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Public information about Lin Ke is limited. Judging from the eight works held in the library, his translating and writing interests center on German-language literature, especially Rilke. He has translated poetry collections in the Babel Poetry series such as The Wanderer and Love Song, and edited Muzot Letters: Revised Edition and Who Is Alone Now: Selected Late Letters of Rilke, bringing Rilke's poems and letters to Chinese readers in a fairly systematic way; he has also translated Ofterdingen. The library additionally holds TOEFL reading and listening practice test books, indicating that his range is not confined to literature. Overall, Lin Ke is known for translation and compilation; his style is rigorous and restrained, attentive to the tone of the original, and suited to readers who wish to study foreign poetry and letters closely.