Kiddie Translation

Starting with a pure interest in translation, Xu Derong, a translator-professor at the Ocean University of China, has gradually discovered the profound and mesmerizing world of translating children’s literature and devoted 16 years of his life to it. “The more I read and translate children’s literature, the more layers I find at which to marvel,” Xu said.

Xu’s translation career started with an urge to remedy the awkwardness and lost meanings present in the Chinese versions of foreign children’s books. He was determined to do what he could to give Chinese children a better experience reading translated literary works. The