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Opening paragraph	Answer	English translation	% Correct
En un lugar de la Mancha, de cuyo nombre no quiero acordarme...	Don Quixote	Somewhere in la Mancha, in a place whose name I do not care to remember...	81%
Aleksej Fedorovich Karamazov byl tret'im synom pomeshhika nashego uezda Fedora Pavlovicha Karamazova.	The Brothers Karamazov	Alexey Fyodorovitch Karamazov was the third son of Fyodor Pavlovitch Karamazov.	78%
En l’année 1872, la maison portant le numéro 7 de Saville-row, Burlington Gardens – maison dans laquelle Sheridan mourut en 1814 –, était habitée par Phileas Fogg,	Around the world in 80 days	Mr. Phileas Fogg lived, in 1872, at No. 7, Saville Row, Burlington Gardens, the house in which Sheridan died in 1814.	64%
Menin aeide, thea, Peleiadeo Achileos.	Iliad	Sing, Goddess, the rage of Achilles son of Peleus.	64%
Ein Gespenst geht um in Europa – das Gespenst des Kommunismus.	The Communist Manifesto	A spectre is haunting Europe—the spectre of Communism.	61%
Al Magnifico Lorenzo di Piero di Medici: Sogliono il più de le volte coloro che desiderano acquistare gratia a presso un' Principe...	The Prince	To the Magnificent Lorenzo Di Piero De' Medici: Those who strive to obtain the good graces of a prince...	61%
Eh bien, mon prince. Gênes et Lucques ne sont plus que des apanages, des поместья, de la famille Buonaparte.	War and Peace	Well, Prince. So Genoa and Lucca are now no more than possessions, estates, of the Buonaparte family.	61%
Als Gregor Samsa eines Morgens aus unruhigen Träumen erwachte, fand er sich in seinem Bett zu einem ungeheueren Ungeziefer verwandelt.	The Methamorphosis	As Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from uneasy dreams he found himself transformed in his bed into a gigantic insect.	58%
Bereshit bará Elohim et hashamáyim ve'et ha'árets.	Genesis	In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth	47%
Nel mezzo del cammin di nostra vita mi ritrovai per una selva oscura	Inferno	In the middle of the journey of our life I found myself within a dark wood.	44%
Whan that Aprill, with his shoures soote, the droghte of March hath perced to the roote.	The Canterbury Tales	When April with his showers sweet with fruit, the drought of March has pierced unto the root.	44%
Gallia est omnis divisa in partes tres, quarum unam incolunt Belgae, aliam Aquitani, tertiam qui ipsorum lingua Celtae, nostra Galli appellantur.	Commentaries on the Gallic War	Gaul is divided into three parts, one of which the Belgae inhabit, the Aquitani another, those who in their own language are called Celts, in ours Gauls, the third.	25%

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