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Taiwan literature translation center launched

NMTL Director Lee Jui-teng (third from left) presides over the opening of the Taiwan literature translation center June 15 in Tainan City.

• Publication Date：06/18/2012
• Source： Taiwan Today

The National Museum of Taiwan Literature in Tainan City opened its Taiwan literature translation center June 15, with noted poets, writers and translators in attendance.

An exhibition of modern Taiwan poetry in translation kicked off the same day on the NMTL’s first floor.

“The museum is duty bound to promote Taiwan literature to the rest of the world, and I am delighted that this translation effort is finally receiving the recognition it deserves,” NMTL Director Lee Jui-teng said.

According to the NMTL, more than 270 works of Taiwan literature were translated into foreign languages and published between 1990 and 2010 under a Council for Cultural Affairs program. Since the museum took over the project in 2010, 13 volumes have been translated and published.

The center, located on the museum’s first floor, is aimed at boosting institutional support for literary translation.

According to Lee, the center will promote literary exchanges with the rest of the world to more effectively carry out the mission of translating Taiwan literature.

The poetry exhibition focuses on modern poetry as writers in this genre pioneered exchanges with literary circles abroad.

On display are bilingual versions of one poem each by 101 selected poets, including Yu Kuang-chung, Cheng Chou-yu and Hsi Muren, with translations into English, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Mongolian, Romanian and Serbian.

Also being exhibited are the fruits of the CCA translation program, including more than 200 translated novels, essays and works in other genres. (SB-THN)