Translation

Literary Translations

I am currently translating Exposure 《曝光》 (creative non-fiction) by 李嘉儀 Ka Yee Lee, supported by The 2025 Emerging Translator Mentorship with The American Literary Translators Association. PostMag has featured the project in an interview on translated/translating literature from Hong Kong.

Exposure is a long-form that blends travel writing, memoir, reading notes, and poetry. It spans Canada, Thailand, Taiwan, the United States, and British-colonial and post-handover Hong Kong, where Ka Yee Lee, the author, has personal connections. Exposure is a series of awakenings. From the trajectory of light to that of weapons, Lee holds space for introspection without turning away from intergenerational traumas and resistance.

Exposure alludes to long-exposure photography and global migration paths to explore the making of the self. With layered, erudite storytelling and sumptuous language, Lee’s work bridges hyperlocal political contexts and transcultural experiences. Unapologetically faithful, Exposure poses timely questions: What if understanding oneself is the first step for collective healing? What does it mean to walk with wounds, to confront abuse? As a city in transit, Hong Kong has long been looked at; it’s time for Hong Kong to interrogate the world through Lee’s generous and sharp lens.

I also serve as one of the translation advisory board members of the other side of hope: journeys in refugee and immigrant literature.