Two voices in one : essays in asian and translationstudies / edited by Laurence K. P. Wong, John C. Y. Wang and Chan Sin-wai.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wang, John C. Y., author.

Chan, Sin-wai, author.

Wong, Laurence K. P., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Language and languages.

Linguistics.

Translating and interpreting.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (189 p.)

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne, England : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Two Voices in One: Essays in Asian and Translation Studies is a collection of papers by eight scholars of international standing. Concentrating on what really makes Asian and Translation Studies fascinating and worth one's while, it opens the reader's eyes to new horizons, horizons not found in collections or monographs that look at either discipline in isolation. In going through the collection, the reader will see how a translation problem can rear a ""yellow-ochre head,"" why a Chinese gar...

Contents:

CONTENTS; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; THERE'S A WORD FOR IT-OR IS THERE?; TRANSLATING A CHINESE GARDEN; "MULTIFLORATE SPLENDOUR"; SITTING WITH SIMA QIAN; FROM THE PAGE TO THE STAGE; TRANSLATION TECHNOLOGYON THE FAST TRACK; LEARNING CHINESE EXPRESSIONSTHROUGH TRANSLATION; PROBLEMS IN TRANSLATING "CIRCULATORY"TERMS FROM ARISTOTLE'S GREEKAND MENCIUS' CHINESE; CONTRIBUTORS

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed August 13, 2014).

ISBN:

1-4438-6349-1

OCLC:

883570764