《爱明内斯库的诗》VERIFIED
Translator：戈宝权 / 徐文德 / 李宁来 / 冯志臣
Publisher：外语教学与研究出版社 · 2018 · ISBN 9787521301250
Co-edited by Ding Chao (scholar of China–Romania literary relations); see the Douban author field.
Romania · a verified map of translations
Romanian Books in Chinese: A Verified Map of Translations
A Romanian poem crosses 8,000 km and two alphabets. Which crossings actually happened — with ISBNs to prove it?
9 authors, 28 verified editions, 5 partial, 1 gap searched and unfound. Checked 2026-09-19.
Method first, books second: the badge rule is stated once and every card applies it; gaps are not omissions, they are conclusions after searching.
Douban lists books; this map proves crossings. Every entry carries translator ＋ publisher ＋ year ＋ ISBN ＋ a live catalogue link; every gap shows its search trail.
Map: 9 authors, 33 editions
Browse by author: open a section to see its cards. Every card wears a badge — verified (four catalogue fields), partial (translator missing, named), unverified (claims only, no record). The decade and badge selectors above filter.
VERIFIED: the catalogue record (a Douban Books entry or an Open Library edition) matches translator ＋ publisher ＋ year ＋ ISBN, all four. Pre-1987 books have no ISBN; a matching unified book number counts. PARTIAL: a record exists but the translator is missing — the card names the gap. UNVERIFIED: claims only, no record — this map carries no such cards; any would live only among the gaps.
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Mihai Eminescu 爱明内斯库 (埃米内斯库)
The national poet (1850–1889). The 1981 Shanghai «Selected Poems» is among the earliest Romanian poetry translations after the opening; the 2018 «Poems of Eminescu» (FLTRP) was co-edited by Ding Chao — author of the monograph on China–Romania literary relations.
This site's Romanian prosody guide
《爱明内斯库诗选》VERIFIED
Translator：戈宝权 等
Publisher：上海译文出版社 · 1981 · Unified no. 10188-184
No ISBN in 1981; the evidence is unified number 10188-184.
《Zhi xing xing》PARTIAL
Translator missing: the catalogue record names none; awaiting a copy or a colophon photo.
Publisher：UniPress（新加坡） · 1994 · ISBN 9810055331
Panait Istrati 潘伊特·伊斯特拉蒂
The proletarian novelist (1884–1935), wrote in French, translated in China as early as the 1930s. Here only two Open Library records (1931 Zhonghua, 1934 Shangwu), no translators — the map's weakest section; copy leads welcome.
《Jiu jiu Angge'er（拼音，原汉字待考）》PARTIAL
Translator missing: the catalogue record names none; awaiting a copy or a colophon photo.
Publisher：中华书局 · 1931 · No ISBN (pre-ISBN era)
No ISBNs in the 1930s; pinyin titles transcribed from the Open Library records, characters pending a copy.
《Jila Jilalinna（拼音，原汉字待考）》PARTIAL
Translator missing: the catalogue record names none; awaiting a copy or a colophon photo.
Publisher：商务印书馆 · 1934 · No ISBN (pre-ISBN era)
No ISBNs in the 1930s; pinyin titles transcribed from the Open Library records, characters pending a copy.
E. M. Cioran 齐奥朗 (萧沆)
The philosopher (1911–1995), born in Romania, first in Romanian, then in French. Debates over his interwar politics live in biographies and translators' prefaces touch them often; this page records translation facts only. Note the variant: the 2010 Zhejiang edition credits “Xiao Hang” — still Cioran.
Biography (background reading)
《在绝望之巅》VERIFIED
Translator：唐江
Publisher：北京联合出版公司 · 2022 · ISBN 9787559660503
Original title：Sur les cimes du désespoir
Douban original title quoted verbatim; the bridge (direct or via a third language) awaits a preface or colophon.
《眼泪与圣徒》VERIFIED
Translator：沙湄
Publisher：商务印书馆 · 2014 · ISBN 9787100104234
Original title：Lacrimi și Sfinți
Douban original title quoted verbatim; the bridge (direct or via a third language) awaits a preface or colophon.
