2009年9月17日，中国翻译协会在京举行仪式，授予我国著名文学翻译家、外国文学研究专家杨宪益先生“翻译文化终身成就奖”。中国外文局常务副局长、中国翻译协会常务副会长郭晓勇，中国外文局副局长、中国翻译协会副会长黄友义为杨宪益先生颁发了荣誉证书，并宣读了中国翻译协会《关于授予杨宪益先生“翻译文化终身成就奖”的决定》。

Yang Xianyi, a well-known literary translator and foreign literature expert from China, received a Lifetime Achievement Award in Translation from the Translators Association of China (TAC) on September 17, 2009. Guo Xiaoyong, Executive Vice President of the China International Publishing Group (CIPG) and Executive Vice President of TAC, and Huang Youyi, Vice President of CIPG and Vice President of TAC, presented Yang with an honorary certificate and announced TAC's decision to honor Yang at the ceremony. 

郭晓勇在颁奖仪式上表示，杨宪益先生是我国著名的文学翻译家、外国文学研究专家，在国内外翻译界和文化界享有较高的影响力和崇高威望。

Guo commented at the ceremony that Yang, whose expertise is recognized worldwide, has earned high prestige in translation and cross-cultural communication.

他学贯中西，在中国语言文化和西方语言文化上造诣深厚，为中外文化交流尤其是中国文化走向世界作出了卓越贡献。杨宪益先生毕其一生精力，将大量的中国文学作品翻译、介绍到了西方，也将许多优秀的西方文学作品介绍给了中国读者。

Yang is familiar with Eastern and Western cultures and has notable achievements in Chinese and Western languages. He has also made outstanding contributions to cross-cultural communication by introducing Chinese culture to the rest of the world. Moreover, he has rendered a great number of Chinese literary works into English and introduced Chinese readers to many Western classics.

他翻译的中国文学作品，译文准确、生动、典雅，从先秦文学，一直到中国现当代文学，跨度之大、数量之多、质量之高、影响之深，中国翻译界无人能企及。特别是杨宪益先生和夫人戴乃迭联袂翻译的英译本《红楼梦》，成为最受中外学者和读者认可和推崇的经典译作，为中国文学和文化赢得了更加广泛的国际影响。

Yang's work, ranging from pre-Qin literature to modern Chinese classics, is noted for accuracy, lifelikeness and refinement. He is second to none among Chinese translators in terms of quantity, quality and influence. One of his representative works – A Dream of Red Mansions, which was co-translated with his wife Gladys Yang, is highly praised by scholars and popular among domestic and international readers. The rendering has earned broader international influence for Chinese literature and culture.

郭晓勇表示，杨宪益先生获得翻译文化终身成就奖是当之无愧的，中国译协把这一奖项授予杨宪益先生，“这是对他卓越成就、严谨治学态度和敬业精神的高度评价和充分认可”。（中国网）

Yang fully deserves the honor of the Lifetime Achievement Award in Translation, said Guo. "It is because of our high valuation and recognition of Mr. Yang's prominent achievements, rigorous scholarship and professional ethics that we pay tribute to him," said Guo.

(China.org.cn translated by Huang Shan & Chen Chao)