巧的是村上曾把《麦田守望者》译成日文，并且认为该书很好但是不完整。

Curiously, Murakami translated the Catcher in the Rye into Japanese and found it good but incomplete.

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他曾把很多西方小说翻译成日文——也包括他喜爱的小说家雷蒙德·卡弗(Raymond Carver)，但是要把日文翻译成英文就非常难了，他说。

And although he has translated many western novels into Japanese - including the works of his favourite novelist, Raymond Carver - translating back the other way is too hard, he says.

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他曾把很多西方小说翻译成日文——也包括他喜爱的小说家雷蒙德·卡弗(Raymond Carver)，但是要把日文翻译成英文就非常难了，他说。

And although he has translated many western novels into Japanese - including the works of his favourite novelist, Raymond Carver - translating back the other way is too hard, he says.

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