Translating the book "Deep" was a serendipitous journey for me last year (2022). I had never published any physical books for the general public before. One day in the first half of the year, the book's editor found me through a Facebook group by chance and asked me if I would be interested in translating an English book about freediving. This book, "Deep" (Author: James Nestor), has been translated into several languages and has been selected as the "Best Non-Fiction" by editors on the Amazon.com website. After taking on this work, I gradually realized how challenging it is to translate text. It is a process of re-creating something that you have first read, understood, and felt. You must first read and experience it yourself, and then try to express the same content and feelings in another language after exploring the author's emotions. This is not a literal translation, but rather a form of re-creation. During the translation process, I often communicated with the editor. When he asked for my suggestions for the Chinese title, I strongly recommended "Deep," a single word as the traditional Chinese title.

The word "deep" implies the solitary state of mind of freediving and its environment, the depths of the ocean, but also the depths of the soul.

翻譯「深」(DEEP)這本書，是我去年(2022)的一場奇遇記。在過去，我從未有任何面向大眾的實體出版。上半年某天，因緣際會下書本的編輯透過臉書社團找到我，詢問我是否願意翻譯一本關於自由潛水的英語書。這本書 DEEP (Author:James Nestor)已經獲得好幾種語言的翻譯，並且曾經在美國亞馬遜網路書店獲得編輯精選「最佳非小說類作品」。 接下這份工作後，隨著翻譯工作的逐漸展開，才漸漸地體會到文字翻譯這項工作的不容易。這是一個自己先閱讀並且理解、感受後的再創作，必須自己先讀過先有過感受，透過對原著作者的情感探查後，在自己的母語文化中試著將同樣的內容與感受以另一種語言表達出來。這並非是字面上的翻譯工作，而是一種再創作。 翻譯工作進行過程中，經常和編輯交流。他向我詢問中文書名的建議，我強力推薦「深」，以這個單獨字作為繁體中文書名。

單字「深」，隱含著自由潛水的孤獨心境與其所處的環境，是海洋深處，但也同時是心靈深處。

深：海洋怪奇物語；自由潛水人、叛逆科學家與我們的海洋手足 (好人出版、 ISBN：9786269689255)