翻譯者就像是不同國界的交會點，是驛站、橋梁，同時也彷彿裁縫師，可以透過翻譯促進文化交流，讓地理上沒有交界的國家彼此接近。翻譯工作不僅在實現「和國際接軌」，也是在譯／異／移動國界，重建世界地圖，同時讓文化纖維鮮明立體和壯大。若能提昇文學翻譯品質，將能使台灣以文學的方式更清晰地關注世界，也能讓台灣以更鮮明的面貌走向世界。

2014年由財團法人台灣文創發展基金會主辦之「華文朗讀節」活動中，特別設置以翻譯議題為主軸之「譯動國界論壇」，由德語譯者唐薇、波蘭語譯者林蔚昀共同擔任策展人，舉辦翻譯主題論壇、朗讀會、編輯與譯者對話、雙語雙向實作工作坊等，探討翻譯在文化交流中所具有的重要性，以及推動翻譯者在國際文化交流當中扮演更主動的角色。

If each country is like a piece of cloth, translators are like tailors, who make patchwork from different pieces of cloth. They are the meeting points of various borders, and they make connections between countries that are not connected with each other geographically. When translators create an imaginary border between two countries that are far away from each other, these nations begin to interact, make influence upon each other, and develop mutual dialogues. In this way translators break geographical frontiers, rearrange borders through translation and rebuild the map of the world.

How can we raise the quality of translation to make Taiwan connect to the world, and the world to Taiwan? That is the focus of discussion of the five-­‐day Translation across Frontiers Forum, in which translators, publishers, culture policy makers and writers are invited to join.