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The following version of this book was used to create the guide: Aboulela, Leila. The Translator. Grove/Atlantic, Inc.,

Leila Aboulela's novel The Translator is a third person narrative, written in the past tense.

Part One of the novel takes place in Aberdeen, Scotland. Part Two is set in Khartoum, Sudan.

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Though the novel contains many flashbacks, dreams, and memories that shift the narrative back and forth in time, the following summary employs a linear structure.

As a young girl, Sammar grew up in Scotland with her parents and brother, Waleed.

When she was seven, her family traveled to her parents' city and country of origin, Khartoum, Sudan. There she met her cousins, Tarig and Hanan, and aunt, Mahasen, for the first time.

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She soon grew attached to her cousins, and began seeing Khartoum as home. Over the years, she and Tarig realized their romantic feelings for one another. After marrying, they moved to Aberdeen, Scotland, so Tarig could