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Cao Yong, about whom little public information is available, appears mainly as the translator credited in editions of foreign literary works. The library holds seven of his works, with representative translations including Moby-Dick: An Illustrated Collector's Edition, Silas Marner, Shirley, Friendship, Crossing the River, Three Women, and The Waiting Daughter; they are commonly classified under world classics and foreign literature. The list suggests that Cao Yong's translation interests centered on classic English and American fiction, ranging from Melville's sea narrative and symbolic style to the finely observed social and human portrayals of George Eliot and Charlotte Brontë. His translations span a considerable range of themes, touching on individual fate, emotional ethics, and social change, and tend to preserve the narrative rhythm and character voices of the originals, helping Chinese readers approach the texture of nineteenth-century English fiction. These versions offer readable access to foreign literary classics and, to some extent, extend their circulation in the Chinese-speaking world.