過去我和本書作者之一 Louis Rosenfeld 曾在香港 UXHK 研討會見過一面。在本書翻譯期間，我們也曾經直接跟三位作者聯繫，並邀請 Louis 為台灣出版的繁中版撰寫專序，也很高興獲得他的同意。
繁中版出現的作者序，其實是台灣繁中版的專序，原始英文版並沒有這個篇幅，別的語系版本也沒有，只出現於繁中版第四版。礙於編輯印刷的篇幅限制，專序的原文沒能在本書刊出，所以貼到此處讓讀者們看到，本文三位作者知道台灣出版了第四版，這是他們給台灣讀者的鼓勵：
The polar bear is setting up shop in Taiwan, and Peter, Jorge and I are delighted.
The first edition of this book came out some twenty years ago. Since then, the world’s trove of information has grown exponentially. And so much of that information has gone stale since its release, its relevance and currency steadily decaying. Yet somehow civilization hasn’t completely collapsed. I like to think that the practice of information architecture has played at least a small role in keeping humanity afloat, and our book has played its own small role in helping IA along. We all bear a debt of gratitude to everyone—including you, dear reader—who works to improve the findability and understandability of the world’s information.
We’re also grateful to the translators. They’ve invested blood, sweat, and tears to produce this traditional Chinese edition of our book. And they’re not in it for the money—if authoring a book is a painful undertaking, translating one is even worse. Why they would take on such a project is beyond me; all I can suppose is that the translators simply are decent folk who care about making the world’s information easier to find and easier to understand. We should all be grateful for that, and to them. Thank you, Richard and Max.
Peter, Jorge, and I wish you all the very best.
—Louis Rosenfeld
Publisher, Rosenfeld Media
Brooklyn, New York, USA
October, 2017
下面這段作者序也就是從上面原文翻譯而來，最後印在書中的作者序。
北極熊一書即將在台灣上市，Peter、Jorge和我都非常開心！
約二十年前，本書的第一版面世，其後全世界的資訊蘊藏量以指數方式爆炸成長。雖然當中許多資訊已過時陳腐，其重要性與適用度也持續降低，不過幸好文明並未全面崩解。在這其中，我寧願相信資訊架構實務在維護人性存續上，至少有一點小小的助益；而我們的書在推動資訊架構上，也扮演了一個小小的角色。我們向所有致力於提昇資訊可尋性與可理解性的人們致上謝忱，其中當然也包括親愛的讀者您在內。
我們也很感謝譯者，他們投入大量心力來翻譯這本繁體中文版。他們並非為錢而翻譯，因為如果創作一本書非常痛苦，那麼翻譯別人的書只會更痛苦。我無法理解為什麽他們要投入如此辛苦的計畫，我唯一想到的可能，就是兩位譯者存心良善，希望幫助世界上的資訊更容易尋獲、更容易被理解。我們都應該為此而感激他們。謝謝 Richard 與Max。
Peter、Jorge和我都祝福你們！
—Louis Rosenfeld
Publisher, Rosenfeld Media
Brooklyn, New York, USA
October, 2017