A plan of action Four years ago, the Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation for International Scholarly Exchange (CCKF), recognizing the importance of translating Chinese literary works, took the initiative to begin a translation project with David Der-wei Wang, chairman of the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures at Columbia University.
四年前，「蔣經國國際學術交流基金會」深感中書外譯的重要性，主動與在美國哥倫比亞大學擔任東亞語文學系主任的王德威接觸，王德威於是邀請齊邦媛及瑞典漢學家馬悅然共同參與編審。