Maya Lin was awarded a 2009 National Medal of Arts.

林璎荣获2009年度美国国家艺术奖章。

The winner was Maya Lin, a 21-year-old student at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut.

获奖者是玛雅·林，她是一位21岁的学生，就读于康涅狄格州纽黑文市的耶鲁大学。

In addition, Maya Lin has also executed architectural projects for the Rockefeller Foundation and the new Federal Courthouse in Manhattan.

此外，林璎也曾为洛克菲勒基金会以及位于曼哈顿的美国联邦法院设计艺术品。

Minimalist buildings are simple, and minimalist architects like Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, and Maya Lin create structures full of light and space.

极简主义风格的建筑很简单，像路德维希·密斯·凡·德·罗和林璎这样的极简主义建筑师创造了充满光线和空间的结构。

Her parents immigrated to the United States from China in 1949 and settled in Ohio in 1958, one year before Maya Lin was born.

她的父母1949年从中国移民到美国，并在林璎出生的前一年定居于俄亥俄州。

Nearby, lies the Vietnam Veterans Memorial designed by 21-year-old architecture student Maya Lin.

附近，坐落着由 21 岁的建筑系学生 Maya Lin 设计的越南退伍军人纪念碑。

In the next room are portraits of people who have less recognizable faces, but very well-known achievements，celebrities like the founders of Google, and architect Maya Lin, who designed the Vietnam Memorial.

旁边的一间展室展出了许多并不是那么为人所知的人物，但是他们所做出的成就却众所周知，例如谷歌创始人、以及越战纪念碑的建筑师林璎。