What factors, besides a book's quality, determine whether it will be translated into a foreign language and published abroad? Sometimes there is a perfect fit with the interests of the buyer or the translator. Sometimes there is a certain exoticism. Or perhaps, taking the market into consideration, the subject matter is likely to be provocative.
作品被翻譯成外國語言、在國外出版，除了作品本身夠好之外，也常伴有其他的因素，有時是與選書者或譯者本身的興趣、經驗相合，巧遇知音；有時可能是異國情調，也可能是題材聳動，從市場的角度來考量。