Lee hasn ’ t translated foreign-language poetry to become a translator. Instead, he sees translation as a means of doing close reading. Translating and explicating a poem draws him into its world, a process that he finds deeply fulfilling.
對李敏勇而言，譯介詩作並不是要成為翻譯家，他把翻譯當成一種最好的閱讀，在譯讀、解說的同時，進入每一首詩的世界，並充實豐富自己的心靈。