How this writer and translator tapped into the ‘language of sports’ for his thriller

By Courtney Vinopal, PBS NewsHour

As a Chinese-English language translator, writer Daniel Nieh is well accustomed to thinking in two different languages and straddling the customs and cultures of both East and West. While living in Beijing in 2009, he was inspired to write a page from the perspective of a Chinese-American football player who also spoke a different kind of language.

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