TRANSLATORS

Helen Wang | 汪海嵐

Language | English

Helen Wang is a UK-based translator and editor, especially of children’s books. She has a PhD (Money on the Silk Road) from UCL, and was a curator at the British Museum for many years. Her translations of short stories and essays have appeared in Granta, The Guardian, LARB China Channel and several anthologies. At the moment, she mostly translates children’s books (picture books and middle grade/YA). She co-founded Chinese Books for Young Readers, and has received the Marsh Award for Children’s Literature in Translation, and a Chen Bochui Special Award for translation and increasing the visibility of Chinese children's literature.
https://chinesebooksforyoungreaders.wordpress.com/

Email: helentao@hotmail.co.uk

Genre: Childrens' books, Middle-grade/YA novels, Novels

Translated Works

Middle-grade/YA novels

Cao Wenxuan, Dragonfly Eyes (蜻蜓眼，曹文軒) (Walker Books, 2021; Candlewick, USA, 2022)

Cao Wenxuan, Bronze and Sunflower(青銅葵花，曹文軒) (Walker Books, 2015; Candlewick, USA, 2016)

Cao Wenxuan The Grass House (草房子，曹文軒) (Jiangsu Juvenile and Children’s Publishing, China, 2022; Balestier Press, 2024)

Lin Man-Chiu, The Ventriloquist's Daughter (腹語師的女兒，林滿秋) (Balestier Press, 2017) Shen Shixi, Jackal and Wolf(紅豺，沈石溪) (Egmont, UK, 2012)

Novels

Lu Min, Dinner for Six (六人晚餐，魯敏) (Balestier Press, 2022) – co-translated with Nicky Harman

Children's Books

Yu-Ling Chu, Chia-Hui Chu My Friend

Lives in the Neighboring Village(我的朋友蹛佇隔壁庄，儲玉玲、儲嘉慧 )

Yujie Wu Dear Lulu (寄給露露的包裹，吳語倢 )

Fang Su-Zhen, Hao Lou-Wen Six Mice

Selling Watermelon (六隻老鼠賣西瓜，方素珍、郝洛玟)

Da-Li Lin, Yu-Ming Chen Migratory Birds Who Love to Travel (愛旅行的候鳥，林大利、陳裕旻)

Xiaxi, Saimiho How Many Problems Will the Cat Have? (一隻貓會有多少問題，夏夏、蔡美保 )