叶琳

Ye Lin: public information is limited, and details of her identity and life remain unclear. Judging from the works in the collection, she is closely associated with the compilation of historical materials on the Nanjing Massacre, having taken part in the translation and editing of volumes in the Historical Materials on the Nanjing Massacre series, including Japanese officers' and soldiers' diaries and recollections and Japanese military documents. These sources present the details of wartime atrocities through first-hand Japanese records and are of significant documentary value. She has also worked on translations of foreign literature, including Run, Melos!, Cherries, and The Idiot (Japanese), covering both classic fiction and documentary writing, which shows sustained engagement in historical compilation and literary translation. Her work emphasizes documentary organization and textual conversion, is rigorous and practical in style, and offers useful texts for related historical research and for Chinese readers seeking to understand Japanese literature.