A list compiled by The Translator's Association of The Society of Authors (UK) in honor of its own fiftieth anniversary.
Two NYRB Classics are included.
#6: The Day of the Owl by Leonardo Sciascia, translated by Archibald Colquhoun (and Arthur Oliver)
#48: Life and Fate by Vassily Grossman, Life and Fate, translated by Robert Chandler
The Society of Authors, by the way, is a fabulous institution, which fulfills its mission "to protect the rights and further the interests of authors" fairly and with grace, acting as advocates for its members, and as representatives for many estates. As far as we know, there is no American sister institution, which is a shame.
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