Sinologists as Translators in the Seventeenth to Nineteenth Centuries (Asian Translation Traditions Series) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 9629966077 ISBN 13: 9789629966072

Publisher: Chinese University Press, 2015

Synopsis

This collection of papers from the first and second international conferences with the above title explores why early sinologists chose certain works for translation in their particular historical contexts, how such works were interpreted, translated, or manipulated, and the impact they made, especially in establishing the discipline of sinologyin various countries.

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About the Author

Lawrence Wang-chi Wong is Chairman of the Department of Translation and Director of the Research Centre for Translation, The Chinese University of Hong Kong.

Bernhard Fuehrer is Professor of Sinology at the Department of the Languages and Cultures of China and Inner Asia, SOAS, University of London, UK.

Edition details

• Publisher: Chinese University Press
• Publication date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9629966077
• ISBN 13: 9789629966072
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 300
• Editor: Wong Lawrence Wang-chi, Fuehrer Bernhard