王维幸

Wang Weixing, a native of Yishui, Shandong, is an associate professor in the Department of Japanese at Qingdao University of Science and Technology and works mainly as a translator of Japanese literature. Public information about him is limited, and little has been disclosed about his life or academic career, yet his published translations show a sustained effort to bring modern and contemporary Japanese literature to Chinese readers. Among the three works held in the collection are his translations of Yasushi Inoue's The Stranger and A Journey through the Western Regions, as well as Shinichi Hoshi's young-adult science fiction Hello, Earthlings; he has also translated series such as Tokugawa Ieyasu and Miyamoto Musashi: The Sword Saint. His translations fall mostly under foreign literature and span historical fiction, travel writing and science fiction short stories, with the translations seeking to preserve the historical atmosphere and narrative rhythm of the originals.