Mo Yan, a Chinese writer and Nobel Prize winner, was awarded the?honorary?degree Doctor Honoris Causa of Sofia University.?Mo, the first Chinese?laureate?of this honor in the 125-year history of the oldest Bulgarian university, received the award in presence of Chinese Ambassador to Bulgaria Wei Jinghua, Bulgarian caretaker Prime Minister Georgi Bliznashki and hundreds of?admirers.
莫言，中國作家、諾貝爾文學(xué)獎(jiǎng)獲得者，被授予索菲亞大學(xué)榮譽(yù)博士學(xué)位，成為這所保加利亞最古老的大學(xué)建院125年歷史上首位獲得這一殊榮的中國人。中國駐保加利亞大使魏敬華、保加利亞代理政府總理布里茲納什基以及幾百位崇拜者出席了授獎(jiǎng)儀式。

During the ceremony held in the Aula of Sofia University, Mo also received its academic award Blue Honorary Ribbon.
在索菲亞大學(xué)禮堂舉行的授獎(jiǎng)儀式上，莫言還獲得了學(xué)院藍(lán)帶勛章。

In a speech read by Prof Ivan Ilchev, Rector of the Sofia University, Bliznashki said thanks to the personal efforts of Mo Yan.
索非亞大學(xué)校長(zhǎng)伊爾切夫宣讀了布里茲納什基的致辭。布里茲納什基在致辭中說，他對(duì)莫言通過個(gè)人努力獲得的榮譽(yù)感到欽佩。

In his speech of thanks, Mo?said he was 25 years old when for the first time read a?Bulgarian?literary work translated into Chinese -- a collection of short stories by Elin Pelin, one of the well-known writers in Bulgaria.
莫言在致答謝辭中說，他在25歲時(shí)第一次接觸保加利亞文學(xué)，那是在保加利亞家喻戶曉的作家埃林·佩林的一本短篇小說集。

"I can say that in the field of literature I have had many mentors, many teachers. One of them is Elin Pelin," Mo said.“
可以說，我有很多導(dǎo)師，其中之一就是埃林·佩林”。莫言說。

Mo, who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2012, has been known in Bulgaria with his novel 'Change' translated from English, and soon with the support of the Confucius Institute, his novels 'Life and Death Are Wearing Me Out' and 'Sandalwood Death' translated from Chinese will be published in the Balkan country.
莫言的中篇小說《變》的英譯本在保加利亞廣為人知。在保加利亞孔子學(xué)院的支持下，另外兩部小說《生死疲勞》和《檀香刑》的保文譯本也將出版。