A lovely Chinese novelist reached out to me and among other things, shared with me two translations of Libraries Are For Everyone.
She also ended her email with this:
Long live librarians!
– Anonymous
In Chinese: 图书馆长万岁
Literally, “may our library masters live for 10,000 years”
Isn’t that wonderful?!
Thank you very much, anonymous novelist!!!
In simplified Chinese (used in mainland China, Singapore):
In complex Chinese (used in Hong Kong, Taiwan):
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