Foreword to the Special Retrospective on the Twenty-fifth Anniversary of Taiwan Literature: English Translation Series
 
Kuo-ch’ing Tu
 
It has been twenty-five years since the founding of Taiwan Literature: English Translation Series (hereafter TLETS) in 1996.
 
To date we have produced a total of forty-eight issues. The years have slipped by so  swiftly! This volume has been specially planned to both commemorate and celebrate this milestone, and we have invited University of California, Irvine, professor Bert Scruggs to serve as guest editor to assist with its preparation and realization. The issue is divided into two parts: the first part is dedicated to a review of the publication history of the journal, its manner of selecting works to publish, as well as its contributions to the scholarly field. There are also research essays that consider the works chosen for translation themselves.