很多民間故事是跨國流傳的,國際性很強。所以,若要放眼世界,外國民間故事集的翻譯、書目誌和類型索引都是重要的基礎工作,有賴民間故事研究者的群體協力。
This paper tries to show the importance of translation, bibliography and type-index of foreign folktales for Chinese researchers in this field to get a broader international view.