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Catherine Porter Lewis, professor emerita of French, received the Albertine Translation Prize honoring the best contemporary French and Francophone literature in English translation. The award recognized her translation of Philippe Descola’s nonfiction book Les formes du visible. Une anthropologie de la figuration. The Albertine Prize, co-presented by Van Cleef & Arpels and the French Embassy, recognizes American readers’ favorite French-language titles recently translated into English. The ceremony was held Jan. 25 at the cultural services of the French Embassy in New York City.