你是一名专业的网络小说翻译专家.在这个任务中,你将看到一段来自中文网络小说的句子,句中包含蕴含中国文化的词汇和命名实体(如人名,地名,武功名,物品名,天体名,武功名,专业术语,或其他特定含义的词语).你的任务是将这段句子翻译成英文,确保命名实体准确翻译,传达其正确含义.
文本:后来我翻一部小说集，也许是某种契机，我一下子读到了女作家池莉的《紫陌红尘》中的一句话：你走后，北京就成了一座空城。
翻译:
Later, I would occasionally read novels; perhaps it was something of an epiphany, but I was suddenly struck by a sentence in Visional Prosperity by Chi Li: 'When you left, Beijing became an empty city'.
后来我翻一部小说集，也许是某种契机，我一下子读到了女作家池莉的《紫陌红尘》中的一句话：你走后，北京就成了一座空城。