The life of Xu Yuanchong
There are many famous literary translators in China, one of them is Xu Yuanchong. Xu Yuanchong suffered from cancer when he was 67 years old, and he is now 100 years old, so I think his physical fitness is very good. Some literary translators spend their entire lives on literary translation, and Xu Yuanchong has spent more than 60 years on literary translation. His new book will be released in April. Xu Yuanchong's achievements
Xu Yuanchong joined the CCTV program as a reader. After the first episode was broadcast, Xu Yuanchong quickly became an Internet celebrity. Many of his overseas friends wanted to write books for him. , and Xu Yuanchong is also very low-key. Many media wanted to interview Xu Yuanchong and his wife, but he repeatedly refused. Xu Yuanchong is also a professor at Peking University. His house at Peking University is only 70 square meters. His old bookshelf and dining table look like they are many years old. His house looks a little shabby. When Xu Yuancong became an Internet celebrity, he saw that he had become an Internet celebrity, so he grinned. The name Xu Yuanchong sounds very energetic to us, and Xu Yuanchong's personality is also very public. He is different from other calm and calm old scholars. He had a nickname when he was in college called "Xu Dapao", and he He is a very principled person. Xu Yuanchong adheres to his own principles
In the process of translation, he always emphasizes the "three beauties principle": the beauty of content, the beauty of music and the beauty of form. He guards these principles like a warrior. During his translation career, he also had a series of wars with a translator. In the last sentence of a book, it was said that the mayor's wife was dead, but in fact the original text said she was dead. After a series of struggles, Xu Yuanchong was very sure of his translation, so he was very assertive, just like a child, fighting to win. Xu Yuanchong is very outstanding. One of his classmates is Chen Ning Yang who won the Nobel Prize in Physics. Xu Yuanchong also likes Yang Chen Ning very much and often mentions Yang Chen Ning in programs and books. There are more than 60 volumes of his masterpieces in one volume, and he is known as the only person who translates poetry into English and French.