With this in mind, in 1998 American Professor Douglas L. Fix of Reed College, Oregon, a man with extensive ties to the Taiwan historical community, began an organized compilation project, including translating records in various languages into English. This project is currently the most complete and most carefully translated database on 19th-century Taiwan history, and is widely cited by Taiwan writers on cultural and historical topics.
有鑑於此，1998 年起，與國內史學界淵源甚深的美國漢學家費德廉展開了有計畫的彙整工程，並將各種不同語言的文字記錄一一翻譯成英文，而成為目前最完整、翻譯最詳盡的 19 世紀台灣史資料庫，並廣為國內文史工作者所援用。