《思想的黄昏》VERIFIED
Translator：陆象淦
Publisher：花城出版社 · 2019 · ISBN 9787536085114
Original title：Amurgul gândurilor
Douban original title quoted verbatim; the bridge (direct or via a third language) awaits a preface or colophon.
《供词与放逐》VERIFIED
Translator：赵苓岑
Publisher：广西师范大学出版社 · 2023 · ISBN 9787559859594
Original title：Aveux et anathèmes
《苦论》VERIFIED
Translator：蔡羽婷
Publisher：广西师范大学出版社 · 2023 · ISBN 9787559859600
Original title：Syllogismes de l'amertume
《绝望者的练习》VERIFIED
Translator：马雅
Publisher：北京联合出版公司 · 2026 · ISBN 9787559688606
Original title：Entretiens
《解体概要》VERIFIED
Translator：宋刚
Publisher：浙江大学出版社 · 2010 · ISBN 9787308074933
Original title：Précis de décomposition
“Xiao Hang” is an early transliteration variant of Cioran; the card is still about him.
Mircea Eliade 米尔恰·伊利亚德
The historian of religions and novelist (1907–1986), wrote in Romanian, French and English. Debates over his interwar politics live in biographies; this page records translation facts only. His bridge chains are tangled: cards quote the Douban original title verbatim, with no deductions.
Biography (background reading)
《永恒回归的神话》VERIFIED
Translator：晏可佳
Publisher：上海书店出版社 · 2022 · ISBN 9787545820614
Original title：Le mythe de l'éternel retour
《形象与象征》VERIFIED
Translator：沈珂
Publisher：译林出版社 · 2022 · ISBN 9787544790680
Original title：Images et symboles
《萨满教》VERIFIED
Translator：段满福
Publisher：社会科学文献出版社 · 2018 · ISBN 9787520123419
Original title：Shamanism: Archaic Techniques of Ecstasy
The same ISBN appears in an Open Library edition record: double catalogue confirmation.
《神秘主义、巫术与文化风尚》VERIFIED
Translator：宋立道 / 鲁奇
Publisher：光明日报出版社 · 1990 · ISBN 9787800147944
Original title：Occultism, Witchcraft and Cultural Fashions
Douban original title quoted verbatim; the bridge (direct or via a third language) awaits a preface or colophon.
Eugène Ionesco 欧仁·尤内斯库 (尤涅斯库)
The playwright (1909–1994), born in Romania, wrote in French; Douban files him as a French author. The 2023 Shanghai complete works is the largest Ionesco project in Chinese, translated mostly from French — the map's only section with a certain bridge: French originals.
《秃头歌女》VERIFIED
Translator：黄晋凯 / 宫宝荣 / 桂裕芳 / 李玉民
Publisher：上海译文出版社 · 2023 · ISBN 9787532793068
Original title：La Cantatrice chauve
Written in French, Douban original titles in French; the 2023 complete-works translators mostly work from French.
《椅子》VERIFIED
Translator：宫宝荣 / 黄晋凯 / 屠珍 / 梅绍武 / 谭立德 / 杨志棠
Publisher：上海译文出版社 · 2023 · ISBN 9787532792177
Original title：Les chaises
Written in French, Douban original titles in French; the 2023 complete-works translators mostly work from French.
《国王正在死去》VERIFIED
Translator：黄晋凯 / 宫宝荣 / 李玉民 / 桂裕芳
Publisher：上海译文出版社 · 2023 · ISBN 9787532790555
Original title：Le roi se meurt
Written in French, Douban original titles in French; the 2023 complete-works translators mostly work from French.
《拜访死者的旅行》VERIFIED
Translator：桂裕芳 / 宫宝荣
Publisher：上海译文出版社 · 2023 · ISBN 9787532792184
Original title：Voyages chez les morts
Written in French, Douban original titles in French; the 2023 complete-works translators mostly work from French.
