Sylvia Li-chun Lin
Sylvia Li-chun Lin (Shanhua, Tainan, Taiwan) is a Taiwanese-born Chinese–English translator and a former associate professor of Chinese Literature at the University of Colorado Boulder[1] and the University of Notre Dame.[2] She has translated over a dozen novels with her husband Howard Goldblatt.
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| Traditional Chinese | 林麗君 | ||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 林丽君 | ||||||||
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Awards
- Liang Shih-chiu Literary Translation Prize[3]
- 2000 – National Translation Award for translation of Notes of a Desolate Man by Chu T’ien-wen[4]
- 2011 – Man Asian Literary Prize for Three Sisters by Bi Feiyu[5]
Works
Translations
| Author | English title | Original title | Notes |
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| Chu T’ien-wen | Notes of a Desolate Man | 荒人手記 | with Howard Goldblatt |
| Bi Feiyu | The Moon Opera | 青衣 | |
| Three Sisters | 玉米 | ||
| Massage | 推拿 | ||
| Liu Zhenyun | The Cook, the Crook, and the Real Estate Tycoon | 我叫刘跃进 | |
| I Did Not Kill My Husband | 我不是潘金莲 | ||
| Remembering 1942 | 温故一九四二 | ||
| Shih Shu-ching | City of the Queen | 她名叫蝴蝶 | |
| Li Ang | The Lost Garden | 迷園 | |
| Alai | The Song of King Gesar | 格萨尔王 | |
| Red Poppies | 尘埃落定 | ||
| Xi Ni Er | The Ernest Mask | 认真面具 | |
| Li Yung-p'ing | Retribution: the Jiling Chronicles | 吉陵春秋 | |
| Mo Yan | Shifu, You'll Do Anything for a Laugh | 师傅越来越幽默 | |
| Song Ying | Apricot's Revenge | 杏烧红 | |
| Beila | The Cursed Piano | 魔咒钢琴 | |
| You Jin | Teaching Cats to Jump Hoops | 听, 青春在哭泣 |
Academic
- Representing Atrocity: The 2/28 Incident and White Terror in Fiction and Film. Columbia University Press. 2007. ISBN 978-0-231-14360-8.
- Push Open the Door: Poetry from Contemporary China. Copper Canyon Press 2011. ISBN 978-1556593307.
- Documenting Taiwan on Film: Issues and Methods in New Documentaries. Routledge. 2012. ISBN 978-0-415-68511-5. (co-edited with Tze-lan D. Sang)
References
- "Sylvia Li-chun Lin". data.bnf.fr. Retrieved 2021-02-17.
- "Author". US Macmillan. Retrieved 2021-02-17.
- Dame, University of Notre. "Chinese Professors Make Winning Translation Team // College of Arts and Letters // University of Notre Dame". College of Arts and Letters. Retrieved 2021-02-17.
- "NTA Winners | The American Literary Translators Association". www.literarytranslators.org. Retrieved 2021-02-17.
- "Chinese novelist Bi Feiyu's Three Sisters Wins MAN Asian Literary Prize". Publishing Perspectives. 2011-03-18. Retrieved 2021-02-17.
Sources
- Cohorst, Kate (2011-05-06). "Chinese Professors Make Winning Translation Team". University of Notre Dame.
- "Sylvia Li–chun Lin, Assistant Professor". University of Notre Dame. Archived from the original on 2008-04-13.
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