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The result was: promoted by Vaticidalprophet talk 18:26, 24 October 2023 (UTC)
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Chen Xiaocui
Chen in 1934
- ... that Chen Xiaocui (pictured) helped translating Sherlock Holmes into Chinese when she was still a child? Source: Zhao, Yufei (2019-06-30). 陳小翠年譜 [A Chronology of Chen Xiaocui]. 词学 (01): 369–98.
((cite journal)): CS1 maint: date and year (link), p. 371: "一九一三年 [...] 十二歲 [...] 陳栩發起成立「三人公司」，與李常覺（新甫）、吴覺迷、陳小蝶、陳小翠合作翻譯英美小説。譯本由李長覺主選並口述譯文，吴覺迷、陳小蝶、陳小翠分别记录，最后由陳栩删改潤飾定稿，署名「太常仙蝶」發表。五年中，「三人公司」合譯了包括《福爾摩斯探案集全集》在内的外國長短篇小説七十三部"- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Liu Weining
- Comment: whew.
Created by TheLonelyPather (talk). Self-nominated at 23:25, 21 October 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Chen Xiaocui; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.
Date, size, refs, hook, neutrality, copyvio spotcheck, QPQ, all GTG. Excellent article, thank you. That said, I think a hook mentioning persecution and suicide during the Cultural Revolution might attract more views? See ALT1 below. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 13:01, 22 October 2023 (UTC)
- ALT1: that Chen Xiaocui (pictured), Chinese painter and writer who helped translating Sherlock Holmes into Chinese, was persecuted and committed suicide during the Chinese Cultural Revolution?
- Piotrus, thank you for the prompt review. Also many thanks for the alternative hook. Too many died during the Cultural Revolution that the fact of dying itself does not strike my nerves any more. Helping to introduce Sherlock Holmes when she was still a child, however, is remarkable. --TheLonelyPather (talk) 13:38, 22 October 2023 (UTC)