17 years of translation "journey to the west" German translation of the German Book Industry Award

Recently, the Swiss translator Lin Xiaofa (Chinese name) with its translation of the "journey to the west" the first German version, won the thirteenth Leipzig book fair Prize Award (this is the German area book industry awards).

Lin Xiaofa was born in 1968 in Switzerland, Bill, who has lived in China for more than 25 years, in 2004 graduated from the school of humanities, Zhejiang University, master of Arts in ancient Chinese literature, the tutor is professor. In 1999, Lin Xiaofa, who had read the original work and two German translations, translated the journey to the west. Translation is more thorough, more aware of their own lack of small made forest. She went to the Zhejiang University to study Chinese classical literature, master's thesis topic is "journey to the west" "way" thought.