An anthology of Chinese discourse on translation / edited with annotations and commentary by Martha P.Y. Cheung ; advisory editor, Lin Wusun.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Cheung, Martha, editor, author of commentary.

Lin, Wusun, editor.

Language:

Chinese

English

Subjects (All):

Chinese literature--Translating--History.

Chinese literature.

Translating and interpreting--China--History.

Translating and interpreting.

History.

China.

Translating and interpreting--China--Sources.

Buddhist literature--China.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

2 volumes : map ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

Brooklands, Manchester, U.K. ; Kinderhoek, NY, USA : St. Jerome Publishing, 2006-2017.

Summary:

Translation has a long history in China. Down the centuries translators, interpreters, Buddhist monks, Jesuit priests, Protestant missionaries, writers, historians, linguists, and even ministers and emperors have all written about translation, and from an amazing array of perspectives. This second volume of the seminal two-volume anthology spans the thirteenth century CE to the very beginning of the nineteenth century, with an entry dated circa 1800. It deals mainly with the transmission of Western learning to China - a translation venture that changed the epistemological horizon and even the mindset of Chinese people. Also included are texts that address translation between Chinese and the languages of China's Central Asian neighbours, such as Manchu, which was to become of crucial importance in the Qing Dynasty. Comprising 28 passages, most of which are translated into English for the first time here, the anthology is the first major source book of its kind to appear in English. It features valuable primary material, and is essential reading for postgraduate students and researchers working in the areas of Translation, Translation Studies and Asian Studies. Additional resources for Translation and Interpreting Studies are available on the Routledge Translation Studies Portal: http://cw.routledge.com/textbooks/translationstudies. Book jacket.

Contents:

v. 1. From earliest times to the Buddhist project

v. 2. From the late twelfth century to 1800.

Notes:

Volume 2 published by Routledge (London/New York)

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Other Format:

Online version: Anthology of Chinese discourse on translation. Volume One. From the earliest times to the Buddhist project

ISBN:

9781900650922

1900650924

9781138683051

1138683051

OCLC:

65197954

Publisher Number:

99970291832