In1910s,YangJiangwasborninBeijing,originallynamedYangJikang.In1930s,ShegrauduatedfromuniversityandwenttoTsinghuaUniversityasapostgraduate.ThereshemetQianZhongshu,theyfellinloveandmarried.In1940s,sheworkedintheChineseAcademyofSocialSciences.In1950s,sheworkedforPekingUniversityandotherimportantresearchinstitutions.In1960s,shestartedtotranslateDonQuixote,堂吉柯德andin1978,theChineseversionof"Quixote"waspublished.In1980s,Shebegantowriteshortnovels.In1990s,afterherhusbandanddaughterpassedaway,shealmoststoppedallthework.PartIIHertranslationsPartIII杨绛文学语言的特点其沉淀简洁的语言，看起来平平淡淡，无阴无晴。然而平淡不是贫乏，阴晴隐于其中，经过漂洗的苦心经营的朴素中，有着本色的绚烂华丽。干净明晰的语言在杨绛笔下变得有巨大的表现力。有时把词序变换一下，不符合常规，反倒更显别致耐读。有时明净到有些冷，但由于渗入诙谐幽默，便平添几分灵动之气。因而使静穆严肃的语言自有生机，安静而不古板，活泼而不浮动，静中有动，动还是静。沉静诙谐中有沉着老到、雍容优雅的气派，锋芒内敛后的不动声色，有种静穆超然的中和之美。1960Featuresofhertranslations翻译确也追求这么一个标准：不仅能信faithfulness,能达expressiveness，还要“信”得贴切，“达”得恰当----称为“雅”elegance。Shesaidthattranslationisliketheservantwhohastoservetwomasters,whichistosaythattranslationshouldbeloyaltobothcultures.TheAppreciationofHerTranslationsLifeanddeath----WalterSavageLandor不与人争，也无人值得我争，爱的是自然，其次是艺术。生命之火前我把双手烘烤，火焰低落了，我准备离去。---王佐良译读书钻研学问，当然得下苦功夫。为应考试、为写论文、为求学位，大概都得苦读。--《读书苦乐》Readingandstudyingregularlycallsforapainstakingeffort,whetheritismeantforpassinganexam,writingathesisorpursuinganacademicdegree.--TheBitter-SweetnessofReading壶公悬挂的一把壶里，别有天地日月。每一本书——不论小说、戏剧、传记、游记、日记，以至散文诗词，都别有天地，别有日月星辰，而且还有生存其间的人物。我们很不必巴巴地赶赴某地，花钱买门票去看些仿造的赝品或“栩栩如生”的替身，只要翻开一页书，走人真境，遇见真人，就可以亲亲切切地观赏一番。--《读书苦乐》ForHuGong(orMasterGourd),amasterherbalistinancientChina,amagicalgourdofhiscontainstheentireworld.Likewise,everybook,beitanovel,aplay,abiography,orabookoftravelingnotes,ofjournals,andofevenessaysorofpoems,containsaworldofitsown,withitsownsun,moon,andstarsanditsownlivecharactersbetweenheavenandearth.Thereisreallynoneedtrottingallthewaytoplacesandpayingadmissionfees,merelytoviewimitationsorvivid"substitutes",whenwecansimplyopenabookandfindourselvesinrealsituationsandmeetrealcharactersforaclosecon