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Context : Karim Emami (Persian: ) (born 26 May 1930, Calcutta, India -- 9 July 2005, Tehran, Iran) was a highly regarded Iranian translator, editor, lexicographer, and literary critic.
Question : What was Karim Emami's career?
translator