林纾(1852—1924年)是我国著名翻译家,近代文学翻译的开创者。他是一个精通古汉语却不懂外语的文人,但他却与朋友王寿昌、魏翰、王庆骥等人合作,翻译涉及11个国家的107名作家的作品,翻译小说达200多种,为当时社会文化的进步,做出了不可磨灭的贡献,被人誉为“译界之王”。少年时的林纾,读书异乎寻常地刻苦。他曾在居室的墙上画了一口棺材,旁边写道:“读书则生,不则入棺。”进房间,他必定停下来,往门边的墙上瞧着什么,原来墙上贴着一张字条,抄着一段文章或 Lin Shu (1852-1924) is a famous translator in China, the founder of modern literary translation. He is a literary man proficient in classical Chinese but not yet familiar with foreign languages. However, he has collaborated with his friends Wang Shouchang, Wei Han and Wang Qingji to translate the works of 107 writers in 11 countries and to translate over 200 kinds of novels, Cultural progress, made an indelible contribution, was hailed as “kingdom of translation ”. When Lin Shu was a teenager, reading unusually hard. He had drawn a coffin on the wall of the living room and wrote: “Reading is not a coffin.” He must stop and look at the wall by the door, Affixed with a note, copy of an article or