtí spisovatele Arthura Ransoma.
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