Translating Chinese Literature

International Conference on the Translation of Chinese Literature 1990

ISBN 10: 0253319587 / ISBN 13: 9780253319586

Published by Bloomington, Indiana, U.S.A.: Indiana Univ Pr, 1995

About this Item

hardback book and dust jacket in near fine condition.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Translating Chinese Literature
• Publisher: Bloomington, Indiana, U.S.A.: Indiana Univ Pr
• Publication Date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0253319587
• ISBN 13: 9780253319586
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
• Seller catalogs:
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  • local history
  • fiction and literature

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Synopsis

There is no greater challenge to a translator than the rendering of Chinese, ancient or modern, into English. In this fascinating volume, world-famous scholar-translators talk about their craft from a variety of points of view, confronting key issues of both general and specific nature and imparting some of their joys and the successes which can be achieved.

The contributors are Cyril Birch, William H. Nienhauser, Jr., David R. Knechtges, Richard B. Mather, Glen Dudbridge, James I. Crump, Jr., Robert Joe Cutter and William G. Crowell, Stephen H. West, John Minford, Dominic Cheung, Joseph S. M. Lau, Victor H. Mair, David D. W. Wang, Michelle Yeh, Eugene Eoyang, Ching-hsi Peng, and John J. Deeney.

About the Author

EUGENE EOYANG is Professor of Comparative Literature and of East Asian Languages and Cultures at Indiana University.

LIN YAO-FU is in the Department of Foreign Languages and Literature at National Taiwan University.