With a new language imposed on them, Taiwanese writers of the postwar era were forced to abandon the language in which they had the strongest artistic sensibilities and start from scratch. This meant that much literary potential was lost. The ones who carried on had to spend years redeveloping their craft before they could create mature works in Chinese.
在語文遽變下，終戰後的台灣文人被迫放棄原先對日文的敏銳度與美感直覺，從頭開始牙牙學語，摸索中文的文法、用詞和典故，許多人的文學才華從此湮沒，而堅持下去者，也需經過長年的努力，才能夠以圓熟的中文寫作。