《犀牛》VERIFIED
Translator：阮若缺
Publisher：書林出版有限公司（台湾） · 2001 · ISBN 9789575869243
Written in French, Douban original titles in French; the 2023 complete-works translators mostly work from French.
Marin Sorescu 索雷斯库 (索列斯库)
The poet and playwright (1936–1996). Note the variants: the 1996 edition prints “Suoliesiku”, the 2013 edition “Suoleisiku”, each as printed, never merged. Gao Xing's direct-translation claim appears only in retailer copy, below the bar — cards mark it pending.
This site's Romanian prosody guide
《水的空白》VERIFIED
Translator：高兴
Publisher：上海人民出版社 · 2013 · ISBN 9787208110809
The “translated directly from Romanian” claim appears only in retailer copy, below the evidence bar.
《索列斯库诗选》VERIFIED
Translator：陈瑞献（新加坡）
Publisher：作家出版社 · 1996 · ISBN 9787506310802
Douban original title quoted verbatim; the bridge (direct or via a third language) awaits a preface or colophon.
Nichita Stănescu 斯特内斯库
The poet (1933–1983), flag-bearer of postwar Romanian poetry. One verified edition here, Shanghai 2018, translator Gao Xing — the same as Sorescu 2013; direct or not, equally pending.
This site's Romanian prosody guide
《斯特内斯库诗选》VERIFIED
Translator：高兴
Publisher：上海文艺出版社 · 2018 · ISBN 9787532164882
The “translated directly from Romanian” claim appears only in retailer copy, below the evidence bar.
Mircea Cărtărescu 卡尔塔雷斯库
The novelist (b. 1956); «Solenoid» made the 2025 International Booker shortlist. No Chinese edition to be found anywhere; see the gap card below.
Checked 2026-09-19 across Open Library and Douban: no verified Chinese edition found. Queries: the OL edition list (20 editions/16 languages, no Chinese) ＋ author＋chi filter (0); Douban tag “Cărtărescu” (empty); subject_search “Cărtărescu/Suolainuode/Solenoid” (JS shell, no static results). Hold a copy? See the submission note below.
Herta Müller 赫塔·米勒
German-language author born in Romania (Nobel 2009); included because Romanian readers meet her as Romanian literature abroad. Writes in German; Chinese editions cluster after the prize: three at Jiangsu in 2010, Guizhou continuing after 2021.
《低地》VERIFIED
Translator：续文
Publisher：江苏人民出版社 · 2010 · ISBN 9787214064523
Original title：Niederungen
The same ISBN appears in an Open Library edition record: double catalogue confirmation.
《心兽》VERIFIED
Translator：钟慧娟
Publisher：江苏人民出版社 · 2010 · ISBN 9787214064462
Original title：Herztier
《一颗热土豆是一张温馨的床》VERIFIED
Translator：刘海宁
Publisher：江苏人民出版社 · 2010 · ISBN 9787214064455
Original title：Eine warme Kartoffel ist ein warmes Bett
《人是世上的大野鸡》VERIFIED
Translator：陈民 / 安尼
Publisher：江苏文艺出版社 · 2014 · ISBN 9787539942858
《心兽》VERIFIED
Translator：钟汇涓
Publisher：贵州人民出版社 · 2021 · ISBN 9787221161789
Original title：Herztier
《独腿旅行者》VERIFIED
Translator：陈民 / 安尼
Publisher：贵州人民出版社 · 2023 · ISBN 9787221172358
Original title：Reisende auf einem Bein
《每一句话语都坐着别的眼睛》VERIFIED
Translator：李贻琼
Publisher：贵州人民出版社 · 2023 · ISBN 9787221173836
Original title：Der König verneigt sich und tötet
《狐狸那时已是猎人》PARTIAL
Translator missing: the catalogue record names none; awaiting a copy or a colophon photo.
Publisher：江苏人民出版社 · 2010 · ISBN 9787214064509
《狐狸那时已是猎人》PARTIAL
Translator missing: the catalogue record names none; awaiting a copy or a colophon photo.
