Translating China for Western Readers: Reflective, Critical, and Practical Essays

Gu, Ming Dong (Editor)/ Schulte, Rainer (Contributor)

ISBN 10: 1438455100 / ISBN 13: 9781438455105

Published by State Univ of New York Pr, 2016

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reprint edition. 337 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.75 inches. In Stock.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Translating China for Western Readers: Reflective, Critical, and Practical Essays
• Publisher: State Univ of New York Pr
• Publication Date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1438455100
• ISBN 13: 9781438455105
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 0.48 kilograms

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Synopsis

Explores the challenges of translating Chinese works for Western readers, particularly premodern texts.

This book explores the challenges of translating Chinese works, particularly premodern ones, for a contemporary Western readership. Reacting against the "cultural turn" in translation studies, contributors return to the origin of translation studies: translation practice. By returning to the time-honored basics of linguistics and hermeneutics, the book inquires into translation practice from the perspective of reading and reading theory. Essays in the first section of the work discuss the nature, function, rationale, criteria, and historical and conceptual values of translation. The second section focuses on the art and craft of translation, offering practical techniques and tips. Finally, the third section conducts critical assessments of translation policy and practice as well as formal and aesthetic issues. Throughout, contributors explore how a translation from the Chinese can read like a text in the Western reader's own language.

About the Author

Ming Dong Gu is Professor of Chinese and Comparative Literature at the University of Texas at Dallas. He is the author of Chinese Theories of Fiction: A Non-Western Narrative System, also published by SUNY Press. Rainer Schulte is Professor of Comparative Literature and Director of the Center for Translation Studies at the University of Texas at Dallas. He is the author of Geography of Translation and Interpretation: Traveling Between Languages.