During his sabbatical leave, Professor Zinan Ye had a lecture tour in Taiwan. He was first invited by The Foreign Language Department of National Taiwan University to lecture on translation. He gave two lectures there on the topics of “Basic concepts of equivalence and purpose in translation” and “The role of literary translation in a translation and interpretation program”. He also conducted a translation class there with a focus on metaphor and translation. Professor Ye then went to lecture at National Taiwan Normal University and National Taipei University and had discussions there with both faculty and students. After his stay in Taipei, Professor Ye traveled to Kaohsiung where he lectured and taught for two weeks at Wenzao Ursuline College of Languages and was also invited by the faculty to participate in various activities at Wenzao.