Publisher：贵州人民出版社 · 2021 · ISBN 9787221161765
Decades: the waves of translation
The two oldest records are from the 1930s, 1980s poetry, the post-2010 boom. Grey decades hold no verified edition yet — not for lack of books, but for lack of evidence so far.
1930s · 01940s · 01950s · 01960s · 01970s · 01980s · 11990s · 22000s · 12010s · 112020s · 13
Translators: who ferries the books
Translators are this map's true ferrymen. Direct or bridged: known is stated, unknown is marked pending — never guessed.
Gao Xing
Sorescu 2013 “Blank of Water”, Stănescu 2018 “Selected Poems”. Retailer copy says “direct from Romanian”, footnoted “may belong to another edition” — below the bar, marked pending.
Chen Ruixian (Singapore)
Sorescu 1996 “Selected Poems”. Singapore translator, bridge unknown; a 1995 Singapore record (no translator) awaits a colophon to say whether it is the same translation.
Ge Baoquan / Xu Wende / Li Ninglai / Feng Zhichen
Eminescu 1981 “Selected Poems” (Ge et al.) and 2018 “Poems” (all four). The split (by poem or by section) is not in Douban; awaiting a copy.
Gong Baorong / Huang Jinkai / Gui Yufang / Li Yumin / Tu Zhen / Mei Shaowu / Tan Lide / Yang Zhitang
The 2023 Shanghai Ionesco complete-works team. Translators from French, French originals — the only section with a certain bridge.
Ruan Ruoque
Ionesco 2001 Taipei “Rhinoceros”. Taiwan translator; the author prints as “Youjin Youniesike”, one of the variants.
Tang Jiang / Sha Mei / Lu Xianggan / Zhao Lingcen / Cai Yuting / Ma Ya / Song Gang
The seven Ciorans. Original titles French or Romanian by turns; every bridge chain awaits a preface or colophon.
Yan Kejia / Shen Ke / Duan Manfu / Song Lidao / Lu Qi
The four Eliades. Eliade himself wrote in three languages; “Shamanism” carries an English original title in Douban — extra caution.
Xu Wen / Zhong Huijuan / Liu Haining / Chen Min·An Ni / Li Yiqiong
The seven Müllers. Note: Jiangsu 2010 “Herztier” credits 钟慧娟, Guizhou 2021 “Herztier” credits 钟汇涓 — same person or not, pending a colophon.
Gaps and unknowns: searched, unfound
What was searched but unfound sits here, with its trail. Hold a copy? Submit it under the evidence standard below.
Istrati is the map's weakest section: the two 1931/1934 records carry only pinyin title, publisher and year in Open Library, no translators. The translators of the early Chinese editions and the character titles await copies or colophon photos. Hold a copy? See the submission note below.
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Evidence standard: ISBN (pre-1987: unified number) ＋ colophon photo; each submission is checked against a catalogue record before it appears; spam and unverifiables are deleted without notice. No online form yet: with proof ready and a record found in Douban or Open Library, the standard is met.
Method: the evidence bar
- Catalogue first: Douban entries and Open Library editions are the only evidence sources; retailer copy, comments and scan-site blurbs are leads, never evidence.
- No badge inflation: four fields (translator ＋ publisher ＋ year ＋ ISBN) to say verified; no translator means partial, with the gap named; claims without records never enter the map, only the gaps.
- Variants never merged: Suoliesiku/Suoleisiku, Xiao Hang/Cioran, each as printed — the variant itself is data.
- No piracy: download sites appear only in the search log, never as link targets; no covers, for rights reasons.
- Method kin: the Greek translation comparison and the Săpânța read-vs-guessed discipline, done with the same strictness, are linked below.
Polytropos: one Greek word, eleven English translations · Săpânța: read right vs guessed right · The phonetics guide for the same Chinese readers
Source footnotes
The full claim-by-claim ledger sits on the method and sources page. Three easy misunderstandings: Douban “author nationality” is a tag, not research (Cioran filed French, Ionesco filed French — neither affects inclusion); Douban original titles are often English or French and do not imply a bridge; NLC (the National Library of China OPAC) and Google Books were unreachable on check day, hence the partials and gaps — nothing inflated.