When you read translated foreign books, do you tend to choose translators from your own country or from other countries? For example, if you were to read China's *Tao Te Ching*, would you prefer a version translated by someone from your own country or by a Chinese translator?

Personally, I wouldn't care about the nationality of the translator as long as they are qualified for the translations they are in charge of. It's not the nationality that matters but rather the mother tongue and the experience. French, Canadian, Belgian, Swiss, etc. whatever as long as they translate from Chinese to French, their mother tongue. I don't see how a French person would perform better than a Canadian one for the translation of a Chinese author, as long as both translators have experience translating Chinese authors or even that author in particular. Often but not always, what happens is that an author has an official translator for every language.

For example, novels from Yoko Ogawa are always translated by Rose-Marie Makino-Fayolle, who is her official translator in French. She knows Ogawa's history (meaning that she can understand potential parallels or references between her books) and she is familiar with Ogawa's style, she is therefor qualified by experience for the translations of this author, which is what matters most.

Similarly, Gwennaël Gaffric translated 刘慈欣's 三体 series. I don't know if that translator worked alone on all of the books and short stories for that author, but surely he knows the author well.