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Translator’s Subjectivity in Lin Shu’s Translation [a] Ph.D.， Lecturer， School of Foreign Studies， Yangtze University， Jingzhou， China. Corresponding author Supported by Humanity and Social Science Foundation of Hubei Provincial Department of Education （Project No. 13q038） and by Young Teacher Foundation of the School of Foreign Studies， Yangtze University. Received 28 January 2013； accepted 12 April 2013 Abstract Lin Shu translated many foreign works for Chinese readers， but he had to cooperate with his oral interpreters in his translation process because he knew nothing about foreign languages. Translators and reviewers often criticized that what Lin Shu did was to utter his own voice and that he was not a translator but a second-hand story teller. A review of existing studies on Lin Shu抯 translation shows that they are mostly value judgments of correctness or adequacy of the translations using traditional perspective linguistic approachd， which emphasizes the ‘faithfulness to the original’ principle. In the static text-centered studies， translator’s subjectivity has been almost completely neglected. This paper tries to analyze translator’s subjectivity in Lin’s translation from four aspects： selection of the original， translation purpose， and textual form and translation strategies. It comes to the conclusion that it is due to Lin’s subjectivity that his translations possessed a wide readership and became a great success in the literary translation history of China. Key words： Lin Shu’s translation； Translator’s subjectivity YANG Lihua （2013）. Translator’s Subjectivity in Lin Shu’s Translation.Cross-Cultural Communication， 9（2）， -0. Available from： http///index.php/ccc/article/view/j.ccc.1座机电话号码0130902.2529 DOI： http：///10.3968/j.ccc.1座机电话号码0130902.2529 INTRODUCTION Lin Shu was one of the most famous writers and translators in modern China. A man of remarkable talent， who produced in his life a large number of poems， essays， novels， and literary treatises， he mad