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Xiong Yun is a translator active in Chinese-language publishing who works chiefly with foreign literature. Public information about her is limited, and her biography, education and research focus have not been systematically disclosed. Judging from the eleven published works credited to her, her translating spans Japanese literature, European and American literature, and social and cultural commentary. Representative translations include The Old Courtesan, The Collected Literary Works of Ryunosuke Akutagawa (three volumes), When I Was at My Most Beautiful: Poems by Noriko Ibaragi and The Encyclopedia of Dracula, as well as Shoko Ueno's Afternoon Hours and Reading Club. She has also translated Innocence and Experience and The Two on the Lonely Island, which touch on the personal essay and documentary writing. Her translations balance literary quality with readability, mediating between the rhythm of poetry and the conversational tone of the essay, and offer Chinese readers a varied entry point into modern Japanese literature and women's social issues.