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Translation changes the conditions under which a work can be read, heard, and encountered. These projects move among poetry, a women’s script, contemporary music, subtitles, and dubbing.
Editor and Translator · In progress
A bilingual anthology placing six chapters of the Dao De Jing alongside eight poems by seven poets across roughly eighteen hundred years, from Ruan Ji to Mu Cao, with a critical introduction by the translator. Full manuscript submitted to Deep Vellum, August 2026.
Translator · In progress
A full-length translation of the poet’s 2023 collection 在底层. Translation rights granted by the author, August 2026.
Nüshu adaptation
An original song composition translating Nüshu into contemporary music, with musician Genie Deez. Supported by the Steinhaus/Zisson Graduate Student Research Grant (2025–2026) and a Brown Arts Institute Student Grant (2025).
Translator · 2025
Mandarin–English subtitles and script-to-dub for Mili Pictures’ animated feature adapted from Journey to